Pennsylvania, 2001

Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 21 to 22, 2001

June 21 to 22, 2001 · 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
None recorded
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 State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 21, 9:05 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 9:05 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
930 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2001

QUICK EVENING UPDATE. ONCE AGAIN LIKE LAST NIGHT...SVR WEATHER
THREAT EVOLVING INTO A HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. SPORADIC FLASH FLOOD
WARNINGS ALREADY HAVE BEEN ISSUED. WILL BE ISSUING A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH FOR WESTERN COUNTIES AND NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS BASED ON OBSERVED
RAFL AND MOSAIC OF RADAR. MORE HEAVY TSRA MOVING WILL BE MOVING INTO
THE WATCH AR{EA.

.CTP...FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT PAZ004-005-010-011-017-024-033.

JUNG

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:28 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Franklin

When
June 21, 11:30 PM EST to June 22, 1:15 AM EST
Where
Franklin County, Chambersburg
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
39.927, -77.721 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy rains flooded many roads throughout Franklin County, including Chambersburg.

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: 5253450.