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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

July 9, 1990Allegheny County, Beaver County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 1990, 3:01 PM EDT for Allegheny County, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 1990, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1990, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Allegheny County, PA, Beaver County, PA

The radar

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

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 19 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1990-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1312 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1990-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 143 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1312 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1037 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPIT 091904
FFWPIT
PAC003-007-092030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
301 PM EDT MON JUL 9 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...ALLEGHENY COUNTY...BEAVER COUNTY
 
AT 300 PM WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
ALLEGHENY THAT ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 12:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZClarion, Jefferson2 hr
Jul 9, 12:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZClarion, Jefferson2 hr
Jul 9, 1:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZClearfield108 min
Jul 9, 1:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZArmstrong108 min
Jul 9, 1:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZClearfield99 min
Jul 9, 1:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZArmstrong99 min
Jul 9, 1:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBeaver, Butler85 min
Jul 9, 2:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny81 min
Jul 9, 3:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZArmstrong, Butler2 hr
Jul 9, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Beaver89 min
Jul 9, 3:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZWashington, Westmoreland100 min
Jul 9, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWashington, Westmoreland100 min
Jul 9, 4:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZAllegheny, Armstrong, Beaver114 min
Jul 9, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZSomerset48 min
Jul 9, 6:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZArmstrong3 hr

Nearby

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

Sources

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.