Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Issued

Jun 13, 2002, 1:19 PM EDT (17:19 UTC)

Expired

Jun 13, 2002, 4:15 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Area

Whole counties

County Washington County, PA

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS51 KPBZ 131719
FFWPBZ
PAC125-132015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
115 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 115 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 1.5 TO   
  2.0 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS           
  OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OVER THE LAST 1 TO 2 HOURS. THE HEAVIEST      
  RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE CHARLEROI AND SPEERS AREAS. OLD STATE     
  ROUTE 71 IS CLOSED AND ROGERS LANE IS CLOSED DUE TO A ROCK SLIDE.  
  MORE RAIN WILL BE FALLING OVER THIS AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON      
  HOURS. 


<<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 Jun 13, 9:58 AM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
958 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2002

POSTED A FLOOD WATCH GARRETT TUCKER AND PRESTON COUNTIES THROUGH
MIDNIGHT.  COORDINATED WITH RLX.  WILL MONITOR THE REMAINING
SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES AND EXPAND THE FLOOD WATCH IF NECESSARY
THROUGH THE DAY.  CURRENT BATCH OF RAIN WILL BE EXITING OVER THE
NEXT 3 TO 4 HOURS.  WILL DEPEND ON DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON.

FARTHER NORTH...THINK CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWER WILL ONLY MAKE IT AS FAR
NORTH AS PIT METRO AREA THIS AFTERNOON.

.PBZ...
MD...FLOOD WATCH FOR THURSDAY FOR ZONE MDZ001.

OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...FLOOD WATCH FOR THURSDAY FOR ZONES WVZ023...WVZ041.

JMP

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>023-041-132130-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1127 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND
WESTERN MARYLAND TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND WILL BECOME MORE
NUMEROUS TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY DOWNPOURS
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

THE BIGGEST THREAT IS LOCATED NEAR THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH AND SOUTH.

SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.