Flash Flood — Butler, Pennsylvania

2025-07-16 · near Callery, Butler, Pennsylvania

Event narrative

Report of Wolfe Run Creek out of its banks resulting in flooding on Wolfe Run 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 1274652. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.