Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Issued

Jul 12, 1990, 10:35 AM EDT (14:35 UTC)

Expired

Jul 12, 1990, 2:00 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Armstrong County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Jefferson 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  BROADCAST IMMEDIATELY
FLOOD WARNING FOR STREAMS AND CREEKS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1035 AM EDT THU JUL 12 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR STREAMS AND CREEKS UNTIL 200PM EDT FOR THESE COUNTIES IN

WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

CLARION COUNTY...JEFFERSON COUNTY...ARMSTRONG COUNTY

AT 1030AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS MOVING
NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD AND ACROSS THESE THREE COUNTIES.

THE SOILS ARE QUITE SATURATED AND RAINFALL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS IN
THESE COUNTIES RANGED FROM 1.5 TO 2.3 INCHES.

STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THESE COUNTIES ARE REPORTED QUITE HIGH AND
NEAR BANKFUL. THE HEAVY RAINS MOVING ACROSS THESE THREE COUNTIES WILL
RESULT IN FLOODING THIS MORNING.

AT THE PRESENT TIME IT WOULD APPEAR THAT SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND SOUTHERN
CLARION COUNTIES HAVE THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AS WELL AS THE
NORTHERN HALF OF ARMSTRONG COUNTY.

ROADS ARE CLOSED IN BUTLER COUNTY DUE TO FLOODING IN THE TOWNSHIPS OF
LANCASTER...CENTER AND FORWARD.
A FLOOD WARNING ALSO CONTINUES UNTIL 1PM FOR BEAVER AND BUTLER COUNTIES.
..AND UNTIL 2PM FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY.

A FLOOD WARNING FOR STREAMS AND CREEKS MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IN
PROGRESS.

IF YOU GET ANY INDICATION THAT FLOOD WATERS ARE APPROACHING..MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.

FURTHER FLOOD WARNINGS FOR STREAMS AND CREEKS MAYb HAVE TO BE ISSUED FOR
OTHER COUNTIES IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND THE
NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM.

SISK/HIGGINS/ALESSI/ROSSI-DRAKE

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.