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River Flood Advisory 4, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

April 1, 2017Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this river flood advisory at Apr 1, 2017, 6:04 PM EDT for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 1, 2017, 6:04 PM EDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2017, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
23 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 22:07 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Ohio River at Pittsburgh (PTTP1). The gauge peaked at 18.40 ft at Apr 2, 2017, 2:00 AM EDT.

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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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood advisory 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 advisory went out at Apr 1, 2:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 2:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 2:14 PM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
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<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 8:44 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZGuernsey6 hr
Apr 1, 11:44 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPBZCoshocton24 hr

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.