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River Flood Advisory 13, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

December 20, 2018Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this river flood advisory at Dec 20, 2018, 11:05 AM EST for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 20, 2018, 11:05 AM EST (16:05 UTC)
Expired
Dec 23, 2018, 1:28 PM EST
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Allegheny County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:04 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 river

Written for the forecast point Ohio River at Pittsburgh (PTTP1).

Action stage
18 ft
Minor stage
22 ft
Moderate stage
25 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03085152, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2018Every river flood advisory 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.