Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 30, 2005

Name: Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 30, 2005
Start: 2005-06-30T17:00
End: 2005-06-30T18:30
Location: Pennsylvania

June 30, 2005 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. 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: 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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 30, 4:26 PM EST, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 4:26 PM EST, 34 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
526 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2005

.SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)...
WILL UPDATE ZONES TO REMOVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HEADLINE FROM
ALL COUNTIES EXCEPT WETZEL COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA.

&&

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 302 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2005)

SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)...
LINE TSTMS ASSOCIATED WITH PERSISTANT MCS WILL MOVE ACROSS FORECAST
AREA DURING LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.  COLD FRONT
APPROACHES AREA TOMORROW.  FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS CWA
TOMORROW WITH ASSOCIATED TSTMS.  LEE SIDE TROF DEVELOPS EAST OF
APPALACHIANS TOMORROW AND MAY TAKE SOME OF THE PUNCH OUT OF FRONT AS
IT MOVES ACROSS CWA TOMORROW.

TEMPS REMAIN QUITE WARM OVERNIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S TO
LOWER 70S.

LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...
WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN PORTION
OF FORECAST AREA FRIDAY EVENING AS COLD FRONT MOVES AWAY. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS UPPER OHIO VALLEY REGION SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY...THEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST MONDAY. FORECAST WILL
BE DRY FOR THE INDEPENDENCE DAY WEEKEND.

NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE FROM LATE TUESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY AS COLD FRONT PUSHES SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THROUGH REGION.

AVIATION...
GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF TSTMS. FIRST LINE OF TSTMS MOVES
ACROSS REGION BY 8 PM THIS EVENING.  EXPECT SECOND ROUND OF
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO REGION AROUND 15Z FRIDAY AND MOVE
SLOWLY ACCROSS CWA WITH BRIEF IFR CEILINGS.

PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 8:27 AM EST, 8 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
927 AM EDT THU JUN 30 2005

OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007-013-020-WVZ001-002-010907-
BEAVER PA-BELMONT OH-BROOKE WV-CARROLL OH-COLUMBIANA OH-COSHOCTON OH-
GUERNSEY OH-HANCOCK WV-HARRISON OH-JEFFERSON OH-LAWRENCE PA-
MERCER PA-MONROE OH-MUSKINGUM OH-NOBLE OH-TUSCARAWAS OH-
927 AM EDT THU JUN 30 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
EAST CENTRAL OHIO...AND THE PANHANDLE OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...AND PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN
WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. THE PRIMARY
THREAT IS FROM DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE
MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

MDZ001-PAZ008-009-014>016-021>023-029>032-WVZ003-004-012-021>023-041-
010907-
ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-BUTLER PA-CLARION PA-FAYETTE PA-FOREST PA-
GARRETT MD-GREENE PA-INDIANA PA-JEFFERSON PA-MARION WV-MARSHALL WV-
MONONGALIA WV-OHIO WV-PRESTON WV-TUCKER WV-VENANGO PA-WASHINGTON PA-
WESTMORELAND PA-WETZEL WV-
927 AM EDT THU JUN 30 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
PARTS OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SOME ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT BUT THE
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE
MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 30, 4:08 PM EST, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
508 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0440 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEW CASTLE              41.00N 80.35W
06/30/2005                   LAWRENCE           PA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE

0440 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 S SLIPPERY ROCK       40.98N 80.06W
06/30/2005                   BUTLER             PA   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

&&

COBLENTZ

Local storm report, Jun 30, 4:13 PM EST, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
513 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0450 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W SAXONBURG           40.75N 79.85W
06/30/2005                   BUTLER             PA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE TREES, LARGE LIMBS, AND A PHONE POLE DOWN AT RT.
            8 AND RT. 228.

&&

COBLENTZ

Local storm report, Jun 30, 4:31 PM EST, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
531 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 S PITTSBURGH          40.41N 79.98W
06/30/2005                   ALLEGHENY          PA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            CREEK ALONG STREETS RUN ROAD IN HAYS IS OUT OF ITS BANKS.

&&

COBLENTZ

Local storm report, Jun 30, 4:40 PM EST, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
540 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0517 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KOPPEL                  40.83N 80.32W
06/30/2005                   BEAVER             PA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE, IN KOPPLE, BIG BEAVER
            AND BEAVER FALLS.

&&

COBLENTZ

Local storm report, Jun 30, 4:53 PM EST, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
553 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0530 PM     FLASH FLOOD      BALDWIN                 40.36N 79.97W
06/30/2005                   ALLEGHENY          PA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            STREETS RUN RD. FLOODED AND IS CLOSED FROM CITY LINE TO
            PROSPECT ST. BECKS RUN RD. AND BRENTWOOD ROADS FLOODED.

&&

COBLENTZ

Local storm report, Jun 30, 4:54 PM EST, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
554 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0535 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BALDWIN                 40.36N 79.97W
06/30/2005                   ALLEGHENY          PA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN BALDWIN BORO.

&&

COBLENTZ

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Venango

When: June 30, 5:00 PM EST to 6:30 PM EST
Where: Venango County, Franklin
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.400, -79.850

Several small streams out of their banks, flooding Liberty St and 15th St.

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

Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Pennsylvania, June 2005

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: 5455973.