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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

July 9, 201314 counties in Pennsylvania; 11 counties in Ohio; 6 counties in West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood watch at Jul 9, 2013, 1:03 PM EDT for 14 counties in Pennsylvania; 11 counties in Ohio; 6 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Jul 9, 2013, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 9, 2013, 1:03 PM EDT (17:03 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 9, 2013, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 10, 2013, 8:28 PM EDT
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Flood severity: None

All 31 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, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Forest County, PA, Greene County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland 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), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:04 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 flash 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 flash flood watch went out at Jul 9, 8:43 AM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 8:43 AM EDT, 4 hours 20 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
Jul 9, 2:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Fayette	6 hr
Jul 9, 2:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Westmoreland	6 hr
Jul 9, 3:25 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Washington	6 hr
Jul 9, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Beaver	46 min
Jul 9, 2:14 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble, Tuscarawas	6 hr
Jul 9, 8:14 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Noble	3 hr
Jul 9, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Muskingum	2 hr
Jul 9, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Coshocton	34 min
Jul 9, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Tuscarawas	32 min
Jul 9, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Muskingum	25 min
Jul 9, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Guernsey	25 min
Jul 9, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Tuscarawas	25 min
Jul 9, 5:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Monroe	6 hr
Jul 9, 5:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Noble	9 hr
Jul 9, 5:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Monroe, Noble	3 hr
Jul 9, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Carroll	32 min
Jul 9, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Tuscarawas	37 min
Jul 9, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Carroll	46 min
Jul 9, 6:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Wetzel	70 min
Jul 9, 7:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia	85 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.