Flash Flood, Berks
- When
- August 1, 6:30 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Berks County, North Portion
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.416, -75.926 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, August 1, 2000
Thunderstorms with torrential downpours caused flash flooding of some of the smaller creeks in northern Berks County and northwestern Lehigh County as well as poor drainage flooding from northern Berks County eastward through the Lehigh Valley. State troopers responded to many calls about flooded roadways.
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
- 3
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.
Thunderstorms with torrential downpours caused flash flooding of some of the smaller creeks in northern Berks County and northwestern Lehigh County as well as poor drainage flooding from northern Berks County eastward through the Lehigh Valley. State troopers responded to many calls about flooded roadways. The heaviest rain fell in northern parts of Tilden and Windsor Townships in Berks County where Doppler Radar storm total estimates were between 3 and 4 inches and in western Lynn Township in Lehigh County where Doppler Radar storm total estimates were around 2.5 inches. Measured storm totals included 1.62 inches in Hamburg (Berks County), 1.60 inches in Easton (Northampton County) and 0.93 inches at the Lehigh Valley International Airport. No serious injuries were reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Lehigh
- When
- August 1, 6:45 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lehigh County, Northwest Portion
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.613, -75.592 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Northampton
- When
- August 1, 6:45 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northampton County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.754, -75.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
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The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Texas, August 1 to 31, 2000
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 10, 2000
- Drought in Oklahoma, August 1 to 31, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 1 to 2, 2000
- Drought in Louisiana, August 1 to 31, 2000
- Heat in Kansas, August 1 to 31, 2000
- Wildfire in Montana, August 1 to 28, 2000
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 1, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 1, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, August 1, 2000
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 2000
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, August 2000
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: 5173910, 5173911, 5173912.