Pennsylvania, 2001

Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, April 3, 2001

April 3, 2001 · NWS BGM · 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
$25,000
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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 3, 12:05 PM EST, 6 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 12:05 PM EST, 6 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
105 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2001

SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS EVNG ACRS NE PA AS THE S/WV SLIDES BY.
REMAINDER OF FCST FEATURES RIDGING AND SLOWLY MODERATING TEMPS.
INDICATIONS OF A SLIGHTLY MORE LOW LVL MSTR ACRS ERN ZONES TMRW...SO
MIGHT GO PARTLY SUNNY THERE AS OPPOSED TO MOSTLY SUNNY ELSEWHERE.
SOME UPR LVL MSTR TRIES TO WORK OVER THE TOP OF THE RDG LATER TMRW
NGT AND THU. WITH THE RDG AXIS SO FAR TO THE WEST XPCT ANY CI/AC
TO BE THINNING AS IT MOVS INTO THE RGN. PREV AVN RUN WAS MUCH WETTER
SO NOT MUCH CONSISTENCY. WILL BE CONSERVATIVE AND FCST PARTLY (VS
MOSTLY) SUNNY ON THU. NXT CHC FOR SIG PCPN APPEARS TO BE FRI NGT AS
A WMFNT APRCHS.

.BGM...NONE.

BRADY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:30 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Bradford

When
April 3, 6:30 PM EST to 8:30 PM EST
Where
Bradford County, Ulster
Property damage
$25,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
41.789, -76.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Failure of the earthen Saco Lake Dam caused flash flooding on Hemlock Run Creek.

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: 5242515.