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River Flood Advisory 2, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

January 15, 2017Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this river flood advisory at Jan 15, 2017, 5:18 PM EST for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 15, 2017, 5:18 PM EST (22:18 UTC)
Expired
Jan 16, 2017, 2:18 PM EST
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Allegheny County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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 Ohio River at Pittsburgh (PTTP1). The gauge peaked at 18.56 ft at Jan 14, 2017, 5:00 PM EST.

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Action stage
18 ft
Minor stage
22 ft
Moderate stage
25 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03085152, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2017Every river flood advisory 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.