Alert archive / Maryland / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 194, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 2003, 2:12 PM EDT for Garrett County, Maryland. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2003, 2:12 PM EDT (18:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2003, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Garrett County, MD
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 366 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KPBZ 091814 FFWPBZ MDC023-092115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 212 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... GARRETT COUNTY IN MARYLAND * UNTIL 515 PM EDT * AT 212 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SUSTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN WEST OF FRIENDSVILLE...ALONG BUFFALO RUN. MORE THAN ONE AND THREE QUARTERS INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN AND MORE HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY OVER PARTS OF I68 AND STATE HWY 42. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...FRIENDSVILLE... <<CALL TO ACTION>>DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 9, 10:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 10:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1000 AM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003 SEMI-PERMANENT GREAT LAKES TROUGH WILL PROVIDE US WITH YET ANOTHER DAY OF SLOW-MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FOG IS DISSIPATING WITH ONLY A FEW RIVER AND MOUNTAIN VALLEYS BELOW ONE MILE. WE WILL BE LOCKED IN TO THIS PATTERN UNTIL TUESDAY WHEN THE WESTERN RIDGE SLIDES EASTWARD. BY THE END OF THE WEEK...597 HEIGHTS TAKE UP RESIDENCE OVER OHIO WHICH SHOULD GIVE US OUR ONLY REAL TASTE OF SUMMER SO FAR. PIT 78 65 79 65 / 60 50 40 30 HLG 79 65 79 65 / 60 50 40 30 MGW 79 65 79 65 / 60 50 40 30 ZZV 80 65 79 65 / 40 30 30 30 PHD 77 65 79 65 / 40 30 30 30 FKL 77 62 75 63 / 60 60 40 30 DUJ 76 62 75 63 / 60 60 40 30 LBE 79 65 79 65 / 60 50 40 30 BTP 77 62 75 63 / 60 60 40 30 IDI 79 62 75 63 / 60 60 40 30 ODM 76 64 73 58 / 60 60 40 30 .PBZ... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. TYBURSKI
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 4:52 AM EDT, 9 hours 20 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-090900- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 452 AM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WILL BE SLOW MOVING. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING ON AREA STREAMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MORE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED INTO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 9:24 AM EDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-091430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 924 AM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003 ...PATCHY DENSE FOG ACROSS THE AREA MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT THIS MORNING... PATCHY DENSE FOG REMAINS ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. WHILE MOST AREAS HAVE VISIBILITIES GREATER THAN ONE MILE...SOME RIVER AND MOUNTAIN VALLEY LOCATIONS CONTINUE TO REPORT FOG THAT IS LIMITING VISIBILITY TO 1/4 TO 1/2 MILE. VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY LATE MORNING AS THE FOG DISSIPATES. BE ALERT IF YOU ARE DRIVING THIS MORNING AS VISIBILITIES MAY LOWER RAPIDLY OVER A SHORT DISTANCE. MAINTAIN A SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN OTHER VEHICLES AND USE YOUR LOW BEAMS. TYBURSKI
Local storm report, Aug 9, 12:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1258 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1255 PM STONEBORO PA FLASH FLOODS
08/09/03 MERCER FLOODING ON STONEBORO-LATERAL RD.911Special weather statement, Aug 9, 1:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
MDZ001-WVZ023-041-091800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 111 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING THROUGH THE AREA... AT 1:10 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING THROUGH TUCKER AND PRESTON COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY IN MARYLAND. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE AREA BETWEEN 1:15 PM AND 2:00 PM. LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... PARSONS... KINGWOOD AND OAKLAND. BE ALERT IF YOU ARE DRIVING AS HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. IF YOU EXPERIENCE HIGH WATER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL-FREE AT 1-877-633-6772. TYBURSKI
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.