Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, November 7 to 8, 1997

Name: Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, November 7 to 8, 1997
Start: 1997-11-07T17:44
End: 1997-11-08T13:30
Location: Pennsylvania

November 7 to 8, 1997 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
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.

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1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Indiana

When: November 7, 5:44 PM EST to November 8, 1:30 PM EST
Where: Indiana County, Countywide
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 40.652, -79.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A storm system moving up the Atlantic Coast pushed heavy rainfall into parts of western Pennsylvania. The rain was intensified by strong east upslope winds into the Allegheny Plateau, producing widespread 2 day rainfall storm totals of 2.5 to 3.5 inches. The first report of flooding was on Route 403 along Dixon Run near Cramer. Later, Tearing Run near Homer City went out of its banks. Near Robinson, Richards Run flooded at the intersections of Rt. 259 and Rt. 2201 at Pinkerton Crossing. Extensive street flooding was reported in Clymer and Homer City. Two Lick Creek and Marsh Run also flooded. In Homer City, a basement of a business was flooded. Basement flooding was scattered throughout the county.

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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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: 5626235.