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River Flood Warning 69, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

September 28, 2018Fayette County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this river flood warning at Sep 28, 2018, 7:32 AM EDT for Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Sep 28, 2018, 9:48 AM EDT. It was in force for 74 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 28, 2018, 7:32 AM EDT (11:32 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 28, 2018, 9:48 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 28, 2018, 11:02 AM EDT
In force
74 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Fayette County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Youghiogheny River at Connellsville (CLLP1). The gauge peaked at 11.81 ft at Sep 28, 2018, 9:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03082500, 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 Sep 28, 7:19 AM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 7:19 AM EDT, 13 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 27, 10:27 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryPBZAllegheny44 hr
Sep 27, 8:26 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZPreston, Tucker6 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.