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River Flood Watch 49, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

March 9, 2011Monroe County, Ohio; Wetzel County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this river flood watch at Mar 9, 2011, 4:23 PM EST for Monroe County, Ohio; Wetzel County, West Virginia. It took effect at Mar 12, 2011, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2011, 4:23 PM EST (21:23 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 12, 2011, 4:00 AM EST
Expired: Mar 10, 2011, 11:29 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Flood severity: None

Counties Monroe County, OH, Wetzel County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ohio River at Hannibal Lock and Dam (HANO1). The gauge peaked at 31.02 ft at Mar 11, 2011, 11:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 24.8 ft
Minor stage: 35 ft
Moderate stage: 37 ft
Major stage: 40 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03114280, 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 watch 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 watch went out at Mar 9, 3:55 PM EST, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 3:55 PM EST, 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 4:02 PM EST, 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 9, 10:47 AM EST, 5 hours 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 9, 3:52 PM EST, 31 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
Mar 8, 9:53 PM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Allegheny	38 hr
Mar 8, 9:53 PM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland	38 hr
Mar 8, 9:53 PM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland	38 hr
Mar 8, 9:53 PM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Allegheny	38 hr
Mar 8, 9:53 PM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Indiana, Westmoreland	30 hr
Mar 8, 9:53 PM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Fayette	63 hr
Mar 8, 9:53 PM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Allegheny, Westmoreland	13 hr
Mar 9, 2:41 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette and 8 more	25 hr
Mar 9, 4:23 PM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Beaver	19 hr
Mar 9, 4:23 PM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Beaver	19 hr
Mar 8, 9:53 PM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Belmont, Jefferson	38 hr
Mar 8, 9:53 PM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Belmont	38 hr
Mar 8, 9:53 PM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Belmont, Monroe	38 hr
Mar 9, 11:21 AM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Tuscarawas	24 hr
Mar 9, 11:21 AM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Tuscarawas	36 hr
Mar 9, 4:06 PM EST	River Flood Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	4 days
Mar 9, 4:23 PM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Columbiana	19 hr
Mar 9, 4:23 PM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Jefferson	19 hr
Mar 9, 4:23 PM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Jefferson	19 hr
Mar 9, 4:23 PM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Jefferson	19 hr
Mar 8, 9:53 PM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Marshall	38 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Ohio, 2011 River Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2011 Every river flood watch 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.