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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 19, 2019Belmont County, Harrison County, Jefferson County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2019, 10:09 PM EDT for Belmont County, Harrison County, Jefferson County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2019, 10:09 PM EDT (02:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2019, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Belmont County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 74 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2019-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 139 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2019-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
139 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1198 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Jun 19, 7:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 7:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 3:40 AM EDT, 18 hours 29 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
340 AM EDT Wed Jun 19 2019

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ013>016-020>023-029-031-
073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021-509>514-200745-
Garrett-Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Coshocton-Harrison-
Jefferson OH-Muskingum-Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Lawrence-Butler-
Clarion-Jefferson PA-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-
340 AM EDT Wed Jun 19 2019

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

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.

   Flash Flood Watch.

A series of disturbances will bring increased coverage of showers
and thunderstorms today and tonight. As a result of saturated ground
from recent rainfall, these storms will be capable of producing
heavy rain that could cause flash flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flash Flood Watch.

A series of disturbances will bring increased coverage of showers
and thunderstorms through Thursday. As a result of saturated ground
from recent rainfall, these storms will be capable of producing heavy
rain that could cause flash flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.

PAZ007>009-200745-
Mercer-Venango-Forest-
340 AM EDT Wed Jun 19 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

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, Jun 19, 5:53 PM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
553 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0546 PM     FLASH FLOOD      ELLWOOD CITY            40.86N  80.29W
06/19/2019                   LAWRENCE           PA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MAJOR FLOODING ON 5TH STREET FROM BEAVER AVE TO LOCUST
            WAY.

&&

EVENT NUMBER PBZ1902315

JD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZAllegheny, Washington, Westmoreland116 min
Jun 19, 11:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBeaver3 hr
Jun 20, 11:36 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZButler12 hr
Jun 20, 7:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZClarion, Forest, Mercer, Venango3 hr
Jun 19, 8:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont119 min
Jun 19, 8:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMonroe, Noble6 hr
Jun 19, 8:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZMuskingum3 hr
Jun 19, 8:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont2 hr
Jun 19, 8:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZCarroll2 hr
Jun 19, 9:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZMonroe2 hr
Jun 19, 9:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMonroe4 hr
Jun 19, 9:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCarroll5 hr
Jun 19, 10:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCarroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson3 hr
Jun 19, 10:33 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZBelmont, Jefferson6 hr
Jun 19, 10:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCarroll, Harrison3 hr
Jun 19, 11:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCoshocton, Muskingum4 hr
Jun 19, 9:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZBrooke, Ohio118 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2019Every flash flood warning in 2019

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.