Flash Flood, Monroe
- When
- January 27, 11:30 AM EST to January 28, 1:15 AM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 41.058, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, January 27 to 28, 1996
Rainfall of up two inches fell over saturated soil and caused flash flooding of smaller streams in Monroe County. No major damage or injuries were reported.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 PHI wrote it up.
Rainfall of up two inches fell over saturated soil and caused flash flooding of smaller streams in Monroe County. Flooding from Marshall Creek caused flooding of houses in East Stroudsburg.No major damage or injuries were reported. Several residents of apartment buildings in the Stroudsburg area were evacuated. The Bush Kill creek at Shoemakers crested at 7.01 feet at 10 p.m. on the 27th. Flood stage is 6 feet. The Lehigh River at Stoddardsville crested at 7.24 feet at 8 p.m. on the 20th. Flood stage is 7 feet. The Tobyhanna Creek at Blakeslee crested at 10.94 near 1 a.m. on the 28th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flooding in New Jersey, January 27 to 31, 1996
- Flooding in Maine, January 27 to 30, 1996
- High Wind in New York, January 27, 1996
- Flooding in New York, January 27, 1996
- High Wind in New York, January 27, 1996
- High Wind in Vermont, January 27, 1996
- Flooding in New York, January 27 to 28, 1996
- High Wind in Maine, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flooding in New York, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, January 27, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 27 to 30, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5543277.