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River Flood Advisory 2, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

February 23, 2011Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this river flood advisory at Feb 23, 2011, 11:05 AM EST for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Feb 25, 2011, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 23, 2011, 11:05 AM EST (16:05 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 25, 2011, 4:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 26, 2011, 11:00 PM EST
In force
31 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA

County Allegheny County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:04 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 Ohio River at Pittsburgh (PTTP1).

Action stage
18 ft
Minor stage
22 ft
Moderate stage
25 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03085152, 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
Feb 23, 10:29 AM ESTFlood WatchPBZAllegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene and 4 more50 hr
Feb 23, 11:20 AM ESTRiver Flood WatchPBZFayette, Washington, Westmoreland47 hr
Feb 23, 11:20 AM ESTRiver Flood WatchPBZAllegheny, Washington, Westmoreland47 hr
Feb 23, 11:20 AM ESTRiver Flood WatchPBZFayette47 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2011Every river flood advisory in 2011

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.