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Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

July 11, 2019Allegheny County, Beaver County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 11, 2019, 10:24 AM EDT for Allegheny County, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 99 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 2019, 10:24 AM EDT (14:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2019, 12:03 PM EDT
In force
99 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Allegheny County, PA, Beaver County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:28 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 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 19 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 12:00Z on 2019-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 430 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 12:00Z on 2019-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 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
430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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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 Jul 11, 7:56 AM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 7:56 AM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
756 AM EDT Thu Jul 11 2019

.SYNOPSIS...
Scattered showers and thunderstorms this morning should become more
numerous this afternoon with the approach of a cold front. Dry
weather is then expected Friday and most of Saturday under high
pressure.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...

Updated short term PoPs and temperature to reflect radar and surface
observation trends. Areas of stronger convection are producing
moderate to heavy rain, with minor flooding in urbanized areas
expected. Previous discuss follows...

A shortwave trough should maintain scattered
showers and thunderstorms this morning as it crosses the region.
Included more numerous coverage early N of PIT based on radar/near
term model trends. A stronger trough, and its associated sfc cold
front, is progged to track across the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes
region today, crossing the Upper OH Valley region late this afternoon
and evening. Showers and thunderstorms are likely with its approach
and passage.

Increasing shear, building instability, and model progged mid level
dry air should result in a scattered severe storm potential, with the
main hazard being damaging wind. SPC maintained the slight
risk/scattered coverage potential in the day 1 outlook, and will
continue to highlight this potential in the Hazardous Weather
Outlook. Warm and humid conditions should continue, with highs a few
degrees above average.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
Shower/thunderstorm chances should quickly decrease tonight with the
passage of the cold front. Mainly dry weather is then expected
through most of Saturday as sfc high pressure builds under NW flow
aloft. The next shortwave trough and its associated cold front is
progged to track from the Upper Great Lakes to the Lower Lakes by
Saturday evening, returning low chances for showers and thunderstorms
N of I 80. Maintained only a slight chance for showers Saturday
night elsewhere as the front tracks south, though most of the upper
support is progged to stay N-NE of the area.

Cooler and less humid conditions are expected Friday before warmer,
more humid conditions return Saturday.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
Shower and thunderstorm chances should continue S of I 70 Sunday as
the cold front completes its passage. Model ensembles indicate ridging
is then expected to build across the region through Tuesday, with
mainly dry weather. Shower/thunderstorm chances return by midweek as
a Gulf upper low moves N and phases with wrly flow aloft, tracking
across the OH Valley region. Seasonably warm weather is expected
through the period.

&&

.AVIATION /12Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...

Condition deterioration is expected as the day progresses. More
widespread convection will result from prefrontal troughing/increasing
forcing for ascent under an encroaching upr trough. The magnitude of
that convection remains questionable as clouds and morning showers
are likely to hamper destabilization.

Passage of the cold front will end the convection, but residual,
rain-enforced boundary-layer moisture with cooler nw flow is likely
to yield cig restrictions into Friday morning.

.Outlook...
The next chc for restrictions is anticipated with a Saturday night
shortwave/cdfnt passage.

&&

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

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 3:38 AM EDT, 6 hours 46 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
338 AM EDT Thu Jul 11 2019

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Jefferson OH-Muskingum-Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Mercer-Venango-
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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-
338 AM EDT Thu Jul 11 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.

Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and
evening with a crossing cold front. The primary hazard is expected
to be damaging wind gusts.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 7:41 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZAllegheny2 hr
Jul 11, 8:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZAllegheny4 hr
Jul 11, 8:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZAllegheny, Westmoreland3 hr
Jul 11, 8:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZAllegheny, Westmoreland116 min
Jul 11, 9:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZButler29 min
Jul 11, 10:09 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZAllegheny, Beaver, Butler3 hr
Jul 11, 10:36 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZAllegheny, Washington, Westmoreland3 hr
Jul 11, 12:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZFayette, Greene3 hr
Jul 11, 1:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPBZAllegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette and 4 more7 hr
Jul 11, 1:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZFayette3 hr
Jul 11, 2:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZLawrence, Mercer65 min
Jul 11, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBeaver, Lawrence26 min
Jul 11, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Beaver, Butler33 min
Jul 11, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWashington39 min
Jul 11, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWashington46 min
Jul 11, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWashington13 min
Jul 11, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZGreene41 min
Jul 11, 6:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZGreene, Washington93 min
Jul 11, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZGreene35 min
Jul 11, 7:33 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZWestmoreland3 hr
Jul 11, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZJefferson27 min
Jul 11, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll, Columbiana52 min
Jul 11, 2:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont, Jefferson5 hr
Jul 11, 2:51 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZCarroll, Columbiana8 min
Jul 11, 3:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZJefferson4 hr
Jul 11, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll, Tuscarawas41 min
Jul 11, 3:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCarroll, Columbiana3 hr
Jul 11, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll, Harrison, Tuscarawas34 min
Jul 11, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton26 min
Jul 11, 4:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCarroll, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas3 hr
Jul 11, 4:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCarroll, Coshocton, Tuscarawas3 hr
Jul 11, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZHarrison28 min
Jul 11, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZTuscarawas19 min
Jul 11, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZCarroll24 min
Jul 11, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZBelmont, Guernsey, Noble47 min
Jul 11, 5:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZBelmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Muskingum, Tuscarawas118 min
Jul 11, 6:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZBelmont, Guernsey2 hr
Jul 11, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMonroe, Noble46 min
Jul 11, 12:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZOhio24 min
Jul 11, 12:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMarion, Monongalia33 min
Jul 11, 1:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZPreston27 min
Jul 11, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZBrooke, Ohio29 min
Jul 11, 2:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZPreston3 hr
Jul 11, 3:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZPreston, Tucker118 min
Jul 11, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMarion, Monongalia36 min
Jul 11, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZTaylor48 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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.