LaVale MD Monthly Weather Stats - June 1995

	Max	Min	Liquid	Ice &	Special
Date	Temp	Temp	Precip	Snow	Obs
1	75	50	0.07		
2	82	62	1.18		F,T,H
3	78	59	0.06		F,T
4	80	54			
5	81	56			
6	79	58			
7	84	51			
8	86	64	0.24		T
9	78	64	0.09		T
10	84	65	T		
11	88	57	0.09		T
12	69	52	0.51		
13	71	47			
14	81	52			
15	82	52			
16	83	55			
17	83	57			
18	87	57			
19	90	58			
20	93	67			T
21	90	70	0.02		T
22	84	68	T		T
23	69	63	0.69		
24	80	65	T		
25	85	64	1.06		T
26	82	66	1.02		T
27	74	66	1.13		F,T
28	68	65	0.01		F
29	70	65	0.50		
30	85	65	0.71		T
Total 	80.7	59.8	7.38	0.0	70.3 (mean temp)
Ext	93	47	1.18	-
Date	20	13	2

NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS - JUNE 1995

NO. DAYS WITH
FOG 4
THUNDER 12
HAIL 1

2: Strong to severe afternoon thunderstorms brought hail, damaging winds and
   flash flooding to the area.  The first cell hit at 2:30pm and dropped .52"
   of rain and pea-sized hail, with wind damage also reported in Cumberland.
   Another storm hit around 4-5pm with very close lightning, heavy rain and
   gusty winds.  Moderate rain and thunder continued through mid-evening
   before finally ending 1.18" rain fell.  Some flash flooding was reported
   in the southwest part of the county.
3: More big storms today but this time passing mostly to the south.
8: A brief overnight thunderstorm dropped a quick .24" rain.
9: Brief mid-day thunderstorm.
11: Mostly sunny and warm with a thunderstorm very late this evening.
12: Occasional rain showers overnight and through mid-morning .51" fell.
    Much cooler with a high of only 69 today.
20: Hot and humid high 93 F with strong storms just to our north this evening
    but no rain.
21: A jolting and violent outburst of lightning and thunder at 1am.  This came
    out of nowhere and it was almost 10 minutes of continuous lightning and
    thunder.  Many of the strikes seemed directly overhead and the thunder was
    deafening loud.  There was only a very brief burst of heavy rain .02" fell.
    The extreme lightning ended almost as abruptly as it began as the storm
    moved WNW, prompting severe storm and flood warnings in Somerset Co. PA.
    I have never seen anything like it.  The rest of the day was partly cloudy,
    hot and humid but no rain or storms.  A record high min of 70 was set.
23: Much cooler and cloudy with steady rains moving in from due east and
    bringing a much-needed .69" of rainfall.
25: Very intense evening thunderstorm formed directly overhead around 5pm and
    dropped heavy rain and almost continuous and very close cloud-to-ground
    lightning.  The severe lightning knocked the power out, and an inch of
    rain fell from 5-6pm.
26: A series of strong evening thunderstorms began around sunset.  Heavy
    downpours totaled 1.02" by midnight.  Nearly 2.5" of rain was reported in
    Cumberland, causing street flooding.
27: Heavy thunderstorms this morning evolved into a stready, moderate rain that
    finally ended by mid-afternoon with another 1.13" of rain falling.  Extreme
    amounts of rain, up to 6 inches, fell early this morning over the SW part
    of the county, causing massive flash floods around Westernport and Keyser
    WV, where a "wall of water" and 5.33" of rain were reported.
28: Cool and cloudy with some drizzle and fog.
29: Cool with more rain today.  Steady rain during the midday hours .50" fell.
30: A strong thunderstorm around 3:30pm with a heavy downpour then lighter rain
    showers through the evening .71" fell.  The storms stalled just east of
    Cumberland and caused major flash flooding around Rocky Gap State Park,
    where 80 campsites were destroyed and mudslides occurred.  Radar estimated
    up to 5 inches of rain in the area.

MONTHLY SUMMARY

June 1995 was a warm, humid, and exceptionally wet month with severe storms and
flash flooding at the beginning and especially towards the end of the month.
12 days had thunder.  The first round of severe weather hit the area on the 2nd
with hail, damaging winds and flooding.  Temperatures were consistently warm
throughout the month, peaking at a hot 93 on the 20th.  After a dry stretch,
the area was deluged from the 23rd on, with over 5 inches of rain falling at
this station and locally much higher amounts that caused massive flooding,
particularly on the 27th and 30th.  Big storms also hit LaVale/Cumberland on
the 25th and 26th.  Precipitation totaled a whopping 7.38", the second wettest
June on record, only behind 1972, when Hurricane Agnes flooded the area with
9.43" of rainfall.  This was very reminiscent of June 1989, when numerous big
storms hit the area with hail, wind damage and severe flooding in parts of the
county.

Additional notes/records

2: Daily record rainfall 1.18" but broken in 1998 with 1.59" of precipitation.
12: Daily record low max 69 F
21: Daily record high min 70 F
25: Daily record rainfall 1.06"
26: Daily record rainfall 1.02"
28: Daily record low max 68 F

June 1995 was the 2nd wettest June on record with 7.38" of rainfall.  The wettest
was 1972 with 9.43", 6.09" of that attributed to the remnants of Hurricane Agnes.
Three consecutive days (25th, 26th & 27th) had over an inch of rain - first time
in history that's happened.  Overall, 4 days had over an inch of precipitation,
tying June 1972, October 1976, July 1989 and later September 2003 for most 1+
inch precip readings in a month.  In addition, 8 days this month had at 0.50" or
more precipitation.  This sets a new monthly record.