River Flood Warning 21, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Issued

Dec 20, 2008, 12:05 AM EST (05:05 UTC)

Expired

Dec 20, 2008, 3:45 AM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Flood severity

Minor

County Fayette County, PA

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:50 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.

Written for the forecast point Youghiogheny River at Connellsville (CLLP1). The gauge peaked at 12.20 ft at Dec 19, 2008, 11:00 PM EST.

Action stage

9 ft

Minor stage

12 ft

Moderate stage

16 ft

Major stage

18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03082500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

000 
WGUS41 KPBZ 200505
FLWPBZ
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1205 AM EST SAT DEC 20 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN PENNSYLVANIA... 

  YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER AT CONNELLSVILLE AFFECTING FAYETTE COUNTY
 
.THIS HAS BEEN CAUSED BY RUNOFF FROM FRIDAYS HEAVY RAIN.

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE
BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
DEVELOPMENTS. 

PAC051-201305-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.FL.W.0021.081220T0505Z-081220T1353Z/
/CLLP1.1.ER.081220T0251Z.081220T0600Z.081220T0753Z.NO/
1205 AM EST SAT DEC 20 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER AT CONNELLSVILLE.
* UNTIL THIS MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 11:15 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.1 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 12.5 FEET BY 
  AFTER MIDNIGHT THIS MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE 
  AROUND 3 AM TODAY.
* IMPACT...AT 14.0 FEET...SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER FLOODS BASEMENTS OF 
  ABOUT 30 HOMES ALONG LEFT BANK.  RIVER IS BANKFUL ALONG THE LEFT 
  BANK JUST DOWNSTREAM FROM THE CRAWFORD ST. BRIDGE.

$$

000 
WGUS81 KPBZ 200845
FLSPBZ
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
345 AM EST SAT DEC 20 2008

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
PENNSYLVANIA...
 
  CONEMAUGH RIVER AT SEWARD AFFECTING INDIANA AND WESTMORELAND 
  COUNTIES
  YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER AT CONNELLSVILLE AFFECTING FAYETTE COUNTY
 
.THE RIVERS HAVE FALLEN BELOW FLOOD STAGE AND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TODAY. 

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE
BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
DEVELOPMENTS. 

PAC063-129-200915-
/O.CAN.KPBZ.FL.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081220T1800Z/
/SWDP1.1.ER.081220T0149Z.081220T0315Z.081220T0710Z.NO/
345 AM EST SAT DEC 20 2008

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CONEMAUGH RIVER AT SEWARD.
* AT  2:45 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.8 FEET. 
* CRESTED NEAR 12.8 FT AROUND 10 PM FRIDAY.
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SHORTLY AFTER 2 AM TODAY.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 4.9 FEET BY SUNDAY MORNING.


$$

PAC051-200915-
/O.CAN.KPBZ.FL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-081220T1353Z/
/CLLP1.1.ER.081220T0251Z.081220T0400Z.081220T0627Z.NO/
345 AM EST SAT DEC 20 2008

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER AT CONNELLSVILLE.
* AT  3:15 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.8 FEET. 
* CRESTED NEAR 12.2 AROUND 11 PM FRIDAY.
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT  1:27 AM SATURDAY.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 6.1 FEET BY SUNDAY 
  MORNING.


$$

River Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2008Every river flood warning in 2008

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.