Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 89, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 1998, 11:27 AM EDT for Westmoreland 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
- Jun 19, 1998, 11:27 AM EDT (15:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1998, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Westmoreland County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 604 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1178 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIT 191527 FFWPIT PAC129-191800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVIATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1127 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTMORELAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. * UNTIL 200 PM EDT. * THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY. * RUNOFF FROM EARLY MORNING RAIN HAS CAUSED MILL CREEK TO OVERFLOW ITS BANKS. FLOODING AfLSO CONTINUES IN DERRY TOWNSHIP. SOME EVACUATIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN BOTH LIGONIER AND DERRY TOWNSHIP. <<CALL TO ACTION>>MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOD WATERS THREATEN. .END/KANE &
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, Jun 19, 5:31 AM EDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
531 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0335 AM JONES MILLS PA .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/98 WESTMORELAND
0445 AM PARSONS WV 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/19/98 TUCKERLocal storm report, Jun 19, 5:31 AM EDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
531 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0335 AM JONES MILLS PA .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/98 WESTMORELAND
0445 AM PARSONS WV 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/19/98 TUCKERLocal storm report, Jun 19, 7:15 AM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
715 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0335 AM JONES MILLS PA .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/98 WESTMORELAND
0345 AM CHAMPION PA .88 INCH HAIL
06/19/98 FAYETTE
0445 AM PARSONS WV 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/19/98 TUCKER
0545 AM WINTERSET OH WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 GUERNSEY TREES DOWN ON US ROUTE 22.
0632 AM COLERAIN OH FLOODING
06/19/98 BELMONT SR 5 FLOODED.
0635 AM ELM GROVE WV FLOODING
06/19/98 OHIO ELM RUN FLOODED.
0635 AM TRIADELPHIA WV FLOODING
06/19/98 OHIO CREEK FLOODING.
0638 AM EMERSON OH FLOODING
06/19/98 JEFFERSON COUNTY ROAD 5 FLOODED.
0640 AM MT OLIVET WV FLOODING
06/19/98 MARSHALL CREEK FLOODING.
0645 AM BRIDGEPORT OH FLOODING
06/19/98 BELMONT U.S. ROUTE 40 FLOODED.Local storm report, Jun 19, 7:15 AM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
715 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0335 AM JONES MILLS PA .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/98 WESTMORELAND
0345 AM CHAMPION PA .88 INCH HAIL
06/19/98 FAYETTE
0445 AM PARSONS WV 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/19/98 TUCKER
0545 AM WINTERSET OH WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 GUERNSEY TREES DOWN ON US ROUTE 22.
0632 AM COLERAIN OH FLOODING
06/19/98 BELMONT SR 5 FLOODED.
0635 AM ELM GROVE WV FLOODING
06/19/98 OHIO ELM RUN FLOODED.
0635 AM TRIADELPHIA WV FLOODING
06/19/98 OHIO CREEK FLOODING.
0638 AM EMERSON OH FLOODING
06/19/98 JEFFERSON COUNTY ROAD 5 FLOODED.
0640 AM MT OLIVET WV FLOODING
06/19/98 MARSHALL CREEK FLOODING.
0645 AM BRIDGEPORT OH FLOODING
06/19/98 BELMONT U.S. ROUTE 40 FLOODED.Special weather statement, Jun 19, 7:28 AM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-191400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 728 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Local storm report, Jun 19, 10:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
1002 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0810 AM WHEELING WV FLOODING
06/19/98 OHIO RT 40 FLOODED. CARTERS RUN
FLOODED INUNDATING AN
COLLAPSING A HOUSE.
0850 AM LATROBE PA FLOODING
06/19/98 WESTMORELAND MANY FLOODED BASEMENTS.
RTE 711 FLOODED. CHURCH
HOLLOW RD FLOODED.
MUDSLIDE 1 E LATROBE WITH
RT 30 CLOSED.The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 3:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 3:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 4:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998
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.