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Flood Watch 2, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

March 3, 200812 counties in Pennsylvania; 11 counties in Ohio; 6 counties in West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flood watch at Mar 3, 2008, 3:34 AM EST for 12 counties in Pennsylvania; 11 counties in Ohio; 6 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Mar 3, 2008, 11:38 AM EST. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 3, 2008, 3:34 AM EST (08:34 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 3, 2008, 11:38 AM EST
Expired: Mar 5, 2008, 1:00 AM EST
In force: 37 hr
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Flood severity: None

All 29 counties

Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Forest County, PA, Greene County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA, Washington County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Wetzel County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:40 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 flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Mar 3, 1:30 AM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 1:30 AM EST, 2 hours 4 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
Mar 3, 3:35 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	PBZ	Forest, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango	12 hr
Mar 3, 11:08 AM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Allegheny	43 hr
Mar 3, 11:08 AM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland	25 hr
Mar 3, 11:08 AM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Fayette	60 hr
Mar 3, 3:57 PM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	PBZ	Clarion, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango	27 hr
Mar 3, 11:08 AM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Belmont, Jefferson	43 hr
Mar 3, 11:08 AM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Belmont	43 hr
Mar 3, 11:08 AM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Belmont, Noble	43 hr
Mar 3, 11:08 AM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Noble	25 hr
Mar 3, 11:08 AM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Guernsey	36 hr
Mar 3, 11:08 AM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Tuscarawas	25 hr
Mar 3, 11:08 AM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Coshocton	21 hr
Mar 3, 11:08 AM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Marshall	43 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Pennsylvania, 2008 Flood Watches in Ohio, 2008 Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2008 Every flood watch 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.