Flash Flood, Westmoreland
- When
- August 8, 3:50 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Westmoreland County, Murrysville
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Coordinates
- 40.311, -79.467 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 8, 1996
Small streams went out of their banks and flooded parts of Route 22 in Murrysville. Some street flooding was also reported in New Kensington.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
Flash floods occurred over mainly the northwest parts of Westmoreland County.Small streams went out of their banks and flooded parts of Route 22 in Murrysville. Some street flooding was also reported in New Kensington. A store was flooded with 2 to 3 inches of water in Lower Burrell. A basement was also flooded near Milligantown.
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:48 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5574373.