Flash Flood Warning 124, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Issued

Dec 30, 1990, 4:30 PM EST (21:30 UTC)

Expired

Dec 30, 1990, 10:00 PM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Butler County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN 
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
430 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS EXTENDED THE 
FLOOD WARNING FOR STREAMS AND CREEKS EFFECTIVE UNTIL  1000 PM EST
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...ALLEGHENY COUNTY...ARMSTRONG COUNTY...BEAVER COUNTY
   ...BUTLER COUNTY...CLARION COUNTY...WESTMORELAND COUNTY...

IN THE WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE

   ...BROOKE COUNTY...HANCOCK COUNTY

WIDESPREAD FLOODING CONTINUED IN MANY AREAS OF THE WARNED COUNTIES.

ESPECIALLY HARD HIT IS BUTLER...BEAVER...ARMSTRONG...HANCOCK...
NORTHERN ALLEGHENY AND NORTHWESTERN WESTMORELAND COUNTIES.

BUTLER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONTINUED TO MONITOR THE DAM IN
SEVEN FIELDS BOROUGH IN CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP.  THE WATER HAS DROPPED SOME
AT THE DAM...BUT AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE DAM CLOSELY.
THIS IS IN LOCATED IN SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTY. 

WATER FROM THIS DAM FLOWS DOWNSTREAM INTO THE KNAUFMAN RUN AND THEN
INTO BREAKNECK CREEK TO EVANS CITY...FINALLY FLOWING INTO THE
CONNOQUENESSING CREEK...WHICH ALREADY HAS REACHED FLOOD STAGE AT
RENFREW.

IF YOU LIVE ALONG ANY OF THESE CREEKS BETWEEN CRANBERRY AND EVANS
CITY...FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES.  IF WATER RISES
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AT ONCE.

ELSEWHERE STREAMS...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND BASEMENTS WERE REPORTED
FLOODED IN MANY AREAS.  IN ADDITION...SEVERAL ROADS WERE CLOSED BY
MUDSLIDES.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE WARNED COUNTIES SINCE MORNING HAVE RANGED
FROM BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES.  

RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING...AND THERE IS THE
POSSIBILITY OF SOME AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURING OR IS IMMINENT.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES...DIPS OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO
CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING
WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

PALKO

Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.