Heavy rain of 1 to 4 inches fell on June 1st across the eastern West Virginia panhandle, causing flooding and a few instances of flash flooding in Hampshire County. Flooding continued into the overnight hours.
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The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
Heavy rain of 1 to 4 inches fell on June 1st across the eastern West Virginia panhandle, causing flooding and a few instances of flash flooding in Hampshire County. Flooding continued into the overnight hours. Then, persistent rain on the 2nd renewed the flooding, along with isolated flash flooding in and near Pendleton County, where over three inches of rain was observed.
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 1, 2:09 PM EST, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 309 PM EDT Fri Jun 1 2018 .SYNOPSIS... A cold front will approach the region from the northwest later today and stall nearby through Saturday. Low pressure will develop along the front off of the Virginia coast late Saturday and remain into Sunday. Low pressure will move away Monday, another front approaches Tuesday and high pressure builds behind it through mid week. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... A lot of more sunshine today than the past couple of days as clouds have break over most of our area. A generally light flow is observed over our region with a quiet radar at this moment. Precipitable water is expected to remain around 1.5 to 2 inches this afternoon and into the evening hours while a shortwave axis approaches our area into tonight. In terms on CAPE, values are decent between 1000 to 2000 J/kg, the shear is minimal. Looking into a late afternoon start on precip for areas west and progressing east into the metro areas in the evening hours, not too confident on anything severe. However, heavy rain is still possible. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... On Saturday trough axis pushes through our area and low pressure develops off of the Virginia coast. Guidance is still in disagreement on how deep the trough and the upper low is and when it reflects at the surface. Surface low stalls and intensifies off of the coast Saturday into Sunday. Rain showers and thunderstorms are still possible both days, especially enhanced with diurnal heating. Thunderstorms most likely Saturday but depending how soon precipitations starts. As the system stalls off of the coast, we are looking into slow moving storms and with PWAT between 1.5 and 2 inches, heavy rain is possible and flood concerns continue. Northerly flow will be advecting colder air into our region during the weekend. High temperatures will be near 80 on Saturday and near 70 on Sunday. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... On Monday morning, the aforementioned surface low will be somewhere off of the Delmarva Peninsula. This will still allow for some moisture flow off the Atlantic, bringing a continued chance for some showers. The difference among the deterministic models is the location of another strong upper level system moving out of the Great Lakes. The European deterministic model suggests that this upper level feature should slide just to our north, with rain chances ending Monday around midday. However, the GFS brings this system a little farther south, allowing for it to absorb the previous upper low over Delmarva to the north, and the associated surface low along with it. Essentially, this would mean a more extended period of rain chances through Monday evening. However, neither really hints at heavy rain potential, but rather just scattered showers. Temperatures will remain below average, with highs only in the middle 70's. A surface low, associated with the aforementioned strong upper low, will dive out of Ontario into the northeast on Tuesday. This should drag a cold front across the region Tuesday afternoon. Models vary on whether or not there will be showers associated with this front, but even those that do show rain have very little accumulation. High temperatures will remain below average, with highs only slightly warmer than on Monday. High pressure finally returns to the region Wednesday and Thursday, in the wake of the cold front. This should bring a period of dry weather to the region. A gradual warming trend will begin through the end of the long term period, with upper 70's possible for high temperatures by Thursday. && .AVIATION /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... VFR conditions observed over most terminals this afternoon. Expecting conditions to remain VFR until showers and thunderstorms arrive late this afternoon/evening with a scattered coverage and increasing into the night hours. More numerous showers are expected on Saturday and into Sunday, therefore more widespread restrictions are possible. Hard to specify timing of restrictions this far out. On Monday and Tuesday, expect VFR conditions throughout the period. && .MARINE... Winds are expected to remain below small craft criteria this afternoon, overnight and into Saturday with showers/thunderstorms possible. Winds will be on the increase Saturday night as a low pressure system intensifies offshore. This may require a small craft advisory over the waters. Winds will be decreasing on Sunday night. For Monday and Tuesday, expect winds to stay below SCA criteria. && .LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... DC...None. MD...None. VA...None. WV...None. MARINE...None. && SYNOPSIS...IMR NEAR TERM...IMR SHORT TERM...IMR LONG TERM...CJL AVIATION...IMR/CJL MARINE...IMR/CJL
