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River Flood Warning 32, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this river flood warning at Feb 16, 2018, 3:31 PM EST for Jefferson County, Ohio; Brooke County, West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 17, 2018, 6:15 PM EST. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2018, 3:31 PM EST (20:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2018, 6:15 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2018, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Jefferson County, OH, Brooke County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Ohio River at Steubenville (SBVO1).
- Action stage
- 25.3 ft
- Minor stage
- 36 ft
- Moderate stage
- 38 ft
- Major stage
- 40 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Feb 16, 12:47 PM EST, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 12:47 PM EST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 357 AM EST Fri Feb 16 2018 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ013-014-020>023-029-031- 073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021-509>514-170900- Garrett-Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Coshocton-Harrison-Jefferson- Muskingum-Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Lawrence-Butler-Beaver- Allegheny-Armstrong-Indiana-Washington-Greene-Westmoreland- Westmoreland Ridges-Fayette-Fayette Ridges-Hancock-Brooke-Ohio- Marshall-Wetzel-Marion-Monongalia- Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-Preston- Eastern Preston-Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker- 357 AM EST Fri Feb 16 2018 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western Maryland, east central Ohio, southwest Pennsylvania, west central Pennsylvania, western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia and northern panhandle of 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. Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ007>009-015-016-170900- Mercer-Venango-Forest-Clarion-Jefferson- 357 AM EST Fri Feb 16 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Pennsylvania and west central Pennsylvania. .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... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 16, 11:19 AM EST, 4 hours 12 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Feb 15, 7:19 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Washington, Westmoreland | 15 hr |
| Feb 15, 8:34 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Indiana, Lawrence | 17 hr |
| Feb 15, 9:33 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 53 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:59 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 36 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:28 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 26 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:51 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland | 44 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:51 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland | 46 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:51 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 35 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:51 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 23 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:51 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Westmoreland | 26 hr |
| Feb 16, 8:03 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 26 hr |
| Feb 16, 8:03 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 26 hr |
| Feb 16, 10:12 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Washington, Westmoreland | 22 hr |
| Feb 16, 10:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 36 hr |
| Feb 16, 10:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 45 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:17 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 18 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:31 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 45 hr |
| Feb 15, 7:11 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas | 21 hr |
| Feb 15, 8:35 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 4 days |
| Feb 15, 8:35 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Guernsey | 52 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:13 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Coshocton, Guernsey, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble and 1 more | 33 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:13 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Coshocton | 46 hr |
| Feb 16, 8:03 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Jefferson | 54 hr |
| Feb 16, 8:03 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Belmont | 54 hr |
| Feb 16, 8:03 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Monroe | 56 hr |
| Feb 16, 10:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 47 hr |
| Feb 16, 10:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 47 hr |
| Feb 16, 10:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 58 hr |
| Feb 16, 10:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 58 hr |
| Feb 15, 10:55 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Preston | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:51 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Preston | 23 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:51 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 59 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2018River Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2018Every river 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.