Pennsylvania, 2009Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, July 31, 2009
July 31, 2009 · NWS PHI · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
The combination of thunderstorms with heavy rain and recent wet weather conditions produced some flash flooding across the southeastern part of the state from mid afternoon into early evening on the 31st.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
The combination of thunderstorms with heavy rain and recent wet weather conditions produced some flash flooding across the southeastern part of the state from mid afternoon into early evening on the 31st.
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 Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 31, 2:25 PM EST, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 2:25 PM EST, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
325 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH OUR AREA TONIGHT, AND WEAK
HIGH PRESSURE WILL FOLLOW FOR SATURDAY. ANOTHER FRONT IS EXPECTED
TO IMPACT OUR REGION SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL
WEAK FRONTS AND UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT OUR
AREA FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK, WITH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY PERHAPS BEING
A BIT MORE LIKELY THAN OTHER DAYS TO FEATURE PRECIPITATION.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/...
THE EVENT IS UNDERWAY. THE CONVECTIVE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9
PM, AND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 AM
SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMED ON THE WESTERN FRINGE
OF THE REALLY UNSTABLE AIR OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA SOUTHWESTWARD
TO NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY
WILL BE TRANSLATING EASTWARD THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING, AS THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS MOVE TO
THE NORTHEAST. AT ISSUANCE TIME, A LINE HAD DEVELOPED FROM
NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY SOUTHWESTWARD TO NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND,
WITH A MESOSCALE CLUSTER OF STORMS FORMING IN NORTHEASTERN
MARYLAND. WE CONTINUE TO THINK THAT EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY, AND THE DELMAR
ZONES STAND THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING SOME SEVERE WEATHER,
ESPECIALLY NEAR THAT CLUSTERING AREA IN THE QUAD-STATE REGION, AS
WELL AS AT LEAST LOCALIZED FLOODING. IN ADDITION, STEADIER RAIN
WILL FOLLOW THE CONVECTIVE BURST LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
TONIGHT TO ADD TO RAINFALL TOTALS. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WERE
NEAR 2 INCHES, AND SOME RAINFALL RATES IN A FEW CELLS WERE UP TO 4
INCHES AN HOUR.
THEN, AS THE FRONT EASES THROUGH THE AREA AND DIURNAL EFFECTS
WANE BY THE EARLY OVERNIGHT PERIOD, THE CONVECTION AND RAIN WILL
BE TRENDING DOWN AND SKIES WILL BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY FROM WEST TO
EAST OVERNIGHT. SOME WIND MAY KEEP NOTICEABLE OR DENSE FOG FROM
FORMING LATE TONIGHT, SO FOG WAS NOT ADDED TO THE GRIDS FOR NOW.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY/...
BENIGN CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF TONIGHT/S COLD
FRONT FOR SATURDAY, AND NOW FOR SATURDAY NIGHT TOO. DIURNAL
CUMULUS IS EXPECTED SATURDAY, ALTHOUGH A LONE SHOWER IS NOT
IMPOSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS AS SOUTHERLY FLOW
RESUMES. HOWEVER, MOSTLY NEGATIVE OR NEUTRAL VORTICITY ADVECTION,
WITH LESS INSTABILITY, SHOULD KEEP A LID ON ANY CONVECTION
SATURDAY. MORE FORCING IS SEEN FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE GFS
DEPICTION OF A LEE SIDE TROUGH BY 00Z MONDAY, SO, WITH DIURNAL
EFFECTS, CHANCE POPS WERE USED FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
THE MODELS HAVE BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN INDICATING UPPER LEVEL
CYCLONIC FLOW AT TIMES FOR THE COMING WEEK, WITH ASSOCIATED SURFACE
FRONT REFLECTIONS. THE BEST TIME FOR CONVECTION APPEARS TO BE
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH A COASTAL FRONT IN PLACE. A CASE COULD BE
MADE FOR NO PRECIPITATION FOR FRIDAY, BUT HPC HAD SOME CHANCE POPS
SO (AN INVISIBLE TO THE WORDED FORECAST) SLIGHT CHANCE WAS USED
FOR FRIDAY. HPC TEMPERATURES WERE FOLLOWED.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION IS FOR KPHL, KPNE, KTTN, KABE, KRDG, KILG,
KMIV, KACY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
THE CURRENT TAFS HAVE A FOUR HOUR WINDOW OF POTENTIALLY IFR
CONDITIONS AS AN EXPECTED LINE OF STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. AROUND THIS WINDOW
WE DID CARRY THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME MORE WIDELY SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS PRECEDING THIS MAIN LINE IN THE EASTERN PART OF OUR
TERMINALS AS WELL AS RESIDUAL SHOWERS FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS BEHIND
THE MAIN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEING IN CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA.
