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Flash Flood Watch 7, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

August 23, 2014Fayette County, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; Marion County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood watch at Aug 23, 2014, 1:29 PM EDT for Fayette County, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; Marion County, West Virginia. It took effect at Aug 23, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 23, 2014, 1:29 PM EDT (17:29 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 23, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT
Expired: Aug 23, 2014, 7:06 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Flood severity: None

Counties Fayette County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Marion County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:28 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 Aug 23, 12:31 PM EDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 12:31 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 12:34 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 23, 11:49 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 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
Aug 22, 11:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Fayette, Westmoreland	3 hr
Aug 23, 12:41 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Fayette	3 hr
Aug 23, 2:04 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Fayette	3 hr
Aug 23, 3:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Fayette	6 hr
Aug 22, 9:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Monroe	3 hr
Aug 22, 10:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Jefferson	3 hr
Aug 23, 12:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Monroe	3 hr
Aug 22, 8:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Monongalia	3 hr
Aug 23, 3:01 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Preston	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Pennsylvania, 2014 Flash Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2014 Every flash flood watch in 2014

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.