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Flash Flood Warning 232, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

August 16, 2003Noble County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2003, 3:25 AM EDT for Noble County, Ohio. 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: Aug 16, 2003, 3:25 AM EDT (07:25 UTC)
Expired: Aug 16, 2003, 6:30 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Whole counties

County Noble County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:29 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 237 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1462 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS51 KPBZ 160730
FFWPBZ
OHC121-161030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
325 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS EXTENDED THE

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

* UNTIL 630 AM EDT

* AT 325 AM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ROAD 
FLOODING CONTINUING IN SUMMERFIELD ALONG ROUTE 78, CARLISLE ALONG 
ROUTE 260, EAST UNION ALONG STATE ROUTE 513, ALONG STATE ROUTE 313 
NEAR KENNONSBURG, ALONG STATE ROUTE 147 NEAR BATESVILLE, AND STATE 
ROUTE 564 NEAR MIDDLEBURG.

<<CALL TO ACTION>>BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER
TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH
FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE
FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER
BEGINS RISING.

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

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.

NWS Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 15, 3:25 PM EDT, 12 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 3:25 PM EDT, 12 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
325 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2003

WILL MAINTAIN SCT PRECIP TNGT AS WEAK SHRT/WV MOVES ESEWD ACROSS
CWA IN WNW FLOW...COMBINED WITH INCREASING INSTABILITY/DIURNAL HEATING
AND WITH PWS AOA 1.6, WILL ADD HVY DWPNRS AS ANOTHER MUGGY NGT WITH
PATCHY DENSE FOG. AS UPPER RIDGE RETROGADES AND HOLDS OVER PLAINS
SATURDAY, SIGNIFICANT SHRT/WV AND SFC COLD FRONT WILL SWING SEWD TWD
REGION IN NW FLOW...AREA CONTS IN SLGT RISK,PWS PROG AOA 1.8...CAPES
RANGE 1000-2000 J/KG...EHI 1-2...MDT SHEAR.
ATTM FOR SAT WILL ADD GUSTY WINDS/HAIL AND HVY RAIN WITH STRONG
DYNAMICS ASSCD WITH THIS SYSTEM...WHICH SHLD PASS SOUTH OF M/D BY
EARLY SUN MRNG. LESS HUMID WX FOLLOWS SUNDAY INTO COMING WEEK...AND
WITH LATEST MDLS RUNS/BLEND WITH ADJ OFFICES...WILL MENTION PRECIP
AGAIN FOR THRS IN XNTD. PERSISTENCE MAINTAINED FOR LOW TEMPS
TNGT/TAD LWR ON SAT WITH APPROACH OF NEXT SYSTEM.

.PBZ...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 5:45 AM EDT, 21 hours 40 minutes before

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-150930-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
545 AM EDT FRI AUG 15 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 CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...HEAVY
DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ON SATURDAY...MAINLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. STRONG
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY...BUT MAY BE NEEDED ON
SATURDAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 15, 10:32 PM EDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
1032 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0927 PM    SUMMERFIELD               OH   FLASH FLOODS
08/15/03   NOBLE                          ROUTE 78 FLOODED.

0927 PM    CARLISLE                  OH   FLASH FLOODS
08/15/03   NOBLE                          ROUTE 260 FLOODED.REPORTED
                                          BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

0927 PM    EAST UNION                OH   FLASH FLOODS
08/15/03   NOBLE                          COUNTY ROAD 6 AND STATE
                                          ROUTE 513 FLOODED.REPORTED
                                          BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

1010 PM    QUAKER CITY               OH   FLASH FLOODS
08/15/03   GUERNSEY                       ROUTE 265 AND 285 FLOODED.
                                          REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT

1030 PM    SMITHFIELD                OH   FLASH FLOODS
08/15/03   JEFFERSON                      ROUTE 152 FLOODED.
                                          REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT

1030 PM    DILLONVALE                OH   FLASH FLOODS
08/15/03   JEFFERSON                      ROUTE 8 FLOODED. REPORTED
                                          BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

1030 PM    WELLS TOWNSHIP            OH   FLASH FLOODS
08/15/03   JEFFERSON                      ROUTE 8 FLOODED. REPORTED
                                          BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 15, 8:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Belmont	3 hr
Aug 15, 8:50 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Monroe	3 hr
Aug 15, 9:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Noble	3 hr
Aug 15, 10:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Guernsey	3 hr
Aug 15, 10:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Jefferson	3 hr
Aug 16, 12:18 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Noble	3 hr
Aug 16, 1:07 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Guernsey	3 hr
Aug 16, 1:27 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Jefferson	3 hr
Aug 16, 6:35 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Noble	3 hr
Aug 16, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll	47 min
Aug 16, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	56 min
Aug 16, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Muskingum	28 min

Nearby

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

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.