Flash Flood in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

Flash Flood June 6, 2025 · Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

$25K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Several reports of manhole covers being blown off in the city of New Castle. Also a transit van was stuck in the middle of the road with water over the tires. Flooding is also being reported on Covert Road.

The wider storm

Several rounds of thunderstorms trained over portions of Lawrence, Allegheny, Westmoreland Clarion and Beaver counties on June 6th. This was a result of a very moist airmass and a stationary boundary located over northern Ohio and northwestern Pennsylvania. Flash flooding was reported in the aforementioned counties with considerable flooding noted in Allegheny county.

Began near New Castle (41.0070, -80.3436).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1278108. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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