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Flash Flood Warning 80, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

July 15, 1995Muskingum County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 1995, 7:03 PM EDT for Muskingum County, Ohio. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1995, 7:03 PM EDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1995, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Muskingum County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4594 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -51 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
4594 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1 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 152304
FFWPIT
OHC119-160100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
703 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...MUSKINGUM COUNTY
 
WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SEVERE STORMS OVER MUSKINGUM COUNTY...SO
DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL CAN STILL OCCUR. TORRENTIAL RAINS IN SOUTHWEST
PART OF THE COUNTY CAN CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS
STORM...TAKE QUICK ACTION AS NEEDED.
 
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR SAFETY GO TO AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR BUILDING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING. HEAVY RAINS CAN
QUICKLY CAUSE FLOODING. DO NOT CROSS WHERE WATER COVERS YOUR PATH.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont61 min
Jul 15, 5:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont2 hr
Jul 15, 5:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont119 min
Jul 15, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont119 min
Jul 15, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMuskingum67 min
Jul 15, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMuskingum117 min
Jul 15, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZColumbiana80 min
Jul 15, 7:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont2 hr
Jul 15, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont2 hr
Jul 15, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll, Harrison59 min
Jul 15, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGuernsey59 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.