Flash Flood in Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Flash Flood May 13, 2025 · Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Injury

$10K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Flash flooding stranded a car in rapidly rising water in the 7000 block of Mount Davis Road near Meyersdale near the fairgrounds, resulting in one injury.

The wider storm

A deep stream of moisture was pulled northwestward from the Atlantic Ocean into the mountains of south-central Pennsylvania around an upper level low centered over the Ohio Valley during the afternoon and evening hours of May 13. 2025. This led to extensive flooding and flash flooding across Somerset County and southwestern Bedford County, and more sporadic flooding from the remainder of Bedford County eastward into Fulton and Franklin counties.

Began near Meyersdale (39.8199, -79.0444).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1244610. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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