Flash Flood in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Flash Flood August 4, 2020 · Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Death

$4K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 5-year-old girl with autism was swept away by flood waters running through a tributary of Towamencin Creek after wandering away from her nearby family home. Rescuers found the victim's body adjacent to the creek in Fischer's Park after a 22-hour search.

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 Worcester (40.2168, -75.3316).

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 928259. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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