Flash Flood, Bucks
- When
- April 2, 12:15 AM EST to 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Bucks County, Langhorne
- Coordinates
- 40.337, -75.107 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, April 2, 1998
A series of thunderstorms with heavy rain moved across the southern half of Bucks County during the evening of the 1st and caused considerable urban and poor drainage flooding. The runoff from the heavy rain caused flooding along the Neshaminy Creek during the early morning of the 2nd.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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What happened
The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
A series of thunderstorms with heavy rain moved across the southern half of Bucks County during the evening of the 1st and caused considerable urban and poor drainage flooding. The runoff from the heavy rain caused flooding along the Neshaminy Creek during the early morning of the 2nd. The Neshaminy Creek at Langhorne reached its 9 foot flood stage at 1215 a.m. EST on the 9th, crested at 9.8 feet at 4 a.m. EST and was back within bankfull at 7 a.m. EST. Storm totals included 2.93 inches in Doylestown, 2.38 inches in Sellersville, 2.00 inches in Southampton, 1.85 in New Hope, 1.83 inches in Fricks, and 1.40 inches in Neshaminy Falls. No serious injuries or property damage were reported.
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:13 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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, April 2, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, April 2 to 14, 1998
- High Wind in New Mexico, April 2, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Utah, April 2, 1998
- High Wind in Texas, April 2, 1998
- Winter Storm in Colorado, April 2, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 2 to 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 2 to 3, 1998
- Blizzard in Alaska, April 2, 1998
- Flood in Pennsylvania, April 2, 1998
- Flash Flood in Vermont, April 2, 1998
- Flood in New York, April 2 to 4, 1998
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: 5643346.