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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

July 10, 2013Guernsey County, Noble County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2013, 5:41 PM EDT for Guernsey County, Noble County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 10, 2013, 5:41 PM EDT (21:41 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2013, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Guernsey County, OH, Noble County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 10, 6:30 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Caldwell, OH	NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED... SOME IMPASSABLE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 49 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 133 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: 434 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 2.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

423 
WGUS51 KPBZ 102141
FFWPBZ
OHC059-121-110145-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.FF.W.0032.130710T2141Z-130711T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
541 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GUERNSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...
  NOBLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 535 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS.  THE HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE 
AND CASUE FLASH FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...LOW LYING
SPOTS ON ROADS...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE
NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH.

&&

LAT...LON 4011 8172 4015 8172 4016 8167 4022 8166
      4021 8134 4017 8133 4017 8122 3989 8123
      3987 8124 3987 8131 3959 8129 3960 8139
      3965 8147 3958 8147 3959 8159 3966 8158
      3967 8165 3975 8164 3976 8170 3994 8173

$$

1 follow-up statement

212 
WGUS71 KPBZ 102344
FFSPBZ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
744 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

OHC059-121-102354-
/O.CAN.KPBZ.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-130711T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GUERNSEY OH-NOBLE OH-
744 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NOBLE AND GUERNSEY
COUNTIES...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. FLOOD WATER IS USUALLY DEEPER THAN
IT APPEARS...AND ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO
SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...
DONT DROWN.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE
NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA.

LAT...LON 4011 8172 4015 8172 4016 8167 4022 8166
      4021 8134 4017 8133 4017 8122 3989 8123
      3987 8124 3987 8131 3959 8129 3960 8139
      3965 8147 3958 8147 3959 8159 3966 8158
      3967 8165 3975 8164 3976 8170 3994 8173

$$

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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 Jul 10, 2:19 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 2:19 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
219 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL A COLD
FRONT CROSSES THE REGION TONIGHT. BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE WILL
FOLLOW FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
MRNG CNVCTN HAS VACATED THE RGN...LEAVING WDSPRD FLASH FLOODING IN
ITS WAKE. A LULL IS XPCD EARLY THIS AFTN AS ATMOSPHERE RECOVERS.

VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AMS RMNS IN PLACE...WITH A PLUME OF STEEP
MID-LVL LAPSE RATES NOTED IN 12Z KDTX RAOB XPCD TO ADVCT ESEWD.
WITH BKN SUNSHINE XPCD TO SPREAD EWD FROM OH INTO PA...MDT-STG
INSTBY WILL MATERIALIZE.

VIGOROUS TSTMS ONGOING FROM IN TO MI WILL SPREAD EWD WITH
ASSOCIATED SHRTWV TROF. AS THE VERY MOIST AMS IN ERN OH AND WRN PA
HEATS...VERY MINIMAL CAP WILL BE ERODED. CLUSTERS OF TSTMS MAY
CONSOLIDATE INTO MCS AS THEY PROGRESS EWD ACRS OH...PSBLY LEADING
TO A SGFNT WIND DMG THREAT.

PWATS RMN EXTREMELY HIGH AS WELL. IN LIGHT OF MRNG FLOODING RAIN
AND XPCD ADDITIONAL VERY HVY RAIN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WAS EXPANDED
AND RETAINED THRU TNGT...WHEN CDFNT PASSAGE WILL EVACUATE THE MST
AMS.

SLGTLY COOLER MAXIMA XPCD ON THU AS CLD CVR IN WAKE OF CDFNT WILL
INHIBIT HEATING. MAXIMA FCSTD IN THE UPR 70S.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
COOLER AND LESS HUMID CONDS WL FOLLOW FROPA AS HIGH PRES BLDS IN.
AN UPR TROF WL MOVE ACRS THE GT LKS THU EVE BUT NO GOOD MOISTURE
TO WORK WITH SO LEFT FCST DRY. EXP SLIGHTLY BLO SEASONAL AVG
TEMPS THRU THE PD.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
HIGH PRES IS EXPD TO BE IN CTRL MUCH OF THE PD. WIDE RANGE OF MDL
SOLUTIONS ERLY NEXT WK IN HANDLING OF AN UPR LOW OVER THE NERN
CONUS. WENT WITH A NAEFS/HPC SOLN WHICH KEEPS MORE UPR LVL RIDGING
ACRS THE RGN. KEPT SLGT CHC POPS ERLY IN THE WK...WITH SLIGHTLY
BETTER CHCS TWD MID WK AS THE HIGH BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN. EXP ABV
SEASONAL AVG TEMPS THRU THE PD.

