Flood, Jefferson
- When
- January 19, 1:00 PM EST to January 20, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 41.128, -78.999 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Pennsylvania, January 19 to 20, 1996
The Clarion River flows into the Allegheny River at Parker, Pennsylvania. Ice jams contributed to what was near record flooding for the Clarion River at Cooksburg, Pennsylvania.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
The Clarion River flows into the Allegheny River at Parker, Pennsylvania. Ice jams contributed to what was near record flooding for the Clarion River at Cooksburg, Pennsylvania. The Clarion River at Cooksburg crested at 16.4 feet, 3.4 feet above flood stage on the 19th at 11 pm. River flood damages are listed for all of Clarion County under the description of the Allegheny River flood.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Clarion
- When
- January 19, 1:00 PM EST to January 20, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Clarion forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.192, -79.421 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in New York, January 19 to 20, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, January 19, 1996
- Flooding in Virginia, January 19 to 22, 1996
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, January 19 to 21, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, January 19, 1996
- Flood in New York, January 19 to 20, 1996
- Flooding in Vermont, January 19 to 20, 1996
- Flooding in New York, January 19 to 20, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, January 19 to 20, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, January 19, 1996
- Flooding in Maryland, January 19 to 22, 1996
- Flooding in West Virginia, January 19 to 21, 1996
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, January 1996
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5544531, 5544532.