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River Flood Watch 13, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

February 15, 2018Tuscarawas County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this river flood watch at Feb 15, 2018, 11:46 AM EST for Tuscarawas County, Ohio. It took effect at Feb 16, 2018, 10:16 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 15, 2018, 11:46 AM EST (16:46 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 16, 2018, 10:16 AM EST
Expired: Feb 16, 2018, 5:00 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Flood severity: None

County Tuscarawas County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Stillwater Creek at Uhrichsville (URVO1). The gauge peaked at 7.48 ft at Feb 17, 2018, 5:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03127500, 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 watch 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 watch went out at Feb 15, 8:37 AM EST, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 8:37 AM EST, 3 hours 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 15, 11:46 AM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Allegheny, Westmoreland	21 hr
Feb 15, 5:33 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland	39 hr
Feb 15, 6:09 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Fayette	51 min
Feb 15, 6:48 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette	27 min
Feb 15, 11:46 AM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Guernsey	17 hr
Feb 15, 5:38 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas	27 hr
Feb 15, 11:46 AM EST	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Preston	21 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.