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Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 30, 2019Preston County, Tucker County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2019, 3:14 AM EDT for Preston County, Tucker County, West Virginia. It was in force for 9 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 30, 2019, 3:14 AM EDT (07:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2019, 12:01 PM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Preston County, WV, Tucker County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:15 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 nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2019-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 603 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 2019-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 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
603 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1341 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.4

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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 30, 12:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 12:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
1250 AM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019

.SYNOPSIS...
Seasonably warm and humid weather with periodic shower and storm
chances can be expected through much of next week.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
Showers and storms currently along and south of the Mason-Dixon line
will continue to transition south overnight with a diminishing
severe threat as instability wanes.

Dry and more comfortable conditions can be expected during the day
with surface high pressure and northwesterly flow. Dewpoints will be
lower and daytime highs will be drop to near normal values.

&&

.SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...

Dry conditions will continue Monday as sfc high pressure persists
and the upper level ridge axis moves overhead. The first in a series
of disturbances will round the periphery of the ridge starting Monday
night, allowing for storm complexes to traverse the Great Lakes to
move southeast across the Upper Ohio River Valley. Precipitation
chances for this period remains low due to the lack of model
consensus and the more difficult nature in mapping out storm complex
track.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
A series of disturbances within NW flow will maintain periodic
shower and thunderstorm chances throughout the week. Temperatures
will be largely above normal with increased humidity.

&&

.AVIATION /06Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
Outside of patchy fog this morning...VFR conditions can be expected
throughout the day.

.Outlook...
A series of disturbances will create thunderstorm chances and their
varied restrictions for much of the next work week.

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...None.
OH...None.
PA...None.
WV...None.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 4:24 AM EDT, 22 hours 50 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
424 AM EDT Sat Jun 29 2019

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Fayette-Fayette Ridges-Hancock-Brooke-Ohio-Marshall-Wetzel-Marion-
Monongalia-Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-
Preston-Eastern Preston-Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker-
424 AM EDT Sat Jun 29 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western Maryland, east
central Ohio, northwest Pennsylvania, southwest Pennsylvania, west
central Pennsylvania, western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia
and northern panhandle of West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

There is a marginal chance for locally strong to severe storms this
afternoon and evening. Damaging wind will be the primary threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 29, 9:21 PM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
921 PM EDT SAT JUN 29 2019

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

0814 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NNE MOUNT PLEASANT    40.16N  80.15W
06/29/2019                   WASHINGTON         PA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN ON 400 BLOCK OF RANKIN RD

0814 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S P AND W PATCH       40.25N  80.48W
06/29/2019                   WASHINGTON         PA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN ON WASHINGTON PIKE

0815 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WARNER                  40.14N  79.93W
06/29/2019                   WASHINGTON         PA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN AT OLD 71 AND BREWER ST

0844 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S DUNSFORT            40.17N  80.50W
06/29/2019                   WASHINGTON         PA   911 CALL CENTER

            ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE ON DRY RIDGE RD

&&

EVENT NUMBER PBZ1902459
EVENT NUMBER PBZ1902460
EVENT NUMBER PBZ1902461
EVENT NUMBER PBZ1902462

TGREEN
Local storm report, Jun 29, 9:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
950 PM EDT SAT JUN 29 2019

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

0932 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LUZERNE                 40.00N  79.96W
06/29/2019                   FAYETTE            PA   PUBLIC

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

&&

EVENT NUMBER PBZ1902463

TGREEN
Local storm report, Jun 29, 11:26 PM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1126 PM EDT SAT JUN 29 2019

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

1040 PM     FLASH FLOOD      FRIENDSVILLE            39.66N  79.41W
06/29/2019                   GARRETT            MD   911 CALL CENTER

            SIGNIFICANT FLOODING REPORTED THROUGHOUT FRIENDSVILLE

1049 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FLOYD                   39.51N  79.15W
06/29/2019                   GARRETT            MD   911 CALL CENTER

            OVER A DOZEN TREES DOWN ALONG SAVAGE RIVER ROAD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER PBZ1902464
EVENT NUMBER PBZ1902465

MPK
Local storm report, Jun 30, 2:26 AM EDT, 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWashington15 min
Jun 29, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWashington29 min
Jun 29, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWashington31 min
Jun 29, 9:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZFayette, Greene, Washington43 min
Jun 29, 9:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGreene37 min
Jun 29, 10:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZFayette42 min
Jun 29, 8:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZBrooke23 min
Jun 29, 10:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZPreston10 hr
Jun 30, 12:26 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZPreston, Tucker3 hr
Jun 30, 11:57 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZPreston, Tucker6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 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.