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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

February 6, 2008Coshocton County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this river flood warning at Feb 6, 2008, 10:25 AM EST for Coshocton County, Ohio. It took effect at Feb 6, 2008, 1:51 PM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 6, 2008, 10:25 AM EST (15:25 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 6, 2008, 1:51 PM EST
Expired: Feb 6, 2008, 10:44 PM EST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Flood severity: Minor

County Coshocton County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Muskingum River below Coshocton (CSHO1). The gauge peaked at 14.73 ft at Feb 6, 2008, 1:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03140500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Feb 6, 4:46 AM EST, 5 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 4:46 AM EST, 5 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 4:50 AM EST, 5 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
450 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021-022-071000-
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-
450 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MDZ001-WVZ023-041-071000-
GARRETT-PRESTON-TUCKER-
450 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND NORTHERN
WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 6, 8:52 AM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 6, 9:45 AM EST, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 6, 10:06 AM EST, 19 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
Feb 5, 9:29 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Beaver, Butler, Lawrence	18 hr
Feb 5, 10:57 PM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Beaver	61 hr
Feb 5, 10:57 PM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Beaver	13 hr
Feb 6, 8:27 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Venango	8 hr
Feb 5, 10:57 PM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Coshocton	13 hr
Feb 6, 3:12 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Muskingum	33 min
Feb 6, 6:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Preston	36 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2008 Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.