Flash Flood, Carbon
- When
- September 11, 6:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Carbon County, New Mahoning
- Coordinates
- 40.918, -75.709 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 11, 1997
Thunderstorms with heavy rain caused flooding along the tributaries of the Mahoning Creek within Mahoning Township. Elsewhere within the county the heavy rain caused some poor drainage flooding, but no other serious stream or river flooding was reported.
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 PHI wrote it up.
Thunderstorms with heavy rain caused flooding along the tributaries of the Mahoning Creek within Mahoning Township. Elsewhere within the county the heavy rain caused some poor drainage flooding, but no other serious stream or river flooding was reported. Storm totals included 3.95 inches in Lehighton and 3.54 inches in East Penn Township.
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:01 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail in North Carolina, September 11, 1997
- Tornado and Heavy Rain in New Jersey, September 11, 1997
- Hurricane in Guam, September 11 to 12, 1997
- Flash Flood in Idaho, September 11, 1997
- Flash Flood and Flood in Utah, September 11, 1997
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, September 11, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, September 11, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 11 to 23, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, September 11, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Arizona, September 11, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, September 11, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, September 11, 1997
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: 5620191.