Heavy Rain, Bucks
- When
- September 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Bucks forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, September 30, 2000
September 2000 continued the trend of unseasonably wet weather for southeast Pennsylvania. The heaviest rainfall totals were along the Delaware River and New Jersey border.
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
- 5
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.
September 2000 continued the trend of unseasonably wet weather for southeast Pennsylvania. The heaviest rainfall totals were along the Delaware River and New Jersey border. On a county weighted average, September monthly rainfall totals ranged from 5.1 inches in Bucks County to 9.4 inches in Philadelphia County. Normal monthly rainfall is around 3.9 inches. At the Philadelphia International Airport, the monthly rainfall total of 7.95 inches was the 7th wettest September on record. Monthly rainfall was slightly above average in Berks County, but was below average in the Lehigh Valley and the Poconos.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Chester
- When
- September 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Chester forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heavy Rain, Delaware
- When
- September 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Delaware forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.917, -75.399 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Montgomery
- When
- September 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heavy Rain, Philadelphia
- When
- September 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Philadelphia forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.008, -75.134 (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
- Flood in Oregon, September 30, 2000
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, September 30, 2000
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, September 30, 2000
- Heavy Rain in Delaware, September 30, 2000
- Cold in Connecticut, September 30, 2000
- Flood in Florida, September 30, 2000
- High Wind in Montana, September 30, 2000
- Waterspout in Florida, September 30, 2000
- Flood in Hawaii, September 30, 2000
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, September 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5156395, 5156396, 5156397, 5156398, 5156399.