Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 1989, 9:52 PM EDT for Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 1989, 9:52 PM EDT (01:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1989, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bedford County, PA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 4:24 PM EDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA 425 PM EDT FRI JUL 07 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS MOVING INTO BUTLER..ARMSTRONG AND CLARION COUNTIES... A LINE OF THUNDERTORMS EXTENDING FROM TIONESTA IN ELK COUNTY TO MERCER IN MERCER COUNTY IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH BUTLER...ARMSTRONG..CLARION AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN 430 AND 630 PM. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS.. HAIL..LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SOME OF THE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY PRODUCE ENOUGH RAIN TO CAUSE POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. DAVIS/SISK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Bedford, Somerset | 67 min |
| Jul 7, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Cambria | 65 min |
| Jul 7, 9:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Bedford, Blair | 68 min |
| Jul 7, 11:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Bedford | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 12:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Bedford | 46 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.