Heavy rainfall on the 21st caused Opequon Creek to overflow its banks on the 22nd. In Martinsburg, the creek reached its bankful stage of 10 feet at 12:15 AM.
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The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
Heavy rainfall on the 21st caused Opequon Creek to overflow its banks on the 22nd. In Martinsburg, the creek reached its bankful stage of 10 feet at 12:15 AM. It crested at 12.8 feet at 10:45 AM and fell below bankful stage by 10:45 PM. Water overflowed low lying areas along the creek including private property and a public picnic area. Some roads on the eastern edge of Martinsburg and near Blairton were also flooded. In addition, the creek inundated a concrete culvert in Martinsburg.
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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 21, 8:00 PM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 900 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2003 ANOTHER ACTIVE NIGHT HYDROLOGICALLY ACRS LWX LAND. BAL METRO SEEMS TO HAVE CAUGHT THE BRUNT OF IT. CONVECTION IS WINDING DOWN A BIT AND HEADING S ARND W SIDE OF UPR LOW. ETA AND GFS IN GOOD AGREEMENT BRINGING YET ANOTHER SHOT OF MOISTURE IN BY MORNING. REGIONAL RADAR SHOWS THIS ACTIVITY NOW EXTENDING FRM SRN NEW ENGLAND TO ERN PA. GIVEN TIMING...WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND FLOOD WATCH FOR A FEW HRS IN THE MORNING. MODELS MAXING MOISTURE OUT ARND 12Z. NO CHG TO FCST OTRW. AM HOPEFUL WE CAN GEN UP A NICE DAY FOR THE ENTIRE DAY ON MON. KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED. TNGTS WEATHER TRIVIA...WHENS THE LAST TIME WE HAD TWO COMPLETELY RAIN FREE DAYS (NOT EVEN A TRACE) IN A ROW AT DCA? AT BWI? ANSWER AT BTTM OF DISC. .LWX... DC...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 10 AM SUN FOR ZONE DCZ001. MD...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 10 AM SUN ZONES MDZ003>007...MDZ009>011... MDZ013>014. VA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 10 AM SUN FOR ZONES VAZ0042...VAZ053>054. WV...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 10 AM SUN FOR ZONES WVZ051>053. RDH AT BOTH...MAY 19/20
DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021-025>031-036>042- 050>057-WVZ048>055-221000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1100 AM EDT SAT JUN 21 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MARYLAND WEST OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND EAST OF GARRETT COUNTY...THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...NORTHERN VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SHENANDOAH VALLEY...AND THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN THROUGH 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR EXTREME EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...WESTERN MARYLAND... AND THE BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON DC METRO AREAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR. MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE AT HIGH LEVELS TODAY AND SOILS ARE SATURATED FROM PAST RAINS. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY SERVE TO AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. CPW
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
625 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0510 PM BELCAMP MD 0.75 IN HAIL
06/21/03 HARFORD PUBLIC REPORT OF PENNY
SIZED HAIL.MDZ014-220030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 736 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2003 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY... AT 736 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THE COMMUNITIES OF BROOKLYN PARK... CROFTON...FERNDALE...FORT MEADE...GLEN BURNIE...GREEN HAVEN... ODENTON...PASADENA...PUMPHREY...RIVIERA BEACH...SEVERN...SEVERNA PARK AND SOUTH GATE WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM THROUGH 830 PM EDT. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. MANNING
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
821 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0800 PM BALTIMORE MD FLASH FLOOD
06/21/03 BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC WORKS REPORT SOME
STREETS FLOODED ON THE
EAST SIDE OF BALTIMORE.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Opequon Creek rose nearly 3 feet over bankful stage.
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