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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

March 9, 2009Clarion County, Forest County, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this river flood warning at Mar 9, 2009, 6:31 AM EDT for Clarion County, Forest County, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2009, 6:31 AM EDT (10:31 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2009, 9:50 PM EDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Clarion County, PA, Forest County, PA, Jefferson County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Clarion River near Cooksburg (COKP1). The gauge peaked at 14.63 ft at Mar 9, 2009, 11:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
10.5 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03029500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 11:33 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryPBZAllegheny10 hr
Mar 8, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton24 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2009Every river flood warning in 2009

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.