Flash Flood — Somerset, Pennsylvania

2025-05-13 · near Boynton, Somerset, Pennsylvania

Event narrative

Flash flooding led to a swift water rescue in Boynton when an occupied vehicle went into Little Piney Creek at the Route 219 bridge and Post Office Street and floated downstream into the Cassleman River. Rescue operations were set up at the Coal Run Road bridge in Boynton.

Wider weather episode

A deep stream of moisture was pulled northwestward from the Atlantic Ocean into the mountains of south-central Pennsylvania around an upper level low centered over the Ohio Valley during the afternoon and evening hours of May 13. 2025. This led to extensive flooding and flash flooding across Somerset County and southwestern Bedford County, and more sporadic flooding from the remainder of Bedford County eastward into Fulton and Franklin counties.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1244614. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.