Heavy Rain, Berks
- When
- March 21, 2:00 PM EST to March 22, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Berks County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.416, -75.926 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, March 21 to 22, 1999
Heavy rain affected the Schuylkill and Lehigh Valleys from the late afternoon of the 21st into the early morning of the 22nd. Some poor drainage and roadway flooding was reported, but no serious flooding or damage was reported.
Where it happened
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- 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.
Heavy rain affected the Schuylkill and Lehigh Valleys from the late afternoon of the 21st into the early morning of the 22nd. Some poor drainage and roadway flooding was reported, but no serious flooding or damage was reported. Farther east and south in Pennsylvania, heavier rain did cause some creek and stream flooding. Storm totals included 1.65 inches in Morgantown, 1.58 inches in Hamburg, 1.44 inches at both the Lehigh Valley International Airport and the Blue Marsh Dam (Berks County) and 1.38 inches in Reading. The low pressure system responsible for the heavy rain moved northeast from Atlanta, Georgia the morning of the 21st to Albany, New York the morning of the 22nd.
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, Lehigh
- When
- March 21, 3:00 PM EST to March 22, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Lehigh County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.613, -75.592 (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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Avalanche in Alaska, March 21, 1999
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 21, 1999
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, March 21, 1999
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, March 21, 1999
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 21, 1999
- Winter Storm in New York, March 21 to 22, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 21 to 23, 1999
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, March 21 to 22, 1999
- Winter Storm in New York, March 21 to 22, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 21 to 22, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, March 21 to 22, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, March 21 to 22, 1999
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, March 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5692103, 5692104.