Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Issued

Jun 2, 1997, 9:10 AM EDT (13:10 UTC)

Expired

Jun 2, 1997, 1:00 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Area

Whole counties

County Columbiana County, OH

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KPIT 021309
FFWPIT
OHC029-021700-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
910 AM EDT MON JUN 2 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...COLUMBIANA COUNTY
 
HEAVY RAIN TOTALING 1.10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED DURING THE
LAST 3 HOURS IN NORTHEASTERN COLUMBIANA COUNTY WHICH WILL RESULT
IN RAPID RUNOFF AND FLOODING OF STREAMS. ROUTES 154 AND 170 IN
NORTHEASTERN COLUMBIANA COUNTY WILL BE AFFECTED.
IN ADDITION LOWLAND...POOR DRAINAGE AND ROAD FLOODING CAN BE
EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE AREA OF THE COUNTY THIS MORNING.
 
DO NOT DRIVE INTO ArREAS 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.

In the hours before

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-022045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
528 AM EDT MON JUN 2 1997

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS UNLIKELY TODAY...
...BUT RAINS HEAVY ENOUGH FOR FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE TODAY IN THE
   MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND...

THE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING WILL BE LIMITED TODAY AND ONLY
SLIGHTLY MORE FAVORABLE TONIGHT. THOSE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP
SHOULD NOT SHOW SEVERE CHARACTERISTICS EXCEPT FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR
HEAVY LOCALIZED RAINFALL.

OF MORE CONCERN IS THE CHANCE OF HEAVY RAIN RESULTING IN FLOODING. SOIL
CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND
ALONG SMALL STREAMS...IF RAIN AMOUNTS EXCEED 1.5 INCHES IN UNDER 3 HOURS
OR EXCEED 2.5 INCHES IN LESS THAN 6 HOURS.

EASTERLY WINDS OFF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WILL BRING MOISTURE INTO THE
MOUNTAIN AREAS. THE LIFTING EFFECTS OF THE MOUNTAINS WILL KEEP THE
HEAVIEST RAINFALL OVER THE RIDGES AND EAST.

SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATER TODAY IF THE HEAVY RAINS
DEVELOP.

DE MARIS

Flash 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.