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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 12, 2014Allegany County, Maryland; Mineral County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2014, 8:40 PM EDT for Allegany County, Maryland; Mineral County, West Virginia. 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
Jun 12, 2014, 8:40 PM EDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2014, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Allegany County, MD, Mineral County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2014-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2014-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
0 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 12, 5:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 5:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
534 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE
WEEK...WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE COLD
FRONT WILL STALL TO THE SOUTH SATURDAY BEFORE RETURNING NORTH AS A
WARM FRONT SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OFF THE EAST COAST
NEXT WEEK LEADING TO A RETURN OF WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES...WITH THE WORST SO FAR IN CLEAR SPRING,
MARYLAND. ACTIVITY IS MOST ISOLATED IN NATURE INTO THIS EVENING...
THOUGH AREAS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE WHERE MORE SUNSHINE IS
OCCURRING. REMOVED SEVERE WIND MENTION FROM EASTERN SECTION OF THE
HWO WITH LOW CLOUDS DOMINATING THE AREA WITH SELY ONSHORE FLOW.

ALSO A COASTAL FLOOD UPDATE...SEE COASTAL FLOOD SECTION BELOW.

PREVIOUS...
VERY MOIST AIRMASS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY.
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN
COVERAGE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING
HOURS BEFORE GRADUALLY WINDING DOWN TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WITH
THESE STORMS WILL BE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH EFFICIENT QPF
PRODUCERS. SPC MESOANALYSIS INDICATING PWAT VALUES RANGING FROM
1.6 TO 2.0 INCHES FROM WEST TO EAST...DEEPER MOISTURE EAST OF THE
BLUE RIDGE AND ACROSS SOUTHERN MD. SHEAR VALUES ARE NOT IMPRESSIVE
AND INSTABILITY IS LACKING DUE TO POOR SOLAR INSOLATION. SEVERE
THREAT HELD TO A MINIMUM THE REMAINDER OF TODAY WITH FLASH
FLOODING THE MAIN CONCERN.

WARM AND MOIST CONDITIONS WILL BE THE STORY OVERNIGHT WITH LOWS
NOT FALLING OFF ALL THAT MUCH ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE METRO AREAS.
DEWPOINTS WILL REMAIN NEAR THE 70 DEGREE MARK. LOW CLOUDS AND FOG
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND CONTINUE INTO THE DAYBREAK HOURS.

THE LAST DAY OF WARM AND MOIST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ON FRIDAY
WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED. WILL
HAVE TO MONITOR THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING. HIGH
TEMPERATURES AGAIN EXPECTED FROM THE UPPER 70S TO THE LOWER 80S.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
A COLD FRONT WILL DEPART OFFSHORE TO THE EAST BY SATURDAY MORNING
BRINGING AN END TO THE THREAT OF SHOWERS.

BEHIND THE FRONT...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRIEFLY BUILD OVER THE REGION
THIS WEEKEND LEADING TO MUCH QUIETER CONDITIONS. MORE COMFORTABLE
HUMIDITY LEVELS AND TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL ARE EXPECTED. THE
FIRST HALF OF SATURDAY COULD BE A LITTLE BREEZY ACROSS THE EASTERN
HALF OF THE CWA WITH NORTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH
USHERING IN THE COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS BEHIND THE FRONT.

WINDS BECOME LIGHT AND BEGIN TO TURN TO THE SOUTH SATURDAY NIGHT
INTO SUNDAY AS THE HIGH BEGINS TO MOVE OFFSHORE.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
THE STORY FOR NEXT WORKWEEK WILL BE INCREASING HEAT AND HUMIDITY
THROUGH MIDWEEK. RETURN FLOW AROUND THE BERMUDA HIGH WILL BEGIN TO
USHER IN THE WARM AND HUMID AIR ON MONDAY. DAYTIME HEATING WILL
BRING THE THREAT OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF I95...WHERE
TEMPERATURE AND DEWPOINT ADVECTION WILL BE THE STRONGEST. AFTERNOON
AND EVENING STORMS THAT FORM DURING THE DAY SHOULD CEASE SHORTLY
AFTER SUNSET. H5 HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE MID ATLANTIC
TUESDAY...BUT PERSISTENT LOW LEVEL RETURN FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR A
CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN.

ONE OF THE WARMEST AIR MASSES OF THE YEAR WILL SETTLE IN BY MIDWEEK.
EXPECT HIGHS NEAR 90 ON TUESDAY AND IN THE LOWER 90S WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD WEDNESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW
REACHES ITS PEAK. MODELS INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR A LOW LEVEL JET
TO INITIATE OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY...BUT AT SUCH A LONG RANGE
CONFIDENCE IS LOW IN TERMS OF THE SEVERE THREAT.

