Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2016, 9:26 PM EDT for Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2016, 9:26 PM EDT (01:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2016, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Fayette County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 11:35 PM EDT | FLOOD | 4 Nne Ohiopyle, PA | STEWARTON ROAD FLOODED. |
| May 28, 11:35 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Nne Ohiopyle, PA | STEWARTON ROAD FLOODED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 74 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 633 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1740 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
184
WGUS51 KPBZ 290126
FFWPBZ
PAC051-290430-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.FF.W.0002.160529T0126Z-160529T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
926 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
* AT 925 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST TWO HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SEVEN SPRINGS...CHAMPION...INDIAN HEAD...MILL RUN AND NORMALVILLE.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING BY CALLING 4 1 2...2 6 2...1 9 8 8...POSTING
TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER
@NWSPITTSBURGH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3989 7942 3992 7956 4011 7948 4009 7940
4007 7935 4005 7934 4004 7934 4004 7930
$$
CL2 follow-up statements
634
WGUS71 KPBZ 290222
FFSPBZ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1022 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2016
PAC051-290430-
/O.CON.KPBZ.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160529T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FAYETTE PA-
1022 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY...
AT 1019 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAIN HAD MOSTLY ENDED
IN THE WARNING AREA, BUT ADDITIONAL RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH
MIDNIGHT. 2 TO 2.25 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN LOCALLY.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SEVEN SPRINGS...CHAMPION...INDIAN HEAD...MILL RUN AND NORMALVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3989 7942 3992 7956 4011 7948 4009 7940
4007 7935 4005 7934 4004 7934 4004 7930
$$
CL565
WGUS71 KPBZ 290308
FFSPBZ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1106 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2016
PAC051-290316-
/O.CAN.KPBZ.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160529T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FAYETTE PA-
1106 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3989 7942 3992 7956 4011 7948 4009 7940
4007 7935 4005 7934 4004 7934 4004 7930
$$
07The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 10:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| May 29, 1:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 3 hr |
| May 29, 1:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Washington | 3 hr |
| May 29, 3:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Fayette, Indiana, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| May 29, 4:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 3 hr |
| May 29, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Lawrence | 34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.