Flash Flood Warning 131, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Issued

Jul 22, 2003, 12:58 PM EDT (16:58 UTC)

Expired

Jul 22, 2003, 4:00 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Area

Whole counties

County Lawrence County, PA

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS51 KPBZ 221702
FFWPBZ
PAC073-222000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1258 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 1258 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 
SUSTAINED AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM NORTH OF BESSEMER TO SOUTH OF 
NEW WILMINGTON. SEVERAL CREEKS MAY FLOW OVER THEIR 
BANKS....INCLUDING NESHANNOCK CREEK...AND MAHONING CREEK.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BESSEMER...ELLPORT...NEW
  BEAVER...NEW CASTLE NORTHWEST...NEW WILMINGTON...OAKLAND AND
  OAKWOOD...

<<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.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.

NWS Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 22, 10:49 AM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1049 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003

WILL UPDATE ZONES TO REMOVE AFTERNOON REFERENCES. FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES
FOR THE NORTHERN COUNTIES WHERE 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL YESTERDAY.
SOME SCATTERED CONVECTION BREAKING OUT ACROSS SWRN PA AND NORTHEAST
OHIO, BUT NO SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY IN THE WATCH AREA YET.

.PBZ...
MD...NONE.
OH...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONE OHZ041.

PA...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONES PAZ007>009...PAZ013>016...
PAZ020...PAZ022.

WV...NONE.

RSD

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-211520-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
515 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND
GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

THERE IS ALSO A FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10PM EDT FOR MERCER,
VENANGO, FOREST, CLARION, JEFFERSON, LAWRENCE, BEAVER, BUTLER AND
ARMSTRONG COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA AND COLUMBIANA COUNTY IN OHIO.

THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT CAN HAVE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
AND HAIL. HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. THERE WILL ALSO BE
PERIODS OF FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS GETTING MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN A COUPLE HOURS CAN
GET FLOODING. LOCATIONS GETTING REPEATED PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINS
TODAY AND TONIGHT CAN GET SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY /DAY TWO/.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE FLOODING.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER NETWORK MAY BE ACTIVATED THIS AFTERNOON.

Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.