Flash Flood, Preston
- When
- July 28, 1:00 PM EST to 1:45 PM EST
- Where
- Preston County, Terra Alta
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.469, -79.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Road flooded.
Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 28, 2003
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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 28, 10:43 AM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 10:43 AM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1143 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2003 WL UPDATE ZNS TO ADD CHC SHWRS/TSTMS ACRS NRN HALF CWA FOR THIS AFTN IN ASSOCIATION WITH SHRTWV MOVG EWD THRU OH. FURTHER SOUTH INVOF FRONT...WL KEEP SCT SHWRS/TSTMS NRN WV...AND LKLY POPS WV/MD MTN ZNS. APCHG SHRTWV SHUD BRING ENOUGH CLD CVR WITH IT TO HOLD TEMPS DOWN DURG AFTN. WL ADJUST MAXS DOWN A NOTCH. NO CHGS TO LTR PDS. FCSTID = 14 .PBZ... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 4:15 AM EST, 8 hours 45 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-281115- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 515 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER NETWORK ACTIVATION IS NOT LIKELY TODAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 9:52 AM EST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
MDZ001-WVZ023-041-281600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1052 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2003 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH THE AREA... AT 10:50 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO PRESTON AND TUCKER COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL ENTER GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND BY 11:00 AM. LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING INCLUDE TUNNELTON...AMBLERSBURG AND PARSONS IN WEST VIRGINIA...AND OAKLAND IN MARYLAND. BE ALERT IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN THIS AREA AS THERE MAY BE PONDING OF WATER AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ON U.S ROUTE 50 AND OTHER AREA ROADWAYS. IF YOU EXPERIENCE STORM-RELATED DAMAGE OR HIGH WATER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL-FREE AT 1-877-633-6772. TYBURSKI
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:02 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 28, 2003
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 28, 2003
- Flood in Arizona, July 28 to 31, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 28, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 28, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 28, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 28, 2003
- Dust Storm in Arizona, July 28, 2003
- Lightning Strike in California, July 28, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 28, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Colorado, July 28, 2003
- Tornado in Texas, July 28, 2003
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, 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: 5369594.