DEPENDING ON HOW HEAVY THE RAIN WILL BE AT THE TERMINAL SITES
THEMSELVES, WITH EXPECTED LIGHT WINDS AND CLEARING SKIES FOG SHOULD
FORM. WE FORECAST IFR CONDITIONS AT THE TRADITIONALLY FOGGIER
TERMINALS (KRDG, KTTN AND KMIV). ON SATURDAY DAY THERE SHOULD NOT BE
SUFFICIENT MOISTURE PLUS A CAP OR LID TO PREVENT THE CUMULUS CLOUDS
FROM GETTING HIGH ENOUGH TO DEVELOP INTO SHOWERS AND OR
THUNDERSTORMS. SO AFTER THE FOG BURNS OFF AN OVERALL VFR DAY IS
EXPECTED.
OUTLOOK...THE NEXT THREAT OF ORGANIZED CONVECTION IS ON SUNDAY, BUT
SOME SHOWERS AND TSTMS MIGHT DEVELOP AS EARLY AS SAT NIGHT. LESS
AREAL COVERAGE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD OCCUR MONDAY WITH
ANOTHER MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM EVENT AGAIN POSSIBLE
LATER TUESDAY. THE SUNDAY AND TUESDAY CONVECTION HAVE THE BETTER
CHANCE OF PRODUCING MVFR AND IFR CONDITIONS ACROSS THE TERMINALS.
&&
.MARINE...
SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE
MARINE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. PLEASE TAKE THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS.
SCA REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE OCEAN INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WIND
GUSTS HAVE REACHED 25 KTS, BUT EVEN WHEN WINDS DECREASE OUTSIDE
OF THUNDERSTORMS LATER TONIGHT, THE LONG SOUTHERLY FETCH SHOULD
PERMIT SEAS TO REMAIN OVER 5 FEET THROUGH THE NIGHT BEFORE THEY
SLOWLY SUBSIDE ON SATURDAY.
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD KEEP WINDS AND SEAS BELOW SCA SATURDAY
AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY. PREVIOUS GUIDANCE SHOWED THE PROCESS
REPEATING AGAIN LATER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT
APPROACHES THE AREA WATERS. LATEST GUIDANCE IS NOT AS ROBUST. THIS
SEEMS TO FOLLOW THE 00Z ECMWF SOLUTION, SO WE KEPT WINDS AND SEAS
BELOW SCA CRITERIA FOR NOW.
ANOTHER HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM SHOULD THEN BUILD INTO THE AREA WATERS
WITH MORE BENIGN CONDITIONS FOR LATER MONDAY INTO TUESDAY IN ADVANCE
OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. WINDS AND SEAS OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SCA CRITERIA AS OF NOW.
&&
.PHI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR PAZ054-055-060>062-
067>071.
NJ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR NJZ001-007>010-012-
013-015>019.
DE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR DEZ001.
MD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR MDZ008.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON EDT SATURDAY FOR ANZ450>455.
&&
SYNOPSIS...
NEAR TERM...
SHORT TERM...
LONG TERM...
AVIATION...GIGI
MARINE...GIGIHazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 12:28 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
128 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2009
DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>019-PAZ054-055-060>062-
067>071-011730-
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
128 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 644 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST
MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...NORTHWEST NEW
JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
DEZ002-003-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ020>023-027-011730-
KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-OCEAN-
CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
128 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2009
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 644 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL DELAWARE...SOUTHERN
DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
ANZ450>455-011730-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE EGG INLET TO GREAT EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM GREAT EGG INLET TO CAPE MAY NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE MAY NJ TO CAPE HENLOPEN DE OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM-
128 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2009
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 644 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
ANZ430-431-011730-
DELAWARE BAY WATERS NORTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE-
DELAWARE BAY WATERS SOUTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE-
128 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2009
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 644 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DELAWARE BAY WATERS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-011730-
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
128 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2009
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 644 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN DELAWARE...CENTRAL
NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 1:23 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
223 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2009
DEZ001-MDZ008-012-015-PAZ067-070-311915-
CECIL MD-CHESTER PA-DELAWARE PA-KENT MD-NEW CASTLE DE-QUEEN ANNES
MD-
223 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2009
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CECIL...CHESTER...DELAWARE...
