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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

March 15, 2015Armstrong County, Clarion County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this river flood warning at Mar 15, 2015, 7:07 AM EDT for Armstrong County, Clarion County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 70 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 15, 2015, 7:07 AM EDT (11:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 18, 2015, 5:33 AM EDT
In force
70 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

Counties Armstrong County, PA, Clarion County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Allegheny River at Parker (PARP1).

Action stage
13.9 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
23 ft
Major stage
26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03031500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 8:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZArmstrong, Butler, Clarion110 min
Mar 14, 10:41 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZTuscarawas12 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2015Every river flood warning in 2015

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.