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Flash Flood Warning 58, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

August 3, 2018Harrison County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2018, 12:57 PM EDT for Harrison County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 2018, 12:57 PM EDT (16:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2018, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Harrison County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:00 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 nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2018-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 323 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2018-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
323 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Aug 3, 10:55 AM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 10:55 AM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 3:04 AM EDT, 9 hours 53 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
304 AM EDT Fri Aug 3 2018

MDZ001-PAZ076-WVZ510>514-040715-
Garrett-Fayette Ridges-
Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-Preston-
Eastern Preston-Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker-
304 AM EDT Fri Aug 3 2018

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flash Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

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.

OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029-
031-073>075-WVZ001>004-012-021-509-040715-
Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Coshocton-Harrison-Jefferson-Muskingum-
Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Mercer-Venango-Forest-Lawrence-Butler-
Clarion-Beaver-Allegheny-Armstrong-Indiana-Washington-Greene-
Westmoreland-Westmoreland Ridges-Fayette-Hancock-Brooke-Ohio-
Marshall-Wetzel-Marion-Monongalia-
304 AM EDT Fri Aug 3 2018

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...Saturday through Thursday.

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 3, 11:18 AM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 9:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZArmstrong, Butler, Clarion, Venango2 hr
Aug 3, 5:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZFayette73 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2018Every flash flood warning in 2018

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.