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River Flood Warning 69, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
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.
- 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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Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 10:27 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | PBZ | Allegheny | 44 hr |
| Sep 27, 8:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 6 hr |
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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.