Heavy Rain, Carbon
- When
- August 13, 7:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Carbon County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.918, -75.709 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, August 13, 1999
5 inches in many places. This was the most widespread rain event in the area since May 23rd and 24th and started to chip away at the drought.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 PHI wrote it up.
In addition to the severe weather and lightning, the thunderstorms that rumbled through the Poconos brought heavy rain with them as storm totals exceeded 1.5 inches in many places. This was the most widespread rain event in the area since May 23rd and 24th and started to chip away at the drought. Heavy rain fell mainly between 8 p.m. and 11p.m. EDT and caused the usual poor drainage flooding problems. In Albrightsville (Carbon County) an inch of rain fell within 15 minutes. In Stroudsburg, 1.40 inches of rain fell within 30 minutes. Storm totals included 2.30 inches in Long Pond (Monroe County), 2.28 inches in Blakeslee (Monroe County), 1.88 inches in Tobyhanna (Monroe County), 1.58 inches in Lehighton (Carbon County) and 1.34 inches at Beltzville Lake (Carbon County).
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Monroe
- When
- August 13, 8:30 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.058, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 13, 1999
- Tornadoes in New Hampshire, August 13, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 13 to 14, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 13 to 14, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 13 to 24, 1999
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Ohio, August 13, 1999
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 13, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 13, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, August 13, 1999
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, August 1999
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: 5717860, 5717861.