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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2018, 11:49 AM EDT for Marshall County, Wetzel County, West Virginia; Monroe County, Ohio. It was in force for 81 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2018, 11:49 AM EDT (15:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2018, 1:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 81 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Monroe County, OH, Marshall County, WV, Wetzel County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 95 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
372
WGUS51 KPBZ 051549
FFWPBZ
OHC111-WVC051-103-051845-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.FF.W.0049.180705T1549Z-180705T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
1149 AM EDT THU JUL 5 2018
The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
East central Monroe County in east central Ohio...
Northwestern Wetzel County in northern West Virginia...
Southwestern Marshall County in northern West Virginia...
* Until 245 PM EDT.
* At 1144 AM EDT, radar indicated slow-moving thunderstorms producing
very heavy rain in the warned area.
FLASH FLOODING...Expected.
ESTIMATED RAINFALL...Radar estimated that up to 2 inches of rain has
fallen across the hilly terrain straddling the Ohio River between
New Martinsville, Clarington and rural Marshall county.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...At least an inch of additional rainfall is
likely through 1 PM.
* Some locations that may experience flooding include...
New Martinsville... Clarington...
Lynn Camp... Glen Easton...
Proctor... Woodlands...
Hannibal...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
In hilly terrain, there are hundreds of low-water crossings which may
be dangerous in heavy rain. Find an alternate route if a crossing is
flooded.
Please report flooding by calling 412-262-1988, posting to
the NWS Pittsburgh Facebook page, or using Twitter @NWSPITTSBURGH.
&&
LAT...LON 3966 8090 3978 8093 3987 8078 3986 8060
3965 8073
$$
Bookbinder1 follow-up statement
173
WGUS71 KPBZ 051710
FFSPBZ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
110 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2018
OHC111-WVC051-103-051720-
/O.CAN.KPBZ.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-180705T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Monroe OH-Wetzel WV-Marshall WV-
110 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MONROE...NORTHWESTERN
WETZEL AND SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3966 8090 3978 8093 3987 8078 3986 8060
3965 8073
$$
BookbinderThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 4:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more | 19 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Tucker | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Ohio | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Marshall, Ohio | 56 min |
| Jul 5, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Marshall, Ohio | 58 min |
| Jul 5, 6:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Ohio | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 51 min |
| Jul 5, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Wetzel | 34 min |
| Jul 5, 5:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Monroe, Noble | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Muskingum | 48 min |
| Jul 5, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Muskingum | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Noble | 28 min |
| Jul 5, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Noble | 35 min |
| Jul 5, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Harrison, Tuscarawas | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Columbiana | 62 min |
| Jul 5, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas | 43 min |
| Jul 5, 6:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Belmont | 2 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.