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Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

September 30, 2006Mercer County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 30, 2006, 10:12 PM EDT for Mercer County, Pennsylvania. 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: Sep 30, 2006, 10:12 PM EDT (02:12 UTC)
Expired: Oct 1, 2006, 1:15 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mercer County, PA

The radar

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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 Sep 30, 2:18 PM EDT, 7 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 2:18 PM EDT, 7 hours 54 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
218 PM EDT SAT SEP 30 2006

.SHORT TERM /THROUGH SUN/...
UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND INTO NEW
ENGLAND SUN. A COUPLE SHORT WAVES WILL ROTATE THROUGH THIS MAIN TROUGH
AND PRODUCE AREAS OF SHOWERS THROUGH SUN MORNING. WIDELY SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS EVENING, ESPECIALLY OVER WESTERN PART
OF FORECAST AREA, WITH COOLING ALOFT. WILL GO WITH LIKELY AND
CATEGORICAL POPS OVERNIGHT...TAPERING TO CHANCE SUN.
&&

.LONG TERM /SUN NIGHT THROUGH SAT/...
SUN NITE AND MON, SFC RIDGE BUILDS IN BEHIND H5 TROF. TUE BEGINS WITH
SFC HIGH OVER VA AND APPROXIMATELY ZONAL FLOW. FOR WED, A COLD FRONT
SWEEPS DOWN FROM MICHIGAN IN THE NW FLOW. WITH DEWPTS IN MID 50S AND
WIND SHEAR, COULD SEE STRONG TSTMS. BY THU, COLD FRONT IS WELL S OF CWA
AND HI PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM N. H8 TEMPS TOO WARM AND BOUNDARY LYR
WIND TOO NORTHERLY FOR LK EFFECT, SO POPS GO BELOW 10% AND SKIES CLEAR.
FOR FRI AND SAT, UPPER RIDGE AND SFC HI ARE FIRMLY IN CONTROL.
&&

.AVIATION...
UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND INTO NEW ENGLAND
SUN. BROKEN CEILINGS AROUND 4000 FEET WILL OCCASIONALLY LOWER TO MVFR
IN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
EXPECT MAINLY MVFR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND SUN MORNING WITH OCCASIONAL
SHOWERS CONTINUING THROUGH AROUND 14Z.  SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND
20 KT AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING, WITH WIND DIRECTION
BECOMING SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT AND MORE WESTERLY BY MID MORNING SUN.
&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 30, 3:33 AM EDT, 18 hours 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
333 AM EDT SAT SEP 30 2006

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-
020>023-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-010745-
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-
333 AM EDT SAT SEP 30 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RAIN WILL DEVELOP TODAY WITH THE APPROACH OF LOW PRESSURE. THERE
IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A SLIGHT RISK
THAT THESE STORMS WILL REACH SEVERE LEVELS. THE PRIMARY SEVERE
THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL PROBABLY NOT BE NEEDED.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 30, 7:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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Sources

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