Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT-HEAVY DOWNPOURS MOVING TOWARDS WESTERN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA           PENNSYLVANNIA
1030 AM EDT THU JUL 23 1992

...HEAVY DOWNPOURS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOOON IN THE WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA REGION...

AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL OHIO WILL REACH EXTREME
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AROUND NOON AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 130
AND 2PM. RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY WITH THIS AREA AND COULD
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AS WELL AS LOWLAND FLOODING. GUSTY
WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.

AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY HARD HIT WITH RAINS OVER THE PAST
SEVERAL DAYS ARE MOST PRONE TO LOWLAND FLOODING. THIS INCLUDES THE
NORTHWEST TIER OF PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE
NECESSARY FOR SOME AREAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON DEPENDING ON THE MOVEMENT
OF THIS THUNDERSTORM AREA.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHbER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

SKYWARN OBSERVERS PLEASE REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH OR
GREATER.

RWH/RS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1250PM EDT THU JUL 23 1992

THE PITTSBURGH WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVED ACROSS EASTERN OHIO
AND INTO THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA.

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT BEAVER...ALLEGHENY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES
IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AS WELL AS HANCOCK AND BROOKE COUNTIES
IN THE WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH IN AN HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH
THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVED ACROSS EASTERN OHIO.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...REDUCED VISIBILITY
AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA AREA.

PAZ001>006-013>015-WV001-231800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION FOR CODES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1255PM EDT THU JUL 23 1992

THE PITTSBURGH WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVED ACROSS EASTERN OHIO
AND INTO THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA.

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT BEAVER...ALLEGHENY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES
IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AS WELL AS HANCOCK AND BROOKE COUNTIES
IN THE WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH IN AN HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH
THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVED ACROSS EASTERN OHIO.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...REDUCED VISIBILITY

AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA AREA.

RWH/WR

PAZ001>006-013>015-WV001-231800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
245PM EDT THU JUL 23 1992

THE PITTSBURGH WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
WESTMORELAND COUNTY JUST WEST OF LATROBE. MANY REPORTS OF STREET AND
LOWLAND FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM MURRYSVILLE AND LATROBE.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING INTO CAMBRIA AND SOMERSET COUNTIES.
RAINFALL REPORTS WERE ON THE ORDER OF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF
IN ONE HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY
WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL.

DRIVERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION AS HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING ON THE
ROADWAYS.

THE STORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF SOMERSET >AND CAMBRIA COUNTIES BY 5 PM.

ROLINSKI