Alert archive / Ohio / River Flood Warnings in 2017
River Flood Warning 8, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
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.
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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.
- 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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</html>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 OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029- 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. MDZ001-PAZ074-076-WVZ510>514-031045- 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. 15
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 2, 3:42 PM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Indiana, Lawrence | 2 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:25 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:09 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Butler, Clarion, Forest, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango | 66 min |
| Mar 3, 11:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Indiana and 1 more | 79 min |
| Mar 3, 11:22 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Clarion, Lawrence | 23 min |
| Mar 3, 12:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Indiana, Jefferson, Westmoreland | 63 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.