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Flood Watch 1, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

January 26, 20124 counties in Pennsylvania; 11 counties in Ohio; 6 counties in West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flood watch at Jan 26, 2012, 10:00 AM EST for 4 counties in Pennsylvania; 11 counties in Ohio; 6 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Jan 26, 2012, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 26, 2012, 10:00 AM EST (15:00 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 26, 2012, 1:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 27, 2012, 3:44 AM EST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Flood severity: None

All 21 counties

Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Greene County, PA, Washington County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Wetzel County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at Jan 26, 8:08 AM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 8:08 AM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 26, 8:10 AM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 26, 9:56 AM EST, 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
956 AM EST THU JAN 26 2012

PAZ008-009-015-016-261700-
VENANGO-FOREST-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OIL CITY...FRANKLIN...SUGARCREEK...
TIONESTA...CLARION...PUNXSUTAWNEY...BROOKVILLE...REYNOLDSVILLE...
BROCKWAY
956 AM EST THU JAN 26 2012

...POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING...

TEMPERATURES FOR THE MAJORITY HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING, WITH
PRECIPITATION TURNING OVER TO RAIN. HOWEVER, THERE STILL ARE A FEW
POCKETS WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING. THUS,
THERE IS THE LOCALIZED POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING RAIN IN THESE
LOCATIONS THROUGH NOON. A LIGHT COATING OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE
AND MAY MAKE CONDITIONS ICY ON UNTREATED SURFACES. MOTORISTS AND
PEDESTRIANS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION, ESPECIALLY ACROSS LOCATIONS
NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR.

TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE AREA BY THE EARLY
AFTERNOON, WITH ALL RAIN EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.

WOODRUM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 26, 11:05 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	PBZ	Allegheny	71 hr
Jan 26, 10:44 AM EST	River Flood Warning	PBZ	Coshocton	6 days

Nearby

Flood Watches in Ohio, 2012 Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2012 Flood Watches in Pennsylvania, 2012 Every flood watch in 2012

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.