Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 86, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Nov 8, 1997, 1:29 AM EST for Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 5 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
- Nov 8, 1997, 1:29 AM EST (06:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 8, 1997, 6:30 AM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Armstrong County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 70 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIT 080637 FFWPIT PAC005-081130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 129 AM EST SAT NOV 8 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST PENNSYLVANIA ...ARMSTRONG COUNTY WEATHER RADAR SHOWED HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF CAUSING FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY WESTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF ARMSTRONG COUNTY THROUGH 3 OR 4 AM. THESE HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED BETTER THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. SOME LOCATIONS IN NEARBY COUNTIES TO THE EAST HAVE HAD FLOODING PROBLEMS LIKE FLOODED ROADS AND MUDSLIDES WITH SOME SMALL STREAMS OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS. 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.
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
Local storm report, Nov 7, 8:26 PM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
826 PM EST FRI NOV 07 1997
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0544 PM CRAMER PA FLOODING
11/07/97 INDIANA RTE 403 NORTH BOUND LANE
FLOODED
0815 PM ROBINSON PA FLOODING
11/07/97 INDIANA RICHARD RUN FLOODED NEAR
RTE 259 AND RURAL RTE 2201
AT PINKERTON CROSSINGSLocal storm report, Nov 7, 8:27 PM EST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
826 PM EST FRI NOV 07 1997
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0544 PM CRAMER PA FLOODING
11/07/97 INDIANA RTE 403 NORTH BOUND LANE
FLOODED
0815 PM ROBINSON PA FLOODING
11/07/97 INDIANA RICHARD RUN FLOODED NEAR
RTE 259 AND RURAL RTE 2201
AT PINKERTON CROSSINGSLocal storm report, Nov 7, 11:40 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
1140 PM EST FRI NOV 7 1997
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0730 AM NEAR FARMINGTON PA FLOODING
FAYETTE WHARTON FURNACE ROAD
FLOODED
0544 PM CRAMER PA FLOODING
INDIANA RTE 403 NORTHBOUND LANE
FLOODED
0550 PM PIKESVILLE PA FLOODING
JEFFERSON SMALL STREAMS OUT OF
BANKS...LOWLAND FLOODING
0700 PM HOMER CITY PA FLOODING
INDIANA TEARING RUN BESIDE VILLAGE
OF COY. WATER ONTO SR 2011
0815 PM ROBINSON PA FLOODING
INDIANA RICHARD RUN FLOODED NEAR
RTE 259 AND RURAL RTE 2201
AT PINKERTON CROSSINGS
0830 PM LIGONIER PA FLOODING
WESTMORELAND RTE 381 FLOODED
0830 PM SOUTH HUNTINGTON PA FLOODING
WESTMORELAND RTE 70 THROUGH SOUTH
HUNTINGTON FLOODED
0900 PM NEAR SMITHTON PA ROCK SLIDE ONTO PORTION
WESTMORELAND OF RTE 70 AT THE
SMITHTON BRIDGE
1120 PM SHELOCTA PA FLOODING
INDIANA/WESTMORELAND RAILROAD UNDERPASS AT
LINE SEWARD FLOODED OUT
RSH/RRR/RORLocal storm report, Nov 7, 11:56 PM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
STORM REPORT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
1156 PM EST FRI NOV 7 1997
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0730 AM NEAR FARMINGTON PA FLOODING
FAYETTE WHARTON FURNACE ROAD
FLOODED
0544 PM CRAMER PA FLOODING
INDIANA RTE 403 NORTHBOUND LANE
FLOODED
0350 PM* PIKESVILLE PA FLOODING
JEFFERSON SMALL STREAMS OUT OF
BANKS...LOWLAND FLOODING
0700 PM HOMER CITY PA FLOODING
INDIANA TEARING RUN BESIDE VILLAGE
OF COY. WATER ONTO SR 2011
0815 PM ROBINSON PA FLOODING
INDIANA RICHARD RUN FLOODED NEAR
RTE 259 AND RURAL RTE 2201
AT PINKERTON CROSSINGS
0830 PM LIGONIER PA FLOODING
WESTMORELAND RTE 381 FLOODED
0830 PM SOUTH HUNTINGTON PA FLOODING
WESTMORELAND RTE 70 THROUGH SOUTH
HUNTINGTON FLOODED
0900 PM NEAR SMITHTON PA ROCK SLIDE ONTO PORTION
WESTMORELAND OF RTE 70 AT THE
SMITHTON BRIDGE
1120 PM SHELOCTA PA FLOODING
INDIANA/WESTMORELAND RAILROAD UNDERPASS AT
LINE SEWARD FLOODED OUT
*...CORRECTED TIME FOR PIKEVILLE REPORT
RSH/RRR/RORThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 9:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 6 hr |
| Nov 8, 3:58 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 4 hr |
| Nov 8, 6:28 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 5 hr |
| Nov 8, 7:58 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 6 hr |
| Nov 8, 8:25 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997
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.