Flood, Washington
- When
- March 2, 9:00 PM EST to March 3, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.189, -80.248 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Pennsylvania, March 2 to 3, 1997
After widespread heavy rainfall in the lower and upper basins of the Monongahela River, the river level crested just above flood stage at Lock 4 Charleroi and further downstream at Lock 3 Elizabeth. No damage occurred.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 3
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.
After widespread heavy rainfall in the lower and upper basins of the Monongahela River, the river level crested just above flood stage at Lock 4 Charleroi and further downstream at Lock 3 Elizabeth. No damage occurred. The river first went into flood at Lock 4 Charleroi. The river crested there at 20.8 feet, 0.8 feet above its 28 foot flood stage, early on the morning of the 3rd and had fallen below flood stage by 7 am. Lock 3 Elizabeth crested at 20.4 feet, just 0.4 feet above its 20 foot flood stage. The river fell below flood stage at Elizabeth around 8 am.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Westmoreland
- When
- March 2, 9:00 PM EST to March 3, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Westmoreland forecast zone
Flood, Allegheny
- When
- March 2, 9:00 PM EST to March 3, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Allegheny forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.469, -79.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 2, 1997
- Flood in West Virginia, March 2 to 7, 1997
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 2 to 15, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Utah, March 2 to 4, 1997
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 2 to 9, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, March 2, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, March 2 to 6, 1997
- Flood in West Virginia, March 2 to 3, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, March 2 to 15, 1997
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 2 to 31, 1997
- Flooding in Ohio, March 2 to 11, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, March 2 to 11, 1997
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, March 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: 5613216, 5613332, 5613333.