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Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2013, 4:06 PM EDT for Monroe County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2013, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2013, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Monroe County, OH
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 113 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1582 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1008 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 19, 2:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 2:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
233 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT
WILL BRING THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY FOLLOWED BY DRY AND NORMAL
CONDITIONS.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS AND ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL TRIGGER
CONVECTION TODAY. MORE COVERAGE THAN YESTERDAY THROUGH THIS
EVENING BEFORE HEATING DIMINISHES. POPS MAINTAINED AS CHANCE, BUT
PW VALUES ARE QUITE HIGH SO ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING
TORRENTIAL RAINS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
CDFNT XPCD TO BE LOCATED ALONG GRTLKS ON SAT MRNG WITH ATTENDANT
CNVCTN ONGOING. S OF THE BNDRY...ABUNDANT MSTR WILL RMN IN PLACE.
MRNG FOG AND STRATUS WILL BE PSBL... BUT MODELS SUGGEST PCPN AT
START OF THE PD WILL BE CONFINED TO FAR NRN ZONES IN PROXIMITY TO
CDFNT.
INSOLATION DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE SGFNTLY LMTD BY MRNG CLDS...SO
AMPLE HEATING OF VERY MOIST AMS XPCD TO LEAD TO STG INSTBY AMID
STEEPENING MID- AND LOW-LVL LAPSE RATES. CNVCTN ALONG SFC BNDRY
WILL BCM MORE VIGOROUS...AND TSTMS WILL DVLP AHEAD OF THE BNDRY AS
MODEST CAP ERODES. CURRENT EXPECTATION IS THAT SVR WX WILL BE PSBL
BY 17-18Z SAT AFTN AS AMS DESTABILIZES AND SHEAR INCRS WITH APRCH
OF SHRTWV TROF. GIVEN DEG OF INSTBY AND THERMODYNAMIC AND DYNAMIC
PROFILES...ENVIRONMENT WILL BE PRIME FOR PRODUCTION OF BOTH LRG
HAIL AND DMGG WIND GUSTS.
CDFNT WILL CROSS THE REGION SUN EVE...LKLY DRIVEN ALONG BY THE
CNVCTN. AMS IN ITS WAKE WILL DRY IN LMTD FASHION.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
SFC HIPRES BUILDS INTO THE RGN SUN NGT AND MON...SHIFTING SFC
CDFNT S OF FCST AREA. BNDRY MOVES NWD MON AFTN AND TUE...WITH CHCS
FOR TSTMS INCRG AS LOW-LVL MSTR INCRS.
ERN CONUS WILL RMN UNDER INFLUENCE OF H5 TROF THRU MUCH OF THE WK.
THIS TROF WILL AID IN COOLER TEMPS THAN THOSE THIS WK. PCPN POTL
IS SOMEWHAT MORE UNCERTAIN DURG THIS TIME OWING TO DIFFERENCES IN
MODEL TIMING OF SHRTWV TROFS IN THE FLOW.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
THE HI RES MODELS ONCE AGAIN SUGGEST THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. WHILE CONFIDENCE THAT ANY ONE
SITE WILL BE IMPACTED BY ANY STORMS REMAINS LOW...OPTED TO MENTION
VCTS AT THOSE SITES WHERE THE MODEL QPF SUGGESTED THERE COULD BE
DEVELOPMENT...SOUTHEASTERN OHIO/NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND ALONG
THE LAKE BREEZE.
.OUTLOOK...NON VFR IN PATCHY EARLY MORNING FOG. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CAUSE NON VFR CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND
TUESDAY.
&&
.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
OH...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR OHZ039>041-
048>050-057>059-068-069.
PA...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PAZ007-013-014-
020-021-029-031.
WV...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR WVZ001>004-012-
021-022.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 11:42 AM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1142 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 MDZ001-PAZ008-009-015-016-022-023-073>076-WVZ023-041-201545- GARRETT-VENANGO-FOREST-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA- WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-PRESTON- TUCKER- 1142 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION LIKELY WILL BE NEEDED ON SATURDAY. OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007-013-014-020-021-029-031- WVZ001>004-012-021-022-201545- TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH- MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-LAWRENCE-BUTLER- BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-WASHINGTON-GREENE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL- WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- 1142 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...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. HEAT ADVISORY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION LIKELY WILL BE NEEDED ON SATURDAY. KRAMAR
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 219 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 WVZ022-023-191845- MONONGALIA WV-PRESTON WV- 219 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN MONONGALIA AND WESTERN PRESTON COUNTIES... AT 216 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF DELLSLOW TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROWNS CHAPEL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAIN WILL POND WATER ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MORGANTOWN... DELLSLOW... BROWNS CHAPEL... MASONTOWN... LAUREL RUN... PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. LAT...LON 3967 7966 3944 7980 3953 7999 3965 7995
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 250 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 MDZ001-WVZ023-191915- GARRETT MD-PRESTON WV- 250 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN PRESTON AND WESTERN GARRETT COUNTIES... AT 246 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTH OF BRUCETON MILLS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH HAIL TO NICKEL SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAIN WILL POND WATER ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... VALLEY POINT... CLIFTON MILLS... BRUCETON MILLS... HAZELTON... CRANESVILLE... MCHENRY... MCCOMAS BEACH... FRIENDSVILLE... DEEP CREEK LAKE STATE PARK... ACCIDENT... PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. LAT...LON 3970 7927 3947 7931 3958 7973 3970 7968 15
Local storm report, Jul 19, 3:17 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
317 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 NW CLARINGTON 41.34N 79.14W
07/18/2013 JEFFERSON PA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
STATE ROUTE 899 CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER
&&
EVENT NUMBER PBZ1302582
98Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:40 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 340 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 PAZ029-031-WVZ003-004-192015- GREENE PA-MARSHALL WV-OHIO WV-WASHINGTON PA- 340 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL...NORTHERN GREENE...SOUTHEASTERN OHIO AND SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 339 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DALLAS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAIN WILL POND WATER ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. INTENSE LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DALLAS... SWARTS... WAYNESBURG... MARIANNA... PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. LAT...LON 4016 8009 3988 8006 3992 8061 4004 8064 15
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:51 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jul 19, 4:01 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
401 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0348 PM HAIL 1 ENE WOODSFIELD 39.77N 81.10W
07/19/2013 E1.00 INCH MONROE OH PUBLIC
TORRENTIAL RAIN AND HAIL
&&
EVENT NUMBER PBZ1302583
KRAMARThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 1:48 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Greene, Lawrence, Mercer and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 19, 12:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Greene | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Washington | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Westmoreland | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Washington | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Butler | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Butler | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Harrison, Tuscarawas | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Guernsey | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 5:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monroe, Noble | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Harrison, Jefferson | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 6:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Monroe, Noble | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marion | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Monongalia | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 2:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 51 min |
| Jul 19, 2:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 32 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.