&&

.AVIATION /22Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH SCATTERED TO
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. THE MAIN THREAT WITH
THESE STORMS WILL BE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH WILL CAUSE BRIEF
VSBY RESTRICTIONS TO BELOW MVFR. THE COVERAGE OF THE SHOWERS AND
STORMS WILL DIMINISH BY TONIGHT BUT FOG AND LOW CLOUDS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH DAYBREAK FRIDAY (WILL GET THAT UPDATED FOR THE 00Z
TAFS). WILL CONTINUE MENTION IN THE TAFS. A BREAK IN THE LOW
CLOUDS/SHOWERS/STORMS POSSIBLE THE FIRST PART OF FRIDAY BUT
ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

MAINLY VFR XPCTD OVER THE WEEKEND...N WIND 10-15 KTS SAT BCMG SE
LESS THAN 10 KTS SAT NIGHT-SUN.

MVFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY
AND TUESDAY.

&&

.MARINE...
SELY FLOW HAS DECREASED FOR THE MOST PART...WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR AND MAY REMOVE THE SCA THAT GOES UNTIL MIDNIGHT. REPEAT
PERFORMANCE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY WITH GRADIENT WINDS GENERALLY BELOW
SCA BUT SHOWERS AND GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

SCA GUSTS LIKELY IN NORTHERLY FLOW THROUGH SAT MORNING...BECOMING
LIGHT AND TURNING SOUTHERLY SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OFF THE EAST COAST NEXT WEEK. THERE IS
CURRENTLY LOW CONFIDENCE IN REACHING SCA CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME.

&&

.TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
SE FLOW CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING FOR
SENSITIVE SITES IN ALEXANDRIA...AND SW DC WATERFRONT THIS
EVENING...THEN MINOR COASTAL FLOODING FOR ALL AREAS FOR HIGH TIDE
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

&&

.LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
DC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR DCZ001.
     COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR DCZ001.
MD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR MDZ003>007-
     009>011-013-501-502.
     COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FROM 5 AM TO NOON EDT FRIDAY FOR MDZ007-
     011.
     COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR
     MDZ013-016.
     COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT
     FRIDAY FOR MDZ017-018.
     COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR MDZ014.
VA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR VAZ026>031-
     038>040-042-051>054-501-502.
     COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR
     VAZ052-053-055-057.
     COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR VAZ054.
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR WVZ050>053-
     055-501>506.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR ANZ530>534-
     537>543.

&&

SYNOPSIS...KRW
NEAR TERM...BAJ/KRW
SHORT TERM...DFH
LONG TERM...CEB/DFH
AVIATION...BAJ/CEB/KRW/DFH
MARINE...BAJ/CEB/KRW/DFH
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...BAJ
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 5:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 12, 5:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
546 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 WNW LEESBURG          39.11N  77.59W
06/12/2014                   LOUDOUN            VA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            PORTION OF DRY MILL ROAD BETWEEN WOODBURN AND CAMBY
            ROADS WASHED AWAY NEAR GOOSE CREEK

&&

EVENT NUMBER LWX1400432

AEB
Local storm report, Jun 12, 5:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
548 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 WNW LEESBURG          39.11N  77.59W
06/12/2014                   LOUDOUN            VA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            PORTION OF DRY MILL ROAD BETWEEN WOODBURN AND THOMAS
            MILL ROADS WASHED AWAY NEAR GOOSE CREEK

&&

CORRECTED REMARKS

EVENT NUMBER LWX1400432

AEB
Local storm report, Jun 12, 6:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
630 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0653 PM     HAIL             3 NNW CEDAR GROVE       39.31N  78.22W
06/11/2014  E1.25 INCH       FREDERICK          VA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            REPORTED BY A RESIDENT ON TINDERBOX LANE

&&

EVENT NUMBER LWX1400434

SMZ
Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
726 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0724 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 SSW CRESAPTOWN        39.58N  78.84W
06/12/2014                   ALLEGANY           MD   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STREET FLOODING WINCHESTER RD... WARRIOR DR... ROUTE
            220. WATER TO WINDSHIELD OF CARS.

&&

EVENT NUMBER LWX1400437

LWX
Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:41 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
741 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 SSW CRESAPTOWN        39.55N  78.86W
06/12/2014                   ALLEGANY           MD   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            MULTIPLE WATER RESCUES ONGOING IN SOUTHERN PORTION OF
            CRESAPTOWN NEAR ROUTE 220 - RELAYED VIA TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER LWX1400438

AEB
Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:52 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
752 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0715 PM     FLASH FLOOD      POTOMAC PARK            39.61N  78.80W
06/12/2014                   ALLEGANY           MD   PUBLIC

            AROUND THREE INCHES OF FLOWING WATER OVER THE ROAD NEAR
            RT 220 AND EAGLE AVE

&&

EVENT NUMBER LWX1400439

AEB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 8:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAlbemarle, Greene, Rockingham3 hr
Jun 13, 3:07 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLWX42 hr
Jun 13, 4:17 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchLWXArlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 1 more17 hr
Jun 13, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX89 min
Jun 13, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX96 min
Jun 13, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX27 min
Jun 13, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX95 min
Jun 13, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX92 min
Jun 12, 9:43 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXWashington4 hr
Jun 12, 10:19 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningLWXWashington33 hr
Jun 13, 2:00 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXBaltimore, City of Baltimore30 min
Jun 13, 2:23 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXBaltimore, City of Baltimore112 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Maryland, 2014Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2014Every flash flood warning in 2014

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.