Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Issued

Aug 12, 2001, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)

Expired

Aug 12, 2001, 9:00 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Area

Whole counties

County Muskingum County, OH

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS51 KPBZ 122257
FFWPBZ
OHC119-130100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
655 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MUSKINGUM COUNTY IN OHIO

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO CAUSE FLOODING        
  PROBLEMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MUSKINGUM. ALSO MORE RAIN     
  IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVER THE NEXT 2  
  HOURS.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...ZANESVILLE...DUNCAN 
  FALLS. 

<<CALL TO ACTION>>DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE
WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW
YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

NWS Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 12, 2:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
230 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001

SFC LOW OVER CNTRL OHIO ATTM WITH FRONTAL BNDRY EWD INTO CWA.
SFC DWPNTS STILL REMAIN WELL INTO MID 60S TO ERN INDIANIA.
ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS REDEVELOPING ACROSS ENTRL OHIO ALONG
MOISTURE CONVG BDNRY AS WELL  WITH PLENTY OF OUTFLOW BNDRYS ABOUND
FROM TODAYS RAINS. THOUGH THE SFC LOW AND ATTENDING DYNAMICS IS
EXPECTED TO EXIT EWD EARLY TNGT...HAVE DECIDED TO EXTEND PRESENT
FFA TIL 10PM EDT TONIGHT AS PWS ABT 1.8.
A FRONT IN GT LKS MONDAY IS EXPECTED TO DROP SEWD INTO REGION
AS MAIN UPPER TROUGH MOVES THRU  SO WILL INDICATE CHC POPS MAINLY
AFTN/EVE. AVN MDL IS STRONGER VS ETA ON THIS 2ND SYSTEM.
QUICK REPRIEVE TO DRY WX TUES/WED BFR PRECIP AGAIN THRS.

.PBZ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TIL 10 PM EDT OHZ057>059-068-069
       WVZ004-012-021>023-041-MDZ001-PAZ031-031.

In the hours before

WVZ023-041-121830-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
129 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001

...MORE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA...

ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION OVER
THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. SIMILAR TO THE STORMS FROM THIS MORNING...
THEY WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF YOU
LIVE ALONG OR NEAR A STREAM OR CREEK PLEASE REMAIN AWARE OF WATER
LEVELS. THESE STORMS CAN CAUSE WATER TO RISE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME.

LISTEN FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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.