Heavy Rain, Philadelphia
- When
- May 11, 4:00 PM EST to May 12, 1:30 AM EST
- Where
- Philadelphia County, Philadelphia
- Coordinates
- 40.008, -75.134 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, May 11 to 12, 1996
Heavy rain and winds associated with thunderstorms caused the collapse of 10 rowhouses within Philadelphia. No one was injured, but about 20 persons were displaced.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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.
Heavy rain and winds associated with thunderstorms caused the collapse of 10 rowhouses within Philadelphia. No one was injured, but about 20 persons were displaced. Three houses collapsed on West Montgomery Avenue at 5 p.m. EDT in North Philadelphia. Two hours later, another two houses collapsed on West Indiana Avenue in North Philadelphia. Overnight at 230 a.m. EDT two houses were destroyed and three adjoining ones were badly damaged on Woodlane Avenue in the Southwest part of the city.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flood in Ohio, May 11 to 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 11, 1996
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: 5560381.