Pennsylvania, 2007

Flood in Pennsylvania, March 2 to 3, 2007

March 2 to 3, 2007 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Snow melt and rainfall combined to cause flooding across Beaver county.

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 happened

The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.

Snow melt and rainfall combined to cause flooding across Beaver county.

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 Mar 2, 3:55 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 3:55 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
355 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007

.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...

COLD FRONT IS RAPIDLY MOVING THROUGH THE REGION AT THE MOMENT. IT
IS TAKING THE RAINFALL WITH IT. THE LOW ITSELF IS STILL LOCATED
OVER WISCONSIN AND WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD. IN THE MEANTIME
ANOTHER FRONT WILL SWING AROUND THE LOW BRINGING SNOW SHOWERS AND
POSSIBLY RAIN SHOWERS TO THE REGION ON SATURDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING THROUGH THE PERIOD. GIVING A COLD
SPELL FOR THE WEEKEND.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...

NO SIGNIFICANT ALTERATIONS NEEDED TO LONG TERM PROG WITH CONTINUED
CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS AS LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES MOVES EASTWARD
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. BY SATURDAY NIGHT, AREA WILL BE UNDER
NORTHWEST FLOW WITH CONTINUED CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH
MONDAY. BY MID WEEK...FLOW WILL BEGIN TO FLATTEN WITH DIMINISHING
POPS AND TEMPS GRADUALLY MODERATING TO NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS.

&&

.AVIATION /09Z-06Z/...

A COLD FRONT PUSHING ACROSS EASTERN OHIO AT THIS HOUR WILL MOVE EAST
OF THE FORCAST AREA BY DAYBREAK TODAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT MVFR TO IFR
CEILINGS WITH THE PRE FRONTAL RAIN WITH VSBY GENERALLY 3 TO 5 MI.
RIDGES WILL BE OBSCURED EAST OF PITTSBURGH UNTIL THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT FOR LATER THIS MORNING BKN CEILINGS
OF 030-040 FT CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GENERALLY UNRESTRICTED VSBY.
WINDS WILL BECOME  SOUTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT WITH GUSTS TODAY TO 25
TO 30 KNOTS. WRAP AROUND STRATOCU BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT WILL
BRING BKN TO OVERCAST CEILINGS OF 025 TO 035 AND UNRESTRICTED VSBY
WITH A FEW SCATTERED SNOW FLURRIES POSSIBLE.

&&

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

66/66/06/
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 1, 10:46 AM EST, 18 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1046 AM EST THU MAR 1 2007

MDZ001-PAZ007>009-013>016-022-023-030-032-WVZ023-041-021600-
GARRETT-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-
JEFFERSON PA-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WESTMORELAND-FAYETTE-PRESTON-
TUCKER-
1046 AM EST THU MAR 1 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA DURING TODAY IN ADVANCE
OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE COMBINATION OF RAINFALL, SNOW
MELT, ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, AND ICE JAM POTENTIAL COULD LEAD
TO FLOODING. WE ARE EXPECTING ONE HALF TO 1 INCH OF RAINFALL.
THERE MAY BE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS PLEASE REPORT EVERY ONE HALF INCH OF RAINFALL, ANY ICE
MOVEMENT, AND ANY FLOODING.

OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ020-021-029-031-WVZ001>004-
012-021-022-021600-
TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-
MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-
WASHINGTON-GREENE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-
MONONGALIA-
1046 AM EST THU MAR 1 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WE ARE EXPECTING ONE HALF TO 1 INCH OF RAINFALL. THERE MAY BE
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS PLEASE REPORT EVERY ONE HALF INCH OF RAINFALL.

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Beaver

When
March 2, 5:05 AM EST to March 3, 4:30 AM EST
Where
Beaver County, North Sewickley
Cause
Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
40.830, -80.270

Snow melt and rainfall combined to cause flooding in Beaver county with with Little Beaver Creek, Raccoon Creek, and Connoquenessing Creek in flood. Numerous roads were closed due to flooding.

What these are

Flood
Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 20346.