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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

May 21, 2014Clarion County, Forest County, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this river flood warning at May 21, 2014, 12:05 PM EDT for Clarion County, Forest County, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at May 21, 2014, 5:44 PM EDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 21, 2014, 12:05 PM EDT (16:05 UTC)
In effect from: May 21, 2014, 5:44 PM EDT
Expired: May 22, 2014, 10:30 AM EDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Clarion County, PA, Forest County, PA, Jefferson County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Clarion River near Cooksburg (COKP1). The gauge peaked at 18.68 ft at May 21, 2014, 10:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 10.5 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03029500, 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 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 river flood warning went out at May 21, 11:50 AM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 11:50 AM EDT, 15 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
May 21, 7:34 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Forest	8 hr
May 21, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Guernsey	42 min
May 21, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Guernsey	27 min
May 21, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Guernsey, Noble	17 min
May 21, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Noble	50 min
May 21, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monroe, Noble	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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.