Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 25, 2006

Name: Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 25, 2006
Start: 2006-06-25T17:08
End: 2006-06-25T18:15
Location: Pennsylvania

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

Every event with a place to put it; 1 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: 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, 1:40 PM EST, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 1:40 PM EST, 3 hours 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
240 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)...
WARM HUMID SOUTHERLY FLOW INTO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES TONIGHT WILL
BRING A CONTINATION OF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR MOST OF WPA,
NRN WV AND GARRETT COUNTY,MD. AS UPPER LOW DIGS INTO THE MIDWEST
PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA. HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT.

&&

.LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...
AS A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES DIG INTO THE CENTRAL US AND EJECT IN THE
SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC STATES THE WET WEATHER WILL
CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEKEND WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY ALONG WITH MODERATE TEMPERATURES.

&&

.AVIATION...
LOW CEILINGS EXTEND THROUGH WV THOUGH SHARP CUTOFF AT THE OHIO
BORDER WHERE CEILING AOA 10K. PRECIP AND LOW CEILINGS CONTINUE TO
STREAM NEWRD OUT OF WV SO WILL KEEP STEADY RAIN EAST OF PIT
TERMINALS. WOULD EXPECT FOG AND IFR CIGS FOR LATER TONIGHT INTO
TOMORROW MORNING AS TMP-DWPT SPREAD CLOSES. LITTLE IMPROVEMENT FOR
MON AS ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF VORT LOBES CONTINUES TO EXPLOIT MOIST
CONVERGENT FLOW.

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MDZ001 UNTIL 8 AM TUESDAY.
OH...NONE.
PA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029>032
UNTIL 8 AM TUESDAY.
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041 UNTIL 8 AM
     TUESDAY.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 10:46 AM EST, 6 hours 22 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 3:38 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
438 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006

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

1200 PM     FLASH FLOOD      PARSONS                 39.09N 79.68W
06/25/2006                   TUCKER             WV   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            STREETS AND BASEMENTS FLOODED IN PARSONS AND SHAVERS
            FORK.

0143 PM     FLASH FLOOD      PUNXSUTAWNEY            40.94N 78.98W
06/25/2006                   JEFFERSON          PA   AMATEUR RADIO

            ROAD FLOODING SOUTH OF PUNXSUTAWNEY, NEAR THE BORDER OF
            INDIANA COUNTY.

0130 PM     FLASH FLOOD      PARSONS                 39.09N 79.68W
06/25/2006                   TUCKER             WV   AMATEUR RADIO

            NUMEROUS BASEMENTS FLOODED.

0100 PM     FLASH FLOOD      KITTANNING              40.83N 79.52W
06/25/2006                   ARMSTRONG          PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WIDESPREAD FLOODING

0300 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MARION CENTER           40.77N 79.05W
06/25/2006                   INDIANA            PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED AFTER 4 INCHES OF RAIN.

0215 PM     FLASH FLOOD      KITTANNING              40.83N 79.52W
06/25/2006                   ARMSTRONG          PA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN FORD CITY AND 2 MILES SOUTH OF
            KITTANNING AFTER 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN.

0413 PM     FLASH FLOOD      KITTANNING              40.83N 79.52W
06/25/2006                   ARMSTRONG          PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WIDESPREAD FLOODING CONTINUES COUNTY-WIDE AFTER 5 INCHES
            OF RAIN IN KITTANNING.

0425 PM     FLASH FLOOD      PUNXSUTAWNEY            40.94N 78.98W
06/25/2006                   JEFFERSON          PA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            FLOODING IN BALIER, 3 MILES SOUTH OF PUNXSUTAWNEY, AND IN
            PUNXSUTAWNEY, ALONG STATE ROUTE 119.

&&

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The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:09 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Butler

When: June 25, 5:08 PM EST to 6:15 PM EST
Where: Butler County, Cabot
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.912, -79.913 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Roads flooded in Cabot and Herman.

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 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Pennsylvania, June 2006

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: 5511872.