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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

March 2, 2017Guernsey County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this river flood warning at Mar 2, 2017, 8:47 PM EST for Guernsey County, Ohio. It took effect at Mar 2, 2017, 10:40 PM EST. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 2017, 8:47 PM EST (01:47 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 2, 2017, 10:40 PM EST
Expired
Mar 3, 2017, 5:24 PM EST
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Guernsey County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 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 Wills Creek at Cambridge (CDIO1). The gauge peaked at 15.36 ft at Mar 3, 2017, 6:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
10.8 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
18 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03142000, 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 warning 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 warning went out at Mar 2, 7:42 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 7:42 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 5:43 AM EST, 15 hours 4 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
543 AM EST Thu Mar 2 2017

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031-073-075-WVZ001>004-012-021-509-031045-
Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Coshocton-Harrison-Jefferson-Muskingum-
Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Mercer-Venango-Forest-Lawrence-Butler-
Clarion-Beaver-Allegheny-Armstrong-Indiana-Washington-Greene-
Westmoreland-Fayette-Hancock-Brooke-Ohio-Marshall-Wetzel-Marion-
Monongalia-
543 AM EST Thu Mar 2 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, northwest
Pennsylvania, southwest Pennsylvania, west central Pennsylvania,
western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia and northern panhandle
of West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
 conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.

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Garrett-Westmoreland Ridges-Fayette Ridges-
Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-Preston-
Eastern Preston-Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker-
543 AM EST Thu Mar 2 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western Maryland, southwest
Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Accumulating snowfall is expected tonight and early Friday. A Winter
Weather Advisory may be required.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
 conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 2, 3:42 PM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 2:26 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZArmstrong, Butler, Indiana, Lawrence2 hr
Mar 3, 3:25 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZArmstrong, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer5 hr
Mar 3, 10:09 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZButler, Clarion, Forest, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango66 min
Mar 3, 11:11 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZAllegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Indiana and 1 more79 min
Mar 3, 11:22 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZClarion, Lawrence23 min
Mar 3, 12:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZAllegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Indiana, Jefferson, Westmoreland63 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.