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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 5, 2010Coshocton County, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2010, 3:16 PM EDT for Coshocton County, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2010, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2010, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Coshocton County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 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 nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 120 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1013 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Jun 5, 2:54 PM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:54 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
254 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010

.SYNOPSIS...
A BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN STATIONARY ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT
BEFORE LOW PRESSURE PUSHES THE FRONT SOUTH SUNDAY EVENING.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NUMEROUS UNTIL THE FRONT PASSES
MIDDAY SUNDAY WITH LEFTOVER SHOWERS SUNDAY EVENING. IT WILL BE
LESS HUMID MONDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS OHIO AND INTO NRN CWA
WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS UPPER
LEVEL IMPULSES MOVE ALONG DIFFUSE BOUNDARY AND OTHER OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES ACROSS CWA. POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING AND SEVERE
STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO OVERNIGHT WITH SATURATED GROUND AND DEEP
MOISTURE BRINGING HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL. SEVERE THREAT HARD TO
PIN DOWN BUT EXPECT ONE OF MORE MCS TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS
REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LATER TONIGHT SURFACE LOW WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS GREAT LAKES AS STRONGER SHORTWAVE MOVES EAST. THIS
WILL PUSH FRONT ACROSS CWA SUNDAY MORNING AND EAST OF RIDGES BY
LATE DAY. HIGHEST POPS SUNDAY IN THE MORNING BUT CONTINUED RAIN
CHANCES IN THE AFTERNOON AS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WORKS ACROSS
REGION. MUGGY AND MILD TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
EVENING SHOWERS SHOULD END QUICKLY AS DRIER AIR WORKS INTO REGION
WELL BEHIND COLD FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT. SURFACE RIDGE WILL BRING DRY
CONDITIONS UNTIL LATER TUESDAY WHEN SYSTEM BEGINS TO MOVE EAST
FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND PUSHES WARM FRONT NORTH TOWARD REGION.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSE TO SEASONAL.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST ALONG THE OHIO VALLEY WEDNESDAY
AND TO THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THURSDAY MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR TUESDAY NIGHT INTO MIDDAY
THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING A DRY PERIOD FOR LATE THURSDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY. A WARM FRONT IS PROGGED TO PUSH NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
REGION SATURDAY WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS.

TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO BE NEAR FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AND
GRADUALLY WARM TO AROUND 5 DEGREES NORMAL BY SATURDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
SEVERAL AREAS OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE EASTWARD ACROSS THE TERMINALS
THROUGH TONIGHT AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS STRETCHED ACROSS THE
OH VALLEY. MVFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH OCCASIONAL IFR
RESTRICTIONS IN HEAVY PRECIPITATION AND FOG.

LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT SLIDES EAST ALONG THE OH VALLEY
LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
STORMS WILL TAPER TO SCATTERED SHOWERS BY 18Z SUNDAY AS THE LOW
MOVES BY THE THE EAST. SURFACE WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST 15 KT
WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT BETWEEN 12Z-15Z SUNDAY.

SURFACE HIGH WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT WITH MAINLY
VFR WEATHER EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. ANOTHER SYSTEM
WILL TRACK EAST FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR RESTRICTIONS TUESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY.

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR MDZ001.
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR OHZ039>041-
     048>050-057>059-068-069.
PA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR PAZ007>009-
     013>016-020>023-029>032.
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR WVZ001>004-012-
     021>023-041.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 9:47 AM EDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 9:30 AM EDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
930 AM EDT SAT JUN 05 2010

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

0921 AM     FLOOD            SHERRODSVILLE           40.49N 81.24W
06/05/2010                   CARROLL            OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            THE TOWN OF SHERRODSVILLE IS REPORTING FLOODING. THE
            CONOTTON CREEK IS FLOWING OUT OF ITS BANKS...AND NUMEROUS
            STREETS ARE CLOSED DUE TO THE FLOODING.

&&

JDARNLEY

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
150 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010

OHZ048-057-058-051845-
COSHOCTON OH-GUERNSEY OH-MUSKINGUM OH-
150 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010

...THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...MUSKINGUM...GUERNSEY AND COSHOCTON...

AT 145 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH
INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 9 MILES WEST OF COOPERDALE...OR ABOUT
8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW GUILFORD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS
STORMS MAY PRODUCE DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  COOPERDALE...         WEST LAFAYETTE...     PLAINFIELD...
  OTSEGO...             FERNCLIFF...          COSHOCTON...
  CONESVILLE...         ADAMSVILLE...

KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACH.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.

LAT...LON 4022 8218 4023 8219 4028 8220 4034 8166
      4004 8173 4008 8220

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 8:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Greene, Washington	58 min
Jun 4, 8:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Forest	17 min
Jun 5, 3:15 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Forest and 6 more	32 hr
Jun 5, 2:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango	48 min
Jun 5, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Butler, Clarion	46 min
Jun 5, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Greene, Washington	55 min
Jun 5, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver, Washington	64 min
Jun 5, 4:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Greene	49 min
Jun 5, 5:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Allegheny	3 hr
Jun 5, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Washington	38 min
Jun 5, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Greene	46 min
Jun 5, 5:21 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Westmoreland	3 hr
Jun 5, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Greene	67 min
Jun 5, 7:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Allegheny	3 hr
Jun 4, 8:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble	59 min
Jun 4, 8:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont	60 min
Jun 4, 8:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Guernsey, Muskingum	4 hr
Jun 5, 4:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Muskingum, Tuscarawas	59 min
Jun 5, 4:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Muskingum	52 min
Jun 5, 6:06 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Coshocton, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas	6 hr
Jun 5, 8:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Muskingum	57 min
Jun 5, 9:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Guernsey, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble	8 hr
Jun 5, 10:08 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	24 hr
Jun 5, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Coshocton	55 min
Jun 5, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Tuscarawas	43 min
Jun 5, 2:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Harrison, Tuscarawas	39 min
Jun 5, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Guernsey, Monroe, Noble	42 min
Jun 5, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas	57 min
Jun 5, 3:34 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	PBZ	Coshocton	18 hr
Jun 5, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Guernsey, Monroe, Noble	23 min
Jun 5, 4:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Harrison	4 hr
Jun 5, 5:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Guernsey	4 hr
Jun 5, 6:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Tuscarawas	17 hr
Jun 5, 4:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Marshall	3 hr
Jun 5, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Tucker	42 min
Jun 5, 7:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Wetzel	4 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.