Additional thunderstorm rains on the 28th produced flash flooding across the entire county, forcing the closure of several county and state roads across the area. Some of the harder hit areas included Powhatan Point, Shadyside, Barton, and the Colerain area where several evacuations and rescues were necessary starting on the evening of the 28th.
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The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
Additional thunderstorm rains on the 28th produced flash flooding across the entire county, forcing the closure of several county and state roads across the area. Some of the harder hit areas included Powhatan Point, Shadyside, Barton, and the Colerain area where several evacuations and rescues were necessary starting on the evening of the 28th. One death occurred in the Barton area around 830 PM on the 28th when a 41-year-old woman's vehicle was swept from County Road 4 and into the Steep Run Creek.
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:20 UTC.
7 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm rains produced flooding along SR 147.
Thunderstorm rains produced flooding of two to three feet of water on Central Avenue. Wegee Creek out of banks.
Several roads across the Lafferty area were flooded from thunderstorm rains.
Catina Creek rose out of its banks and flooded surrounding roads.
Two feet of water from thunderstorm rains covered a portion of SR 148.
Wegee and Pipe Creeks out of their banks in Shadyside; other streams and creeks of their banks across the county. Several roads across the county are closed due to water on roads.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood, Belmont | 1998-06-28 | 41 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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