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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

February 16, 1995Preston County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Feb 16, 1995, 2:25 AM EST for Preston County, West Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 1995, 2:25 AM EST (07:25 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 1995, 6:30 AM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Preston County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 1995-02-16Temperature 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 1995-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 324 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
83 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
324 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
365 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 160727
FFWPIT
WVC077-161130-
 
BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
225 AM EST THU FEB 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 AM EST
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...PRESTON COUNTY
 
PRESTON COUNTY OES HAS RECEIVED REPORTS OF 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER OVER
COUNTY ROUTE 51 APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES SOUTH OF TERRA ALTA PRODUCED BY
FLOODING ON THE THE SALTLICK CREEK.
 
A COMBINATION OF SNOW MELT AND ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY HAS PRODUCED THIS FLOODING.  OTHER STREAMS AND
CREEKS ARE HIGH AND OTHER FLOODING IN THE COUNTY MAY OCCUR.  EXTREME
CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHEN TRAVELLING.
 
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, Feb 15, 9:14 PM EST, 5 hours 11 minutes before
PAZ016-160600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
915 PM EST WED FEB 15 1995

THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY
IN PENNSYLVANIA.

TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED TO ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK IN MOST AREAS OF THE
COUNTY.  RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE ENDING
AROUND MIDNIGHT.

EVEN SO...WATCH OUT FOR SOME SLIPPERY SPOTS ON SECONDARY ROADS AS THERE
COULD STILL BE ICE IN SOME AREAS.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 9:15 PM EST, 5 hours 10 minutes before
PAZ016-160600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
915 PM EST WED FEB 15 1995

THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY
IN PENNSYLVANIA.

TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED TO ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK IN MOST AREAS OF THE
COUNTY.  RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE ENDING
AROUND MIDNIGHT.

EVEN SO...WATCH OUT FOR SOME SLIPPERY SPOTS ON SECONDARY ROADS AS THERE
COULD STILL BE ICE IN SOME AREAS.

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

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.