Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
240 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)...
WARM HUMID SOUTHERLY FLOW INTO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES TONIGHT WILL
BRING A CONTINATION OF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR MOST OF WPA,
NRN WV AND GARRETT COUNTY,MD. AS UPPER LOW DIGS INTO THE MIDWEST
PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA. HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT.

&&

.LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...
AS A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES DIG INTO THE CENTRAL US AND EJECT IN THE
SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC STATES THE WET WEATHER WILL
CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEKEND WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY ALONG WITH MODERATE TEMPERATURES.

&&

.AVIATION...
LOW CEILINGS EXTEND THROUGH WV THOUGH SHARP CUTOFF AT THE OHIO
BORDER WHERE CEILING AOA 10K. PRECIP AND LOW CEILINGS CONTINUE TO
STREAM NEWRD OUT OF WV SO WILL KEEP STEADY RAIN EAST OF PIT
TERMINALS. WOULD EXPECT FOG AND IFR CIGS FOR LATER TONIGHT INTO
TOMORROW MORNING AS TMP-DWPT SPREAD CLOSES. LITTLE IMPROVEMENT FOR
MON AS ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF VORT LOBES CONTINUES TO EXPLOIT MOIST
CONVERGENT FLOW.

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MDZ001 UNTIL 8 AM TUESDAY.
OH...NONE.
PA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029>032
UNTIL 8 AM TUESDAY.
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041 UNTIL 8 AM
     TUESDAY.
&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1146 AM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-
020>023-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-261600-
GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-
JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-
VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-
ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND-GREENE-
FAYETTE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-
PRESTON-TUCKER-
1146 AM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR MUCH
OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE
NORTHERN PANHANDLE AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. HEAVY RAINS WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE WATCH AREA AND COULD REACH 3 INCHES BY TUESDAY
MORNING WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER 5 INCHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR
MUCH OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE
NORTHERN PANHANDLE AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS IN EFFECT. SPOTTERS PLEASE CALL IN EVERY
INCH OF NEW RAINFALL.