Flash Flood, Allegheny
- When
- June 19, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Allegheny County, Leetsdale
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 40.469, -79.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 19, 1996
A 24 year-old man fell into the Little Sewickley Creek, flooded by recent heavy rains, while riding a bicycle. He drowned in the turbulent water.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- 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 PBZ wrote it up.
A 24 year-old man fell into the Little Sewickley Creek, flooded by recent heavy rains, while riding a bicycle. He drowned in the turbulent water.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood, Allegheny | 1996-06-19 | 24 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 19, 1996
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 19, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 19, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, June 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 19 to 20, 1996
- Flooding in Iowa, June 19 to 26, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 19, 1996
- Hail in Iowa, June 19, 1996
- Hail in South Dakota, June 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 19, 1996
- Hail in Minnesota, June 19, 1996
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, June 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: 5563375.