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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

January 13, 2018Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this river flood warning at Jan 13, 2018, 12:22 AM EST for Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 13, 2018, 12:22 AM EST (05:22 UTC)
Expired
Jan 13, 2018, 8:02 AM EST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Armstrong County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:24 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 Allegheny River at Kittanning Lock and Dam (KTTP1). The gauge peaked at 21.04 ft at Jan 13, 2018, 1:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
17 ft
Minor stage
21 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03036500, 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 Jan 12, 4:47 PM EST, 7 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 4:47 PM EST, 7 hours 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 2:58 PM EST, 9 hours 24 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 12, 6:24 PM EST, 5 hours 58 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 12, 6:45 PM EST, 5 hours 37 minutes before
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      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 12, 11:47 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPBZArmstrong, Clarion13 hr
Jan 13, 2:42 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningPBZAllegheny14 hr
Jan 13, 7:15 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningPBZAllegheny27 hr
Jan 13, 11:15 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningPBZBeaver, Butler6 hr
Jan 13, 11:19 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZAllegheny9 hr
Jan 13, 1:43 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryPBZFayette, Forest, Jefferson, Westmoreland20 hr
Jan 13, 10:32 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningPBZMarshall32 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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.