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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

July 7, 2008Greene County, Washington County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2008, 12:47 PM EDT for Greene County, Washington 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: Jul 7, 2008, 12:47 PM EDT (16:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2008, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Greene County, PA, Washington County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 7, 2:08 AM EDT, 10 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 2:08 AM EDT, 10 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 3:18 AM EDT, 9 hours 29 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 7:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Jefferson	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2008 Every flash flood warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.