Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena - CIG
Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena - CIG
Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena - CIG
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PENNSYLVANIA, CentralAdams CountyCountywideCumberl<strong>and</strong> CountyCountywidePerry CountyCountywideLancaster CountyCountywideYork CountyCountywidePAZ037PENNSYLVANIA, EastBerks CountyCountywideChester CountyCountywideDelaware CountyCountywideMontgomery CountyCountywidePhiladelphia CountyCountywideBucks CountyCountywideLehigh CountyCountywideNorthampton CountyCountywideCarbon CountyCountywideMonroe CountyCountywide212121210200EST1000EST0200EST1000EST0200EST1000EST0500EST1000EST00000000Flash FloodFlash FloodFlash FloodFlash Flood21 0500EST0 0Flash Flood1000EST1 to 2 inches of rain fell across a wide area of south central Pennsylvania, flooding small streams <strong>and</strong> closing many roads.Tioga21 0700EST0 0Heavy SnowLow pressure off the east coast spread large amounts of moisture westward across Pennsylvania. Snow was limited to the higherelevations of the northern counties with Tioga County reporting amounts around 6 inches.080908090809080908090809080908090809<strong>Storm</strong> <strong>Data</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Unusual</strong> <strong>Weather</strong> <strong>Phenomena</strong>TimePath PathNumber ofEstimatedLocal/ Length WidthPersonsDamageLocation DateSt<strong>and</strong>ard (Miles) (Yards) Killed Injured Property Crops Character of <strong>Storm</strong>1100EST1000EST1100EST1000EST1100EST1000EST1100EST1000EST1100EST1000EST1200EST1200EST1300EST1500EST1300EST1500EST1400EST1400EST000000000000000000Heavy RainHeavy RainHeavy RainHeavy RainHeavy RainHeavy RainHeavy RainHeavy RainHeavy RainMarch 199808 1400EST0 0Heavy Rain09 1400ESTRain overspread Eastern Pennsylvania during the late morning <strong>and</strong> early afternoon on the 8th preceding a low pressure system'swarm front. The heaviest rain in Southeast Pennsylvania fell during the late afternoon <strong>and</strong> evening on the 8th <strong>and</strong> mainly during themorning of the 9th in the Lehigh Valley, Berks County <strong>and</strong> the Poconos. Scattered pockets of heavier rain also fell during theevening of the 9th from Berks County northeast through the Poconos. <strong>Storm</strong> totals averaged between 1.5 <strong>and</strong> 2.0 inches, exceptthey exceeded 3 inches in Monroe County. This caused some urban <strong>and</strong> poor drainage flooding, but was not heavy enough to pushany major streams or rivers over their banks. The heavy rain contributed to a major crash in Chester County the afternoon of the8th. A volunteer fire fighter was killed <strong>and</strong> ten others were injured when a braking tractor trailer flipped on its side <strong>and</strong> plowed intoa group of emergency rescue workers at an accident site on the Pennsylvania Turnpike about two miles west of Downingtown.143 137
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