Pennsylvania, 2001

Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, June 16, 2001

June 16, 2001 · NWS BGM · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

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

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.

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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 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 Jun 16, 4:25 PM EST, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 4:25 PM EST, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
525 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001

HAVE UPDATED THE ZONES TO INCLUDE THE MENTION OF HEAVY RAIN. HAVE
ALSO ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE FA EXCEPT THE WESTERN
MOST ZONES AND N ONEIDA COUNTY. IN THESE AREAS THE HEAVIEST RAINS
HAVE ALREADY SHIFTED EAST OR ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOUTH. SPOTTERS
HAVE REPORTED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR IN SOME
PLACES. THE RUC MODEL INDICATES THE CONVECTION WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE
EAST.

.BGM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS EVENING NYZ017-024-025-055-PAZ038
       FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT NYZ018-036-037-044-045-056
                                        PAZ039-043-044-047
       FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT NY046-057-062-PAZ040-048

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The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:58 UTC.

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Event by event

2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Bradford

When
June 16, 5:00 PM EST to 7:15 PM EST
Where
Bradford County, Central Portion
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
41.789, -76.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A strong cold front combined with some of the moisture from the remnants of Hurricane Allison to produce extreme rainfall rates across portions of the area. The rain gage at NWS Binghamton recorded 3.57 inches of rain in just over one hour and event total estimates across Bradford county were around 5 inches. The rapid runoff from these rains caused flash flooding. Emergency management reported that many roads were washed out including Routes 14 and 187. In Asylum township a State of Emergency was declared and several evacuations were ordered due to an unstable dam on a pond at Gilpin dairy farm. Route 187 suffered significant damage between Moody Road and Durell Road where sluice pipes and sections of the road were washed away.

Flash Flood, Lackawanna

When
June 16, 10:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where
Lackawanna County, Carbondale
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
41.437, -75.609 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Emergency management reported a few trees down and a minor washout of Route 106.

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.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5252644, 5252645.