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Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
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 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.
- 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
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 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029-031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021-509>514-300830- Garrett-Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Coshocton-Harrison- Jefferson OH-Muskingum-Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Mercer-Venango- Forest-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- 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
TGREENLocal 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
TGREENLocal 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
MPKLocal storm report, Jun 30, 2:26 AM EDT, 48 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 15 min |
| Jun 29, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 29 min |
| Jun 29, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene, Washington | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 9:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene | 37 min |
| Jun 29, 10:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 8:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke | 23 min |
| Jun 29, 10:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Preston | 10 hr |
| Jun 30, 12:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 11:57 AM 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.