Flash Flood — Wyoming, Pennsylvania

2006-06-27 to 2006-06-28 · near Countywide, Wyoming, Pennsylvania

Wider weather episode

Additional heavy rain fell Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday morning across Wyoming County on top of what fell earlier on Tuesday the 27th as a front moved east across Pennsylvania and combined with low pressure and tropical moisture. This additional rainfall brought three day rainfall totals to 11 inches in Wyoming County sending most streams and creeks over their banks in what would be deemed the worst flash flooding this county has ever experienced. Many stated that the flash flooding was worst than the flash floods caused by Hurricane Agnes in 1972, Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and the snowmelt flood of January 1996. Hardest hit areas were Noxen, Nicholson and Eaton Townships. Damages were estimated at 60 million dollars. There were over 200 homes damaged, 52 homes destroyed. A dozen businesses were damaged with another dozen destroyed. 400 people were forced to evacuate along Bowman's Creek. Sixty people were rescued from the flood waters. A state of emergency was declared on Tuesday as all roads in the county were closed. Over 100 roads were damaged with at least 30 destroyed. Six bridges were completely destroyed with all bridges closed at one point during the height of the flash floods.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5519038. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.