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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 20, 20185 counties in Pennsylvania; 7 counties in West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood watch at Jun 20, 2018, 10:53 AM EDT for 5 counties in Pennsylvania; 7 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Jun 20, 2018, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 20, 2018, 10:53 AM EDT (14:53 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 20, 2018, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 20, 2018, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Flood severity: None

Counties Allegheny County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Greene County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Preston County, WV, Wetzel County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Jun 20, 8:42 AM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 8:42 AM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 1:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Westmoreland	3 hr
Jun 20, 3:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Westmoreland	2 hr
Jun 20, 4:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Allegheny	88 min
Jun 20, 4:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Fayette	4 hr
Jun 20, 7:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Washington	6 hr
Jun 20, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Noble	17 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2018 Flash Flood Watches in Pennsylvania, 2018 Every flash flood watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.