Flash Flood — Allegheny, Pennsylvania

2025-07-16 · near Bakerstown, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Event narrative

Report of a foot of water over the road at the intersection of Bakerstown Road and Route 8 resulting in closure of Bakerstown Road. This extends about a half of a mile down the road on Bakerstown Road.

Wider weather episode

A crossing cold front and weak shortwave passage spawned of scattered clusters of thunderstorms in an environment with 1500-2000 J/kg MLCAPE, >1000 J/Kg DCAPE, and weak deep layer shear. Some storms were severe with damaging wind.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1274651. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.