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 523 AM EDT Fri Jun 1 2018 ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ011-013-014-016>018-508-VAZ052>057-020930- Chesapeake Bay north of Pooles Island MD- Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD- Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD- Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD- Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA- Tidal Potomac from Key Bridge to Indian Head MD- Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island MD- Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA- Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor- Chester River to Queenstown MD-Eastern Bay- Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River- Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD- Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island-District of Columbia-Southern Baltimore-Prince Georges- Anne Arundel-Charles-St. Marys-Calvert-Southeast Harford- Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park-Fairfax- Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria-Stafford-Spotsylvania- King George- 523 AM EDT Fri Jun 1 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay, Tidal Potomac River, and adjacent counties in central Maryland and northern Virginia as well as the District of Columbia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Numerous rounds of showers and thunderstorms capable of heavy rain are expected Saturday into Sunday. These showers and thunderstorms will be slow- moving across wet ground, and capable of producing localized flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. Skywarn spotters should report any flooding or precipitation totals per established protocols. MDZ003>006-501>507-VAZ025>031-036>040-050-051-501>508-WVZ050>053- 055-501>506-020930- Washington-Frederick MD-Carroll-Northern Baltimore- Extreme Western Allegany-Central and Eastern Allegany- Northwest Montgomery-Central and Southeast Montgomery- Northwest Howard-Central and Southeast Howard-Northwest Harford- Augusta-Rockingham-Shenandoah-Frederick VA-Page-Warren-Clarke- Nelson-Albemarle-Greene-Madison-Rappahannock-Orange-Culpeper- Northern Fauquier-Southern Fauquier-Western Highland- Eastern Highland-Western Loudoun-Eastern Loudoun- Northern Virginia Blue Ridge-Central Virginia Blue Ridge- Hampshire-Morgan-Berkeley-Jefferson-Hardy-Western Grant- Eastern Grant-Western Mineral-Eastern Mineral-Western Pendleton- Eastern Pendleton- 523 AM EDT Fri Jun 1 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern West Virginia, northern and central Virginia, and central and western Maryland with the exception of Garrett County. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Numerous rounds of showers and thunderstorms capable of heavy rain are anticipated Saturday into Sunday. These showers and thunderstorms will be slow- moving across wet ground, and capable of producing localized flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. Skywarn spotters should report any flooding or precipitation totals per established protocols. HTS
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:27 UTC.
25 flood, 3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A landslide triggered by heavy rain, along with associated floodwaters, caused the closure of US 220 just south of Moorefield near the Valley View Golf Club.
Water surrounded a residence in the 13500 block of Springfield Pike.
Swift water rescue of two people and a dog from a car trapped in high rushing water near the intersection of Lake Ferndale Drive and Campbell Road near Points.
A residence was reported to be surrounded by high rushing water in the 5500 block of Slanesville Pike.
High water on Rothwell Avenue approached homes in the 200 block.
Bedington Road flooded and closed.
Portions of Berkeley Station Road were flooded by high water.
Slanesville Pike flooded and closed near Slanesville.
Springfield Pike flooded and closed near Springfield.
Paw Paw Road flooded and closed near Forks of Cacapon.
Jersey Mountain Road flooded and closed between Levels and Points.
Several roads flooded and closed near Paw Paw.
US 522 flooded near the entrance to Cacapon State Park.
A vehicle stalled in high standing water on US 11 near Hoke Run in the 4000 block. The driver self-rescued but water continued to rise after the evacuation.
Water covered Swinging Bridge Road near Sapwood Drive. Three trees were also reported down in the same area, likely due to the floodwaters.
Portions of Posey Hollow Road were flooded and closed.
Flooding forced the closure of West Virginia Route 9 near Largent.
Water reported over the bridge on Tilhance Road at the Tilhance Creek crossing.
Allensville Road flooded near Back Creek.
US 220 was flooded with water 2 to 3 feet deep near the Grant Pendleton County border.
Rising water on Brushy Run forced evacuations of several structures.
US 33 flooded and closed east of Franklin.
Darlington School Road flooded and closed.
Franklin Pike flooded and closed south of Petersburg. Voluntary evacuations in the area.
North Mill Creek Road flooded and closed, with voluntary evacuations of the area.
Keyser Gap Road closed due to flooding.
Kidwiler Road flooded and closed in the 700 block.
Shepherdstown Pike (Route 230) flooded and closed north of French Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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