Pennsylvania, 2000

Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 6, 2000

August 6, 2000 · NWS CTP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$50,000
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.

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:29 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Somerset

When
August 6, 1:30 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
Where
Somerset County, Countywide
Property damage
$50,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
39.972, -79.028 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

At least 30 basements were flooded and 6 roads were closed due to high water and debris as heavy rains hit the area. More than 4 inches fell in some locations, sending the Casselman River out of its banks near Salisbury. The county fairgrounds were inundated with water, putting mud and debris in some of the fair buildings and requiring cleanup prior to the August 19th opening of the event.

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.

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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: 5170143.