Flash Flood, Greene
- When
- July 18, 10:45 PM EST to July 19, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Greene County, 5 mi SW of Waynesburg
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 39.854, -80.223 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 18 to 19, 1996
Stewart Run went out of its banks. Flooding was also reported along Pursley Creek near Oak Forest.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $50,000
- 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.
Stewart Run went out of its banks. Flooding was also reported along Pursley Creek near Oak Forest. Flash flooding occurred in Holbrook. Several cars were flooded and swept into buildings and other cars. A cabin along Hargus Creek was swept 0.5 miles downstream. Flowing flood waters also destroyed some crops and a foot bridge was destroyed.The South Fork of Wheeling Creek at Ryerson Station also went over its banks. Nearby roads were flooded.
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:43 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
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Michigan, July 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Indiana, July 18, 1996
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 18, 1996
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Heat in Missouri, July 18 to 20, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, July 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 18 to 19, 1996
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, July 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5574544.