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Flood Watch 1, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

November 18, 201712 counties in Pennsylvania; 6 counties in Ohio; Brooke County, Hancock County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flood watch at Nov 18, 2017, 9:57 AM EST for 12 counties in Pennsylvania; 6 counties in Ohio; Brooke County, Hancock County, West Virginia. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 18, 2017, 9:57 AM EST (14:57 UTC)
Expired: Nov 19, 2017, 1:41 AM EST
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Flood severity: None

Counties Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Forest County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:58 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 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 flood watch went out at Nov 18, 5:55 AM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 18, 5:55 AM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 18, 4:08 AM EST, 5 hours 49 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
Nov 18, 3:55 AM EST	Wind Advisory	PBZ	Fayette, Westmoreland	29 hr
Nov 18, 11:23 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	PBZ	Allegheny	53 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Pennsylvania, 2017 Flood Watches in Ohio, 2017 Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2017 Every flood watch in 2017

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.