Rainy weather not unusual for July
Weather experts say between 4 and 5 inches of rain fell on Butler County between Friday and Saturday.
David Shallenberger, meteorologist with the National Weather Service of Pittsburgh, said that amount of rainfall is in-line with conditions that normally occur this time of the year.
“We have high pressure off in the east and southeast. That pretty much lines storms up as they're moving from the southwest to the northeast,” Shallenberger said. “A lot of times, storms will move over the same areas when that happens.”
Shallenberger said despite the pattern, multiple thunderstorm warnings and flash flood warnings, no significant damage or flooding was reported in Butler County.
According to collected county dispatch reports between 3 p.m. Friday and 8 p.m. Saturday, there were 32 calls for downed power lines, two for vehicle crashes and two calls for flooding.
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