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Flash Flood Warning 88, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 20, 2019, 8:12 AM EDT for Mercer County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 112 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 20, 2019, 8:12 AM EDT (12:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2019, 10:04 AM EDT
- In force
- 112 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mercer County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 20, 3:57 AM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 3:57 AM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 19, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Venango | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Forest, Jefferson | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 9:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Venango | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 9:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Venango | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 9:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Clarion, Forest, Venango | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 10:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Forest, Venango | 114 min |
| Jul 19, 10:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Venango | 85 min |
| Jul 19, 11:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Venango | 13 min |
| Jul 19, 11:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Venango | 11 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Venango | 68 min |
| Jul 20, 2:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:57 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 7:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Mercer | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 7:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Lawrence, Mercer | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 8:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Beaver, Butler, Lawrence | 37 min |
| Jul 20, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Mercer | 49 min |
| Jul 20, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Westmoreland | 40 min |
| Jul 20, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Fayette | 36 min |
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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.