Flash Flood in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Thunderstorms with torrential downpours caused flash flooding along the Pennypack Creek as well as poor drainage flooding in northeast Philadelphia. A 20-year-old man drowned while rafting on the swollen Pennypack Creek. During the morning, fire officials rescued a man stuck next to the pillar of a rail bridge near the intersection of Ashburner Street and Frankford Avenue on the creek. Later that day, two men fell into the water after their raft overturned near Winchester Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard, but only one man survived. The Pennypack Creek at the Rhawn Street Bridge was above its 7 foot flood stage from 1018 a.m. EDT through 617 p.m. EDT EDT on the 13th. It crested at 9.1 feet at 4 p.m. EDT.

A series of thunderstorms during the morning of the 13th caused flooding in parts of southeastern Pennsylvania including Philadelphia. Doppler Radar storm total estimates reached 3 to 4 inches.