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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

May 4, 2009Fayette County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this river flood warning at May 4, 2009, 3:18 PM EDT for Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at May 4, 2009, 4:28 PM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 4, 2009, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
In effect from: May 4, 2009, 4:28 PM EDT
Expired: May 5, 2009, 6:19 AM EDT
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Flood severity: Moderate

County Fayette County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Monongahela River at Point Marion Lock and Dam (lower pool) (PMRP1).

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 26 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03063000, 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 May 4, 2:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 2:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 2:29 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 4, 11:41 AM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1141 AM EDT MON MAY 04 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1005 AM     FLOOD            5 SSE FAIRMONT          39.41N 80.11W
05/04/2009                   MARION             WV   TRAINED SPOTTER

            CREEK IS OUT OF BANKS AND FLOODING COLFAX ROAD NEAR TOWN
            OF COLFAX.

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Local storm report, May 4, 11:50 AM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1150 AM EDT MON MAY 04 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1148 AM     HEAVY RAIN       FARMINGTON              39.51N 80.25W
05/04/2009  M1.50 INCH       MARION             WV   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SINCE 4AM

&&

JP

Local storm report, May 4, 11:53 AM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1153 AM EDT MON MAY 04 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1148 AM     HEAVY RAIN       8 SE UNIONTOWN          39.82N 79.62W
05/04/2009  M1.50 INCH       FAYETTE            PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SINCE 4AM

&&

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Local storm report, May 4, 12:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1257 PM EDT MON MAY 04 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1253 PM     FLOOD            RIVESVILLE              39.53N 80.12W
05/04/2009                   MARION             WV   PUBLIC

            STREAMS OUT OF BANKS FLOODING OVER ROADS

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Local storm report, May 4, 1:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 1:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 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
May 4, 8:32 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Greene	12 hr
May 4, 11:53 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	PBZ	Allegheny	40 hr
May 4, 1:55 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland	27 hr
May 4, 1:55 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland	27 hr
May 4, 3:18 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Greene	7 hr
May 4, 7:00 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	PBZ	Fayette	11 hr
May 4, 8:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Monroe, Noble	4 hr
May 4, 3:10 AM EDT	Flood Watch	PBZ		16 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2009 Every 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.