&&

.AVIATION /17Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
VFR CONDITIONS HAVE RETURNED TO MOST OF THE TAF SITES THIS
AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THIS WILL BE TEMPORARY AS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN REDEVELOP OVER THE REGION AND EXPAND
EASTWARD AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. WITH MANY OF THE HI RES MODELS
HANDLING THE TIMING SIMILARLY...HAVE ADDED TEMPO TSRA GROUPS TO ALL
THE TAFS. EXPECT MVFR AND OCCASIONAL IFR RESTRICTIONS WITH
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE AND ALSO CONTAIN VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...FURTHER HAMPERING VISIBILITIES.

CONDITIONS MAY TEMPORARILY IMPROVE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT BEFORE
FOG/STRATUS DEVELOPS OVERNIGHT.

SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWESTERLY WITH THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE OVERNIGHT.

VFR SHOULD RETURN FOR THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILD EASTWARD.

OUTLOOK.../THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
GENERAL VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH HIGH
PRESSURE IN CONTROL.

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR MDZ001.
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR OHZ039>041-048>050-
     057>059-068-069.
PA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR PAZ007>009-013>016-
     020>023-029-031-073>076.
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR WVZ001>004-012-
     021>023-041.

&&

KRAMAR/34

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 1:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
106 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

MDZ001-PAZ009-015-016-022-023-031-073>076-WVZ004-012-021>023-041-
111715-
GARRETT-FOREST-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-GREENE-
WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-MARSHALL-
WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER-
106 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF
WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS A VERY MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN THE REGION. SOME STORMS WILL BECOME
SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY
THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007-008-013-014-020-021-029-
WVZ001>003-111715-
TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-
MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-VENANGO-LAWRENCE-
BUTLER-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-WASHINGTON-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-
106 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 406 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

KRAMAR

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 10, 4:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
436 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

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

0436 PM     FLASH FLOOD      BANKSVILLE              40.41N  80.03W
07/10/2013                   ALLEGHENY          PA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TROPICAL AVE. FLOODING

&&

EVENT NUMBER PBZ1302426

Local storm report, Jul 10, 5:01 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
501 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

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

0450 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DOVER                   40.53N  81.48W
07/10/2013                   TUSCARAWAS         OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN.

&&

EVENT NUMBER PBZ1302427

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Local storm report, Jul 10, 5:06 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
506 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

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

0506 PM     FLASH FLOOD      ELLWOOD CITY            40.86N  80.28W
07/10/2013                   LAWRENCE           PA   AMATEUR RADIO

            ROAD FLOODING NEAR CASCADE PARK

&&

EVENT NUMBER PBZ1302428

Local storm report, Jul 10, 5:12 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
512 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

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

0500 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PORT WASHINGTON         40.33N  81.52W
07/10/2013                   TUSCARAWAS         OH   PUBLIC

            TREE DOWN

&&

EVENT NUMBER PBZ1302429

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Local storm report, Jul 10, 5:35 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
535 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

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

0534 PM     FLASH FLOOD      NEW CASTLE              41.00N  80.35W
07/10/2013                   LAWRENCE           PA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS ROADWAYS CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. CARS
            STRANDED IN ROADWAYS.

&&

EVENT NUMBER PBZ1302430

Local storm report, Jul 10, 5:40 PM EDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
540 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

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

0538 PM     FLOOD            8 W COSHOCTON           40.26N  82.00W
07/10/2013                   COSHOCTON          OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROUTE 38 FLOODED.

&&

EVENT NUMBER PBZ1302431

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 10:05 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	PBZ	Coshocton	38 hr
Jul 9, 10:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Coshocton, Muskingum	85 min
Jul 9, 10:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Guernsey, Noble	83 min
Jul 9, 11:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Monroe	6 hr
Jul 10, 6:49 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Columbiana	7 hr
Jul 10, 9:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Columbiana	40 min
Jul 10, 10:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	25 hr
Jul 10, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Columbiana	47 min
Jul 10, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Muskingum, Tuscarawas	45 min
Jul 10, 4:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Coshocton	3 hr
Jul 10, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas	51 min
Jul 10, 4:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Tuscarawas	33 min
Jul 10, 4:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Tuscarawas	36 min
Jul 10, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Muskingum, Tuscarawas	47 min
Jul 10, 5:01 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Harrison, Tuscarawas	29 min
Jul 10, 5:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	3 hr
Jul 10, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe, Muskingum and 1 more	49 min
Jul 10, 5:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson	27 min
Jul 10, 5:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Muskingum	4 hr
Jul 10, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson	38 min
Jul 10, 5:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Columbiana	4 hr
Jul 10, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Guernsey, Jefferson, Monroe, Noble	42 min
Jul 10, 6:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Monroe	4 hr
Jul 10, 7:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	12 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.