Heavy rain fell across Garrett county Maryland from a slow moving thunderstorm. The storm formed along a cold front moving southeast across the region.
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Heavy rain fell across Garrett county Maryland from a slow moving thunderstorm. The storm formed along a cold front moving southeast across the region.
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 Aug 2, 2:12 AM EST, 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 312 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 .SYNOPSIS... EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVES SOUTHWARD THROUGH OUR AREA. LATER TODAY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTHWEST AND HOLD THROUGH MONDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/... TODAY A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH OUR AREA PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY DOWNPOURS LIKELY WITH ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP IN CONVERGENCE ZONE PRE- FROPA WITH DEWPOINTS RUNNING IN THE MID 60S. 1 HOUR FFG 1.5 TO 2 INCHES WITH 3 HOUR FFG 2 TO 2.5 INCHES. TEMPS WILL AVERAGE A COUPLE OF DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY. DRIER AIR WILL ALLOW NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL WITH AFTERNOON READINGS AT OR A LITTLE ABOVE THE NORM. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... GOOD CONSENSUS WRT GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS IN DEVELOPING UPPER EASTERN USA TROUGH FOR THE LONG TERM. FORECAST WILL THUS BE OF A MID WEEK COLD FRONT AND WILL FEATURE NEAR CLIMO/CHANCE POPS WITH INITIALLY WARM TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR NORMAL, THEN BELOW THE SEASONAL AVERAGES. && .AVIATION /06Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... JUDGING FROM RECENT RADAR DATA AND SREF MODEL RUNS...EXPECT THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE TO BE ISOLATED THROUGH EARLY MORNING THEN SCATTERED THE REST OF THE DAY ACROSS THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. FLIGHT CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE TO IFR IN THUNDERSTORMS DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN. OTHERWISE EXPECT CUMULUS CEILINGS AND VFR. CONSIDERING THAT THE SURFACE LAYER AIR MASS HAS BEEN MOISTENED BY RAIN TONIGHT...EXPECT AT LEAST PATCHY FOG AND IFR EARLY THIS MORNING. AFTER THAT...BLEND OF SREF AND GEFS MODEL RUNS SHOW DRY CONDITIONS AND VFR UNTIL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVE ON TUESDAY. OF COURSE THERE CAN BE ISOLATED FOG PATCHES AND IFR SOME MORNINGS SUCH AS SUNDAY. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 359 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-022000- GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON- JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-VENANGO- FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY- ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND-GREENE-FAYETTE-HANCOCK- BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER- 359 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1145 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 WVZ021>023-020415- MARION WV-MONONGALIA WV-PRESTON WV- 1145 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... MARION...PRESTON AND MONONGALIA... AT 1137 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER STAR CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN HAVE WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH PLUS HALF INCH HAIL. THERE CAN ALSO BE A SHORT PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ARNETTSVILLE...BAKER RIDGE...BEECH RUN...BEHLER...RANDALL...BERTHA HILL...BOOTH...BRAEWICK WOODS...BRANDONVILLE...BREWER HILL... BROOKHAVEN...BRUCETON MILLS...BULL RUN...CANYON AND CASCADE KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1148 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 OHZ057-068-069-020415- MONROE OH-MUSKINGUM OH-NOBLE OH- 1148 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... MONROE...NOBLE AND MUSKINGUM... AT 1142 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELLE VALLEY... OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RURALDALE...MOVING EAST AT 42 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN HAVE WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH PLUS HALF INCH HAIL. THERE CAN ALSO BE A SHORT PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... BELLE VALLEY...CALDWELL...DUDLEY...HARRIETTSVILLE...SARAHSVILLE... SUMMERFIELD...WOLF RUN STATE PARK...ASHTON...CARLISLE...CENTER... CLIFFYVILLE...COAL HILL...COAL RIDGE...CROOKED TREE AND DEXTER CITY KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1225 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 MDZ001-PAZ032-WVZ023-020500- FAYETTE PA-GARRETT MD-PRESTON WV- 1225 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... GARRETT...FAYETTE AND PRESTON... AT 1220 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAZELTON...MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN HAVE WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH PLUS HALF INCH HAIL. THERE CAN ALSO BE A SHORT PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. BEWARE OF PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. AVOID LIGHTNING DANGER BY STAYING AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS. GO INDOORS IF YOU CAN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... MARKLEYSBURG...ELK PARK...FIKETOWN...FIVE FORKS...FLAT ROCK... GLADES...ACCIDENT...ASHER GLADE...AVILTON...BEVANSVILLE... BITTINGER...BLOOMING ROSE...CASSELMAN...ELDER HILL AND ENGLE MILL KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1246 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 MDZ001-PAZ032-WVZ023-020515- FAYETTE PA-GARRETT MD-PRESTON WV- 1246 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... GARRETT...FAYETTE AND PRESTON... AT 1241 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHALKHILL...MOVING EAST AT 28 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN HAVE WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH PLUS HALF INCH HAIL. THERE CAN ALSO BE A SHORT PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. BEWARE OF PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. AVOID LIGHTNING DANGER BY STAYING AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS. GO INDOORS IF YOU CAN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... CHALKHILL...ELLIOTTSVILLE...FARMINGTON...MARKLEYSBURG...OHIOPYLE... BIDWELL...DEER LAKE...ELK PARK...FAYETTE SPRINGS...FIKETOWN...FIVE FORKS...FLAT ROCK...GIBBON GLADE...GLADES AND JUMONVILLE KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 132 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 PAZ007-013-020600- LAWRENCE PA-MERCER PA- 132 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... MERCER AND LAWRENCE... AT 123 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHARON...MOVING EAST AT 43 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN HAVE WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH PLUS UP TO HALF INCH HAIL. THERE CAN ALSO BE A SHORT PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. BEWARE OF PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. AVOID LIGHTNING DANGER BY STAYING AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS. GO INDOORS IF YOU CAN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... FARRELL...FREDONIA...GROVE CITY...HERMITAGE...MERCER...NEW WILMINGTON...OAKLAND...SHARON...STONEBORO...AMSTERDAM...BETHEL... BIG BEND...BLACKTOWN...BOBBYS CORNERS AND BOWIE KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 159 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 MDZ001-WVZ023-020645- GARRETT MD-PRESTON WV- 159 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... GARRETT AND PRESTON... AT 153 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 3 MILES EAST OF BITTINGER...MOVING EAST AT 42 MPH. THERE WERE OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TRAILING THIS STORM COMING OUT OF PRESTON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. ANY OF THESE STORMS CAN HAVE WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH PLUS HALF INCH HAIL. THERE CAN ALSO BE A COUPLE SHORT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. BEWARE OF PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. REPEATED HEAVY RAIN CAN CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS. AVOID LIGHTNING DANGER BY STAYING AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS. GO INDOORS IF YOU CAN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ACCIDENT...ASHER GLADE...AVILTON...BEVANSVILLE...BIG RUN STATE PARK...BITTINGER...BLOOMING ROSE...BLOOMINGTON...CASSELMAN...DEEP CREEK LAKE STATE PARK...ELDER HILL...ENGLE MILL...FAIRVIEW...FLOYD AND FOXTOWN KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency management reported a rock slide on SR 42 near Sand Spring due to heavy rain. Basement flooding was also reported in Accident.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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