Flash Flood in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Flash Flood August 4, 2020 · Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Death

$3K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A car driven by a 44-year-old woman was swept away by flood waters along the 6300 block of North Main Street in Upper Saucon Township near a bridge that passes over Laurel Run. The victim was pronounced dead later in the day after the waters receded.

The wider storm

Tropical Storm Isaias brought high winds, heavy rain, several tornadoes, and coastal flooding to the mid-Atlantic region, becoming the most impactful tropical cyclone to impact most of the region since Sandy in 2012. Flash flooding as a result of heavy rain caused two direct deaths from this event...one in Lehigh County and the other in Montgomery County.

Began near Coopersburg (40.5234, -75.3908).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Bucks County EF0 Montgomery County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 928258. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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