Pennsylvania, 2006Flash 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.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $7,000
- 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, 1:40 PM EST, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 1:40 PM EST, 5 hours 50 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, 8 hours 44 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, 3 hours 52 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.
&&
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PITLocal storm report, Jun 25, 6:16 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
716 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0702 PM FLASH FLOOD MARION CENTER 40.77N 79.05W
06/25/2006 INDIANA PA TRAINED SPOTTER
PENN DOT CLOSED US ROUTE 119 BETWEEN MARION CENTER AND
PUNXSUTAWNEY BECAUSE OF FLOODING FROM MAHONING CREEK.
&&
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PITLocal storm report, Jun 25, 6:23 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
723 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0720 PM FLASH FLOOD MARION CENTER 40.77N 79.05W
06/25/2006 INDIANA PA COUNTY OFFICIAL
CANOE CREEK IN JUNEAU FLOODED. IN PREVIOUS REPORT, AT 702
PM, THE CREEK THAT FLOODED US ROUTE 119 IS NAMED LITTLE
MAHONING CREEK, NOT MAHONING CREEK.
&&
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PITLocal storm report, Jun 25, 6:31 PM EST, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
731 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0723 PM FLASH FLOOD KITTANNING 40.83N 79.52W
06/25/2006 ARMSTRONG PA TRAINED SPOTTER
GLADE RUN OVERFLOWED AND FLOODED SKINALL RD NEAR THE
VILLA RESTAURANT ON STATE ROUTE 1285.
&&
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PITLocal storm report, Jun 25, 6:59 PM EST, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
759 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0608 PM FLASH FLOOD BUTLER 40.86N 79.90W
06/25/2006 BUTLER PA COUNTY OFFICIAL
ROADS FLOODED IN CABOT AND HERMIN.
&&
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PITLocal storm report, Jun 25, 7:30 PM EST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
830 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0815 PM FLASH FLOOD MARION CENTER 40.77N 79.05W
06/25/2006 INDIANA PA TRAINED SPOTTER
NEAR MOTTARNS IN EAST MAHONING TWP...EAST CREEK ROAD HAS
BEEN WASHED OUT. IT PARALLELS LITTLE MAHONING CREEK.
&&
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PITFlash Flood, Westmoreland
- When
- June 25, 7:30 PM EST to 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- Westmoreland County, Latrobe
- Property damage
- $7,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.311, -79.467 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
- 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.
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, June 25 to 26, 2006$502 million · 1 in hail · 11 events
- Flood in Virginia, June 25 to 27, 20061 death · 1 injured · $50,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in District of Columbia, June 25 to 27, 2006$10 million · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 25, 2006$5.0 million · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Flood in Delaware, June 25 to 26, 2006$1.0 million · 2 events
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 25, 2006$600,000 · 1 event
- Flooding in Virginia, June 25 to 27, 2006$470,000 · 5 events
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 25, 2006$200,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 25, 2006$85,000 · 55 kt wind · 3 events
- Dust Storm and Damaging Winds in Arizona, June 25, 2006$80,000 · 60 kt wind · 3 events
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, June 25, 2006$75,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 25, 2006$46,000 · 50 kt wind · 7 events
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: 5511873.