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| event_type | Heavy Rain |
|---|---|
| ncei_event_id | 5,671,326 |
| episode_id | 2,150,560 |
| begin_utc | 1998-10-08T07:00:00+00:00 |
| end_utc | 1998-10-08T23:00:00+00:00 |
| state | PENNSYLVANIA |
| cz_type | C |
| cz_name | MONROE |
| deaths_direct | 0 |
| deaths_indirect | 0 |
| injuries_direct | 0 |
| injuries_indirect | 0 |
| wfo_source | AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC |
| episode_narrative | A slow moving cold front with a series of low pressure systems moving north along it produced heavy rain on the 8th across Eastern Pennsylvania. Storm totals included 3.31 inches in Bechtelsville (Berks County), 3.20 inches in Hamburg (Berks County), 2.96 inches in Morgantown (Berks County), 2.54 inches in Green Lane (Montgomery County), 2.51 inches in Springtown (Bucks County), 2.48 inches in Sellersville (Bucks County), 2.43 inches in Palm (Montgomery County), 2.32 inches in Perkasie (Bucks County), 2.30 inches in Tobyhanna (Monroe County), 2.22 inches at the Lehigh Valley International Airport, 2.19 inches in Lehighton (Carbon County), 2.11 inches in Glenmoore (Chester County) and Fricks (Bucks County), 2.08 inches in Saylorsburg (Monroe County), 2.03 inches in Reading (Berks County) and Easton (Northampton County), 1.99 inches in Pottstown (Montgomery County), 1.94 inches in Doylestown (Bucks County), 1.80 inches in Downingtown (Chester County), 1.79 inches in Honey Brook (Chester County), 1.73 inches in Crum Creek (Delaware County), 1.61 inches in Valley Forge (Chester/Montgomery County Line) and 1.46 inches at the Willow Grove NAS (Montgomery County). Storm totals in Philadelphia were around one inch. The heavy rain produced some urban and poor drainage flooding and increased the number of vehicular accidents. There was no flooding along the larger streams and rivers. The cold front was in Ohio the morning of the 7th, central Pennsylvania the morning of the 8th and reached the New Jersey coastal waters early in the morning on the 9th. While there were periods of rain for a couple of days, the heaviest rain fell on the 8th. Most of October's rainfall fell during these three days. |
| year | 1,998 |
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