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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

October 29, 2012Allegheny County, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this river flood watch at Oct 29, 2012, 11:32 AM EDT for Allegheny County, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Oct 30, 2012, 5:13 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 29, 2012, 11:32 AM EDT (15:32 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 30, 2012, 5:13 PM EDT
Expired: Oct 29, 2012, 10:48 PM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Flood severity: None

Counties Allegheny County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Youghiogheny River at Sutersville (STSP1). The gauge peaked at 17.59 ft at Oct 30, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 14.9 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03083500, 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 Oct 29, 10:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 29, 10:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 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
Oct 29, 11:23 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	PBZ	Allegheny	47 hr
Oct 29, 11:32 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Fayette	11 hr
Oct 29, 11:32 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland	11 hr
Oct 29, 11:32 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland	11 hr
Oct 29, 11:32 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Indiana, Westmoreland	11 hr
Oct 29, 5:08 PM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PBZ	Fayette, Westmoreland	35 hr
Oct 29, 6:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette and 6 more	18 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.