Flash Flood, Berks
- When
- January 9, 2:15 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Berks County, North Portion
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.416, -75.926 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, January 9, 1999
The combination of ice jams on the streams, snow and ice melt and showers with heavy rain caused some small stream flooding in northern areas of Berks County during the afternoon of the 9th. Two families were evacuated when an ice jam on the Mill Creek caused flooding in Maxatawny Township.
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.
The combination of ice jams on the streams, snow and ice melt and showers with heavy rain caused some small stream flooding in northern areas of Berks County during the afternoon of the 9th. Two families were evacuated when an ice jam on the Mill Creek caused flooding in Maxatawny Township. One house had waters up to its basement rafters. The Maiden Creek also flooded onto Pennsylvania State Route 662 along the Perry/Richmond Township line. Storm precipitation totals reached 2 inches in Virginville and 1.73 inches in Hamburg. No serious injuries were reported.
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:13 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New York, January 9, 1999
- Dense Fog in California, January 9, 1999
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, January 9, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 9, 1999
- Flash Flood in Ohio, January 9, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, January 9, 1999
- Dense Fog in New Jersey, January 9, 1999
- Dense Fog in Pennsylvania, January 9, 1999
- Dense Fog in Maryland, January 9, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 9, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 9 to 11, 1999
- Dense Fog in Delaware, January 9, 1999
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: 5685188.