Flash Flood — Somerset, Pennsylvania

2025-05-13 · near Meyersdale, Somerset, Pennsylvania

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1244610. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.