Flood, Westmoreland
- When
- November 8, 3:00 AM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Westmoreland forecast zone
Flooding in Pennsylvania, November 8, 1997
Three to four inches of rain fell in the headwaters of the Conemaugh River causing moderate flooding at Seward. 1 feet above flood stage.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Three to four inches of rain fell in the headwaters of the Conemaugh River causing moderate flooding at Seward. The Conemaugh River went above flood stage early November 8 and crested at 10 am at 15.1 feet, 3.1 feet above flood stage. The water level quickly receded and went below flood stage between 6 and 7 pm November 8.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Indiana
- When
- November 8, 3:00 AM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Indiana forecast zone
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
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: 5624018, 5624019.