KENT...NEW CASTLE AND QUEEN ANNES COUNTIES...
AT 217 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MARYLAND...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH INTO THE UPPER CHESAPEAKE BAY REGION. THESE
STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STAY
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS.
FORECASTER:AMC
Local storm report, Jul 31, 2:34 PM EST, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
334 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM HEAVY RAIN PHILLIPSBURG 40.69N 75.18W
07/31/2009 E0.00 INCH WARREN NJ COUNTY OFFICIAL
MINOR FLOODING REPORTED ON ROUTE 78 DUE TO HEAVY RAINS.
&&
MEOLASpecial weather statement, Jul 31, 2:53 PM EST, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
353 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2009
DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ010-012-013-015>022-027-PAZ068>071-312145-
ATLANTIC NJ-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-CECIL MD-CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA-
GLOUCESTER NJ-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MONTGOMERY PA-NEW CASTLE DE-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-SALEM NJ-
SOMERSET NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
353 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2009
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ATLANTIC...BUCKS...BURLINGTON...
CAMDEN...CECIL...CUMBERLAND...DELAWARE...GLOUCESTER...MERCER...
MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH...MONTGOMERY...NEW CASTLE...OCEAN...
PHILADELPHIA...SALEM AND SOMERSET COUNTIES...
AT 349 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHWEST
OF PHILADELPHIA TO 4 MILES WEST OF MIDDLETOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR CONSHOHOCKEN...AMBLER AROUND
400 PM...PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL...WILLOW GROVE AROUND 415 PM...
RICHBORO...PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AROUND 430 PM...
NEWTOWN...LANGHORNE AROUND 445 PM...YARDLEY AND PITMAN AROUND 500 PM.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.
EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER
TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM
APPROACHES.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO A MORE UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME EVEN STRONGER AND REACH SEVERE LIMITS.
PLEASE PAY ATTENTION FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY
INDOORS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
TFG
Flash Flood, Chester
- When
- July 31, 3:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chester County, Thorndale to 1.65 mi SE of Hayesville
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 39.980, -75.730
Thunderstorms with torrential downpours caused poor drainage flooding as well as stream flooding in central and southwest Chester County from around Thorndale in Caln Township southwest into West Fallowfield and Lower Oxford Townships. Doppler Radar storm total estimates reached as high as 3 to 4 inches in western Chester County.
Flash Flood, Philadelphia
- When
- July 31, 4:10 PM EST to 4:40 PM EST
- Where
- Philadelphia County, 0.93 mi SSE of Crescentville to 0.83 mi SSE of Crescentville
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- River/Stream Gage
- Coordinates
- 40.017, -75.095
Thunderstorms with heavy rain caused flooding along Frankford Creek within Philadelphia. The Frankford Creek at the Castor Avenue gauge exceeded its 7 foot flood stage from 510 p.m. through 540 p.m EDT on the 31st. It crested at 8.26 feet. The storm total at the Philadelphia International Airport was 1.42 inches, most of which fell within one hour.
- 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.
- Rip Current in South Carolina, July 31, 20091 death · 1 injured · 1 event
- Rip Current in New York, July 31, 20091 death · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, July 31, 2009$1.0 million · EF0 · 24 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, July 31, 20092 injured · $155,000 · EF1 · 21 events
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, July 31, 20092 injured · $545,000 · 74 kt wind · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 31, 2009$555,000 · 1.75 in hail · 10 events
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 31, 20092 injured · $300,000 · 56 kt wind · 6 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Texas, July 31, 2009$439,000 · 56 kt wind · 5 events
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 31, 2009$170,000 · 50 kt wind · 15 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 31, 2009$140,000 · 1.75 in hail · 13 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 31, 2009$195,000 · 1 in hail · 6 events
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 31, 2009$115,000 · 50 kt wind · 14 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: 186753, 186752.