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River Flood Watch 13, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

May 15, 2014Coshocton County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this river flood watch at May 15, 2014, 11:04 AM EDT for Coshocton County, Ohio. It took effect at May 16, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 2014, 11:04 AM EDT (15:04 UTC)
In effect from: May 16, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 16, 2014, 8:19 AM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Flood severity: None

County Coshocton County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Muskingum River below Coshocton (CSHO1). The gauge peaked at 14.49 ft at May 15, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03140500, 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 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 river flood watch went out at May 15, 9:50 AM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 9:50 AM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 15, 9:53 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 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 15, 11:04 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Indiana, Westmoreland	21 hr
May 15, 11:21 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	PBZ	Allegheny	3 days
May 14, 8:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble	43 min
May 14, 8:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum	50 min
May 14, 8:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Noble	48 min
May 14, 8:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas	45 min
May 14, 8:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Columbiana	23 min
May 14, 9:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Harrison, Jefferson	40 min
May 15, 7:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Tuscarawas	24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Ohio, 2014 Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.