Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Issued

Mar 2, 1997, 2:40 PM EST (19:40 UTC)

Expired

Mar 2, 1997, 10:00 PM EST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Monroe County, OH, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Wetzel County, WV

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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.

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TTAA00 KPIT 021939
FFWPIT
OHC111-121-PAC059-WVC049-061-103-051-030300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED FOR STREAMS AND CREEKS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
240 PM EST SUN MAR 2 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS EXTENDED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EST
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO

   ...MONROE COUNTY

IN  WEST VIRGINIA

   ...MARION COUNTY AND WETZEL COUNTY

IN THE WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE

   ...MARSHALL COUNTY


IN MONROE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED
STATE ROAD NEAR RINARD MILLS AND A COUPLE OF COUNTY ROADS WERE
STILL COVERED WITH WATER.

IN WETZEL COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
REPORTED THAT 6 FEET OF WATER COVERED ROUTE 20 NEAR READER. ALSO
OTHER SECTIONS OF ROUTE 20 WERE COVERED WITH WATER.

IN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THE 911 CENTER REPORTED
THAT SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED NEAR MANNINGTON... US ROUTE 19 WAS
CLOSED AT WHITE ROCK (BETWEEN FAIRMONT AND MONONGAH) AND ALSO
US ROUTE 19 AT RIVESVILLE.

IN MARSHALL COUNTY IN THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA FLOODING
CONTINUES ALONG THE FISH CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES WITH SOME STATE
ROADS STILL COVERED WITH WATER.

SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD BEGIN TO RECEDE BY EARLY TONIGHT.
CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH RAIN EXPECTED AGAIN ON MONDAY.

IF YOU LIVE ALONG A STREAM OR CREEK BE ALERT ON MONDAY FOR POSSIBLE
RISES AGAIN.

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.  THE WATER
MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT
IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
BE ESPECIALLY ALERT AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE THE 
FLOODING DANGERS.


...FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

NOBLE COUNTY... IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...
GREENE COUNTY... IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
MONONGALIA COUNTY... IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.
N
WATER LEVELS ARE RUNNING HIGH BUT EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORTED NO
FLOODING. STREAM LEVELS SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEDE THIS EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1997Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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.