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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

March 4, 1993Marshall County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 4, 1993, 7:25 PM EST for Marshall County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 1993, 7:25 PM EST (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 1993, 10:00 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Marshall County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 00:00Z on 1993-03-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1993-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
304 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIT 050026
FFWPIT
WVC051-050300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
725 PM EST THU MAR 4 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS CONTINUED THE
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EST
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN THE WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE
 
   ...MARSHALL COUNTY
 
FISH CREEK AND MIDDLE GRAVE CREEK IN MARSHALL COUNTY CONTINUE OUT OF
THEIR BANKS.  COUNTY ROAD 74 IS CLOSED.  
 
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.

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, Mar 4, 3:07 PM EST, 4 hours 18 minutes before
PAZ015-WVZ001-050500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
300 PM EST THU MAR 4 1993

...WHEELING CREEK RISING...

HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING WHICH FELL OVER SATURATED SOIL IS CAUSING
WHEELING CREEK TO RISE RAPIDLY.

AT 300 PM THE STAGE READING ON WHEELING CREEK AT ELM GROVE WAS 4.4 FEET
AND RISING.  FLOOD STAGE IS 7 FEET.  WHEELING CREEK IS EXPECTED TO
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 6:12 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PAZ001>006-013>015-WVZ001-050800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT- WEATHER UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
600 PM EST THU MAR 4 1993

...FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 745 PM FOR MARSHALL COUNTY WV...

...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TONIGHT FOR NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...THE LAUREL MOUNTAINS AND SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS...

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT FOR SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND
THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...

...HIGH WIND WARNING DISCONTINUED...

A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM TONIGHT FOR MARSHALL COUNTY
IN THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICIAL REPORTED SOME CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
REMEMBER...NEVER DRIVE INTO A FLOODED AREA.

A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES TONIGHT FOR NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...THE LAUREL MOUNTAINS AND SOUTH CENTRAL AREA.
THIS INCLUDES COMMUNITIES SUCH AS ERIE...BRADFORD... DUBOIS...STATE
COLLEGE...JOHNSTOWN...BUTLER AND MERCER.

SNOW AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL FALL IN THE WARNED AREA
OVERNIGHT. HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WITH UP
TO 10 INCHES...IN THE LAUREL MOUNTAINS 4 TO 7 INCHES...WITH 6 TO 8
INCHES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL AREA COMMUNITIES SUCH AS ALTOONA AND BEDFORD WILL
RECEIVE BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES.

THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.  WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED
THROUGHOUT THE MOUNTAIN AREAS OF PENNSYLVANIA.  EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON
WINDS GUSTED TO 64 MPH AT THE PENN STATE UNIVERSITY IN CENTRE COUNTY.
50 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED IN FRANKLIN COUNTY...WHILE ALLEGHENY COUNTY
AIRPORT REPORTED 48 MPH WINDS.

A SNOW ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR SO6UTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND THE NORTHERN
PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA TONIGHT FOR 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW.

DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TONIGHT THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

PALKO/HIGGINS/GIORDANO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 9:22 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningPBZMarshall6 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.