No Serious Injuries After Monday’s Historic Rainfall
Pete Piringer, the spokesperson for Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Services, tweeted that there were no major injuries in Montgomery County after a historic rainfall on Monday.
DYK on 7/8, in 3hrs (730-1030a), @mcfrs handled ~250 calls for Service (typical 24hr average is 350) Incl ~40/50 calls for possible water rescues, some folks self-rescued, while others didn’t need help. However, about 15-20 incidents @mcfrs rescued >25 people, no serious injuries pic.twitter.com/VlAoA60DJ6
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) July 8, 2019
Piringer tweeted that, for the three-hour total between 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., MCFRS received around 250 service calls. The average for a whole day is 350 calls.
Between 40 to 50 calls were related to water rescues, and Piringer said MCFRS responded to around 15 to 20 of such incidents (some callers ended up rescuing themselves and didn’t need assistance.)
According to Piringer, MCFRS rescued fewer than 25 people on Monday, but nobody faces life-threatening-injuries.
Measurement of Rain in Montgomery County and D.C. Region Was Historic
MCM’s Carolyn Raskauskas, a trained rainfall spotter, measured that the North Potomac area received 5.5 inches worth of rain in under two hours. Raskauskas performed this measurement in Darnestown, specifically.
5.5” of rain in under 2 hrs in Darnestown, MD….!!!! Most rain than I’ve ever observed here. Rain started at 7:30am, observation taken at 9:10am. @mymcmedia @capitalweather @JimCantore @AMHQ @NWS_BaltWash @wusa9 #MdWx pic.twitter.com/6hCn7uAwZc
— Carolyn Raskauskas (@CarolynRask) July 8, 2019
Showers in central Virginia are coming to an end, and dry weather can be expected overnight. A summary of rainfall totals greater than one inch from today can be found here: https://t.co/Ut8Q2HF0Ee pic.twitter.com/bwmJBXcTny
— NWS Baltimore-Washington (@NWS_BaltWash) July 9, 2019
Here’s a look at National Weather Service’s rain measurements in Montgomery County from Monday. These places included in this list received more than one inch worth of rainfall.
| Location | Total Rainfall | Time Measured |
| North Potomac | 5.55″ | 9:23 a.m. |
| Potomac | 3.71″ | 6:30 p.m. |
| Montgomery Village | 2.51″ | 4:45 p.m. |
| Damascus | 2.43″ | 8:12 a.m. |
| Washington Grove | 2.16″ | 7:59 a.m. |
| White Oak (NNW) | 1.83″ | 8:41 a.m. |
| White Oak (W) | 1.74″ | 8:52 a.m. |
| Clarksburg | 1.57″ | 7:09 a.m. |
| Poolesville | 1.50″ | 8:03 a.m. |
According to NWS, on Monday, the D.C. area received nearly one month’s worth of rain in less than an hour.
On Monday, NWS measured that Reagan National Airport received 3.30 inches of rain between 9 and 10 a.m. On average, NWS measures that Reagan National Airport received around 3.73 inches of rain in July.
Yesterday's high-precipitation supercell as seen by NWS radar between 3am and 2pm Monday traversing MD/DC/and northern VA. As shown on previous tweets, the highest rain totals of 3-6" were in a band only about 15 miles wide, but extended in a path more than 100 miles long. pic.twitter.com/V4POLYPip3
— NWS Baltimore-Washington (@NWS_BaltWash) July 9, 2019
Overall, Monday’s rainfall was historic.
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