Flash Flood — Clinton, Pennsylvania

2023-08-30 · near Flemington, Clinton, Pennsylvania

Event narrative

Flash flooding led to the closure of several roads across Bald Eagle, Woodward, and Dunnstable townships in due to water and/or rock slides across roadways.

Wider weather episode

Training showers and thunderstorms formed in an anomalously high PWAT airmass over central Pennsylvania during the late evening of August 29 and continued into the early morning hours of August 30. Locally heavy rainfall in excess of 3 inches caused flash flooding across southern Clinton County, and wind damage was observed in Lycoming County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1117421. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.