Maryland, 2001

Flash Flood in Maryland, July 26, 2001

July 26, 2001 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Wind
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  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 26, 9:14 AM EST, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 9:14 AM EST, 3 hours 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1014 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2001

WILL UPDATE TO REMOVE MENTION OF MORNING FOG AND TAKE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OUT OF NORTH AND WEST.

WSR-88D SHOWS THE RAIN MOVING EAST THROUGH THE SOUTHERN ZONES.
SURFACE MAP ANALYSIS SHOWED THE FRONT TO BE SOUTH OF PITTSBURGH SO
I FEEL SAFE KEEPING RAIN JUST SOUTH.  I DID ADD A MENTION OF THE
RAIN BEING HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON.

CAT

FCSTID = 66
PIT   79  58  78  54 /  40   0   0   0
HLG   79  55  78  56 /  40   0   0   0
MGW   81  55  78  56 /  50  30   0   0
ZZV   80  56  78  56 /  40   0   0   0
PHD   80  56  78  56 /  40   0   0   0
FKL   75  53  75  50 /  30   0   0   0
DUJ   75  53  75  50 /  30   0   0   0
LBE   79  55  78  56 /  40   0   0   0
BTP   75  53  75  50 /  30   0   0   0
IDI   75  53  75  50 /  30   0   0   0
ODM   81  55  78  56 /  60  30   0   0

.PBZ...
nMD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 26, 9:38 AM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
1038 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0700 AM    ANTRIM                    OH   FLASH FLOODS
07/25/01   GUERNSEY                       A NUMBER OF COUNTY ROADS
                                          FLOODED

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:45 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Garrett

When
July 26, 12:45 PM EST
Where
Garrett County, 1 mi SE of Oakland
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.529, -79.274 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm rains produced minor roadway flooding, including portions of SR 219.

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Maryland in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, July 2001

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5261351.