Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 28, 1994, 3:32 PM EST for Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 1994, 3:32 PM EST (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 1994, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Armstrong County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 70 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 492 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIT 282032 RRA FFWPIT PAC005-290300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 332 PM EST FRI JAN 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST PENNSYLVANIA ...ARMSTRONG COUNTY FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ALONG THE BUFFALO CREEK. ROADS ALONG BUFFALO CREEK ARE CLOSED. LEVELS ARE ALSO RISING ON THE KISKI RIVER. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT6 TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. WJD &
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, Jan 28, 10:45 AM EST, 4 hours 47 minutes before
PAZ004>006-009>012-017>019-024>028-033>036-281700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1045 AM EST FRI JAN 28 1994 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA. THE FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION AND TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED TO ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. STEADY RAINS HAVE ENDED WITH ONLY OCCASIONAL SHOWERS FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THE FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS... MANY ROADS REMAIN TREACHEROUS ACROSS MOST OF THESE AREAS...PARTICULARLY ON SECONDARY ROADS AND BRIDGES WHERE ROAD CREWS HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO BEGIN THEIR WORK. IN ADDITION TO THE ICY ROADS... SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS WILL ADD YET ANOTHER HAZARD TO DRIVING TODAY. HERE ARE A FEW OF THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE OCCURED FROM THIS STORM... JEFFERSON CLARION AND CLEARFIELD COUNTIES REPORT APPROXIMATELY 2000 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF DOWNED POWER LINES CAUSED BY ICE. HUNTINGDON COUNTY REPORTS 1000 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER BECAUSE ICE HAS DOWNED POWER LINES. NUMEROUS SCHOOLS CLOSED OR SIGNIFICANTLY DELAYED ACROSS THE ENTIRE WARNING AREA. MANY AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS DUE TO ICY ROAD CONDITIONS. REPORTS OF ONE HALF INCH /.50/ OF ICE ACCUMULATION IN BEDFORD COUNTY SKY WARN OBSERVERS AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP DURING THIS EVENT...PLEASE KEEP UP THE GREAT JOB. FLH/WJD/TR
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 10:49 AM EST, 4 hours 43 minutes before
PAZ004>006-009>012-017>019-024>028-033>036-281700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1045 AM EST FRI JAN 28 1994 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA. THE FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION AND TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED TO ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. STEADY RAINS HAVE ENDED WITH ONLY OCCASIONAL SHOWERS FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THE FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS... MANY ROADS REMAIN TREACHEROUS ACROSS MOST OF THESE AREAS...PARTICULARLY ON SECONDARY ROADS AND BRIDGES WHERE ROAD CREWS HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO BEGIN THEIR WORK. IN ADDITION TO THE ICY ROADS... SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS WILL ADD YET ANOTHER HAZARD TO DRIVING TODAY. HERE ARE A FEW OF THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE OCCURED FROM THIS STORM... JEFFERSON CLARION AND CLEARFIELD COUNTIES REPORT APPROXIMATELY 2000 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF DOWNED POWER LINES CAUSED BY ICE. HUNTINGDON COUNTY REPORTS 1000 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER BECAUSE ICE HAS DOWNED POWER LINES. NUMEROUS SCHOOLS CLOSED OR SIGNIFICANTLY DELAYED ACROSS THE ENTIRE WARNING AREA. MANY AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS DUE TO ICY ROAD CONDITIONS. REPORTS OF ONE HALF INCH /.50/ OF ICE ACCUMULATION IN BEDFORD COUNTY SKY WARN OBSERVERS AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP DURING THIS EVBENT...PLEASE KEEP UP THE GREAT JOB. FLH/WJD/TR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 8:28 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Greene, Washington | 8 hr |
| Jan 28, 9:35 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 6 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:15 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 10 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:51 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 5 hr |
| Jan 28, 5:20 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Butler | 5 hr |
| Jan 28, 6:11 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Jefferson | 4 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.