Heavy Rain, Berks
- When
- June 1, 11:00 PM EST to June 3, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Berks County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 40.416, -75.926 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, June 1 to 3, 1997
A series of low pressure systems moving east off the North Carolina coast and a relatively strong high pressure system over Eastern Canada brought a prolonged period of rain to Eastern Pennsylvania from around Midnight EDT on the 2nd through the morning on the 3rd. The heaviest rain fell during the day on the 2nd.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 10 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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.
A series of low pressure systems moving east off the North Carolina coast and a relatively strong high pressure system over Eastern Canada brought a prolonged period of rain to Eastern Pennsylvania from around Midnight EDT on the 2nd through the morning on the 3rd. The heaviest rain fell during the day on the 2nd. Storm totals averaged between 1 and 2 inches. But since the rain was spread over about a 30 hour period, flooding was limited to low-lying and poor drainage locations mainly during the day on the 2nd. Storm totals included 2.34 inches in Fricks, 2.11 inches in Doylestown and 1.85 inches in Sellersville (all in Bucks County), 1.8 inches in Tobyhanna (Monroe County), 1.77 inches at the Lehigh Valley International Airport, 1.69 inches in Green Lane (Montgomery County), 1.68 inches in Lehighton (Carbon County), 1.64 inches in Reading (Berks County), 1.48 inches in Crum Creek (Delaware County) and 1.22 inches at the Northeast Philadelphia Airport.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
10 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Bucks
- When
- June 1, 11:00 PM EST to June 3, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Bucks County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 40.337, -75.107 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Carbon
- When
- June 1, 11:00 PM EST to June 3, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Carbon County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 40.918, -75.709 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Chester
- When
- June 1, 11:00 PM EST to June 3, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Chester County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 39.973, -75.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Delaware
- When
- June 1, 11:00 PM EST to June 3, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Delaware County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 39.917, -75.399 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Lehigh
- When
- June 1, 11:00 PM EST to June 3, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Lehigh County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 40.613, -75.592 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Monroe
- When
- June 1, 11:00 PM EST to June 3, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 41.058, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Montgomery
- When
- June 1, 11:00 PM EST to June 3, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 40.211, -75.367 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Northampton
- When
- June 1, 11:00 PM EST to June 3, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northampton County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 40.754, -75.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Philadelphia
- When
- June 1, 11:00 PM EST to June 3, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Philadelphia County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 40.008, -75.134 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 1, 1997
- Flooding in Idaho, June 1 to 30, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 1 to 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 1, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, June 1 to 3, 1997
- Drought in Texas, June 1 to 30, 1997
- Flooding in Idaho, June 1 to 15, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 1 to 30, 1997
- Flooding in Ohio, June 1 to 6, 1997
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 1, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Colorado, June 1 to 2, 1997
- Cold in Georgia, June 1 to 11, 1997
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, June 1997
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: 5611829, 5611830, 5611831, 5611832, 5611833, 5611834, 5611835, 5611836, 5611837, 5611838.