Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 13, 1996

Name: Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 13, 1996
Start: 1996-09-13T00:00
End: 1996-09-13T00:00
Location: Pennsylvania

September 13, 1996 · NWS CTP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Thunderstorms dropped up to 8 inches of rain in 4 hours in McConnelsburg, flooding roads across the county. Fifty new and twenty used cars were swept away from Fulton Motors in McConnellsburg.

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 CTP wrote it up.

Thunderstorms dropped up to 8 inches of rain in 4 hours in McConnelsburg, flooding roads across the county. Fifty new and twenty used cars were swept away from Fulton Motors in McConnellsburg. Two homes were destroyed and 80 damaged.

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:02 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Fulton

When: September 13, 12:00 AM EST
Where: Fulton County, McConnelsburg
Coordinates: 39.925, -78.113 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1996 Every state in 1996 This day in weather history Warnings in Pennsylvania, September 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: 5568788.