Pennsylvania, 2006

Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 25, 2006

June 25, 2006 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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  • Wind
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  • Cold
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$600,000
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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 25, 2:01 AM EST, 8 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 2:01 AM EST, 8 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
301 AM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006

.SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)...
FRONT EAST OF AREA WILL RETROGRESS WESTWARD ACROSS THE REGION
TODAY AS A WARM FRONT...HERALDING THE BEGINNING OF A WET PERIOD.
TROPICAL REMNANTS WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ALONG THE FRONT EARLY THIS
WEEK...BRINGING SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AND POTENTIAL
FLOODING ON AN AXIS THROUGH PA MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SITUATION
BEARS WATCHING FOR POTENTIAL FLOOD WATCH.

&&

.LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...
WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL...WITH A THREAT OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS DAILY.

&&

.AVIATION...
TIGHT GRADIENT OF CLOUDS THIS EARLY MORNING. CLEAR SKIES TO SCT-BKN
CIRRUS OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA WHILE
MIDDECK COVERS THE SOUTH AND EAST. GENERAL TREND THROUGH THE DAY
WILL BE FOR LOWER CLOUDS TO CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWEST. EXPECT VFR
CONDITIONS THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. MAY SEE SOME VIS DROP TO MVFR
RANGE EARLY THIS MORNING WITH PATCHY FOG AND THEN ONCE AGAIN LATER
TODAY AND TONIGHT AS RAIN SHOWERS MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. AREAS OF
HEAVIER SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON WILL REMAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN REACHES
OF THE AREA AND THEN MOVE NORTHWARD DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS.
SCATTERED CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON BUT NO WIDESPREAD
DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED.

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 10:46 AM EST, 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1146 AM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-
020>023-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-261600-
GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-
JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-
VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-
ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND-GREENE-
FAYETTE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-
PRESTON-TUCKER-
1146 AM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR MUCH
OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE
NORTHERN PANHANDLE AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. HEAVY RAINS WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE WATCH AREA AND COULD REACH 3 INCHES BY TUESDAY
MORNING WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER 5 INCHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR
MUCH OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE
NORTHERN PANHANDLE AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS IN EFFECT. SPOTTERS PLEASE CALL IN EVERY
INCH OF NEW RAINFALL.

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:01 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Armstrong

When
June 25, 11:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where
Armstrong County, 10 mi SW of Kittanning
Property damage
$600,000
Reported by
BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates
40.812, -79.464 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Widespread flooding of roads and 200 basements. 12 families were evacuated. Flooded started in South Buffalo Twp around noon, then moved into Ford City and Kittanning. Between 7 AM EDT and 1130 AM, 4.2 inches of rain fell in Kittanning. It reached 5 inches by 4 PM EDT. By 215 PM EDT, flooding was reported in Ford City and 2 miles south of Kittanning. By 413 PM EDT, flooding was widespread.By 723 PM EDT, Glade Run overflowed and flooded Skinall Rd near the Villa Restaurant on SR 1285. By 935 PM EDT, several roads were still flooded in Ford City and Kittanning. Skywarn spotter in Kittanning reported total rainfall in the storm was 5.9 inches. Manor Twp Fire Dept reported some families were evacuated from homes along Garretts Run Rd (old Rte 66) because of flooding.Hawk Hollow and Ping Wing Hollow Roads were washed out. Thirty feet of Scout Run Rd washed out. Restaurant on Rte 66 had extensive flooding. Nearly 100 basements flooded in Manorville and Garretts Run. 136 more basements flooded in Ford City. Animal shelter off Rte 85 flooded by 1130 AM EDT; over 100 animals rescued.

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: 5511801.