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Flash Flood Warning 115, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

May 17, 1996Allegheny County, Fayette County, Washington County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 1996, 8:07 AM EDT for Allegheny County, Fayette County, Washington County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 1996, 8:07 AM EDT (12:07 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1996, 11:15 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Allegheny County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Washington County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 7:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBeaver3 hr
May 17, 10:58 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZFayette3 hr
May 16, 9:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMonroe69 min
May 16, 10:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont4 hr
May 17, 2:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont4 hr
May 17, 6:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont5 hr
May 17, 7:03 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZColumbiana4 hr
May 17, 10:58 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZColumbiana3 hr
May 16, 10:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMarshall, Wetzel4 hr
May 17, 2:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMarshall, Wetzel4 hr
May 17, 6:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMarshall, Wetzel5 hr
May 17, 8:26 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZPreston, Tucker4 hr
May 17, 10:58 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZWetzel3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.