Damaging Wind in Maryland, July 12, 2003

Name: Damaging Wind in Maryland, July 12, 2003
Start: 2003-07-12T16:15
End: 2003-07-12T16:15
Location: Maryland

July 12, 2003 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1,000
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 12, 2:22 PM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 2:22 PM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
322 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POPPING UP ALL OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE
CWA.  REPORTS OF VARIOUS SIZED HAIL ARE BEING RECEIVED REGULARLY.

THESE STORMS ARE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE MOVING
THROUGH THE AREA.  THIS WAVE SHOULD BE THROUGH THE AREA BY AROUND
6 PM.  LINGERING ENERGY AND ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COULD
KICK OFF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT...MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS.

THINGS WILL IMPROVE TOMORROW THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH ONLY
SLIGHT CHANCES OF PRECIP EXPECTED.

FCSTID =  66
PIT   57  78  59  81 /  30  10  10  20
HLG   57  79  60  82 /  30  10  10  20
MGW   59  79  61  83 /  30  10  10  20
ZZV   58  80  61  83 /  30  10  10  20
PHD   57  79  60  82 /  30  10  10  20
FKL   54  75  57  78 /  30  20  10  20
DUJ   53  74  55  77 /  30  20  10  20
LBE   56  79  58  82 /  30  10  10  20
BTP   55  77  58  80 /  30  10  10  20
IDI   55  77  58  79 /  30  10  10  20
ODM   53  77  55  80 /  30  10  10  20

.PBZ...
MD...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONE MDZ001.

OH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES
OHZ039>041...OHZ048>050...OHZ057>059...OHZ068>069.

PA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES
PAZ020>021...PAZ029>032.

WV...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES
WVZ001>004...WVZ012...WVZ021>023...WVZ041.

CAT

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 12:06 PM EST, 4 hours 9 minutes before

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-122100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
106 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND
GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND.

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE AREA FROM
COLUMBIANA COUNTY OHIO AND SOUTH.  THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE
STORMS IS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS
ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 12, 2:45 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
345 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

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

0340 PM    POWHATAN POINT            OH   .88 INCH HAIL
07/12/03   BELMONT                        REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 2:55 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ020-021-029>032-
WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-122200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
355 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT SATURDAY
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN PENNSYLVANIA...

  ALLEGHENY       BEAVER          FAYETTE         GREENE
  WASHINGTON      WESTMORELAND

IN WEST VIRGINIA...

  BROOKE          HANCOCK         MARION          MARSHALL
  MONONGALIA      OHIO            PRESTON         TUCKER
  WETZEL

IN OHIO...

  BELMONT         CARROLL         COLUMBIANA      COSHOCTON
  GUERNSEY        HARRISON        JEFFERSON       MONROE
  MUSKINGUM       NOBLE           TUSCARAWAS

IN MARYLAND...

  GARRETT

<<< CALL TO ACTION >>> A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA...PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS..LARGE HAIL..AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

Local storm report, Jul 12, 3:04 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
404 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

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

0355 PM    MORGANTOWN                WV   .75 INCH HAIL
07/12/03   MONONGALIA                     REPORTED BY
PUBLIC

Local storm report, Jul 12, 3:53 PM EST, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
453 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

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

0355 PM    MORGANTOWN                WV   .75 INCH HAIL
07/12/03   MONONGALIA                     REPORTED BY
PUBLIC

0430 PM    MORGANTOWN                WV   FLASH FLOODS
07/12/03   MONONGALIA                     STREAMS OVER ROADWAYS IN
                                          MORGANTOWN.REPORTED BY
                                          TRAINED OBSERVER

Local storm report, Jul 12, 4:03 PM EST, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
503 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

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

0405 PM    CASCADE                   WV   WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03   PRESTON                        NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

0425 PM    MASONTOWN                 WV   WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03   PRESTON                        NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

Local storm report, Jul 12, 4:13 PM EST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
513 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

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

0350 PM    GREER                     WV   WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03   MONONGALIA                     NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

0355 PM    MORGANTOWN                WV   .75 INCH HAIL
07/12/03   MONONGALIA                     REPORTED BY SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTERS

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:13 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Garrett

When: July 12, 4:15 PM EST
Where: Garrett County, Mc Henry
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.550, -79.350

Trees down.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Maryland in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Maryland, July 2003

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: 5373861.