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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

May 30, 20199 counties in Pennsylvania; 5 counties in Ohio; Brooke County, Hancock County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood watch at May 30, 2019, 4:20 AM EDT for 9 counties in Pennsylvania; 5 counties in Ohio; Brooke County, Hancock County, West Virginia. It took effect at May 30, 2019, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2019, 4:20 AM EDT (08:20 UTC)
In effect from: May 30, 2019, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 30, 2019, 9:10 PM EDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Flood severity: None

Counties Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at May 29, 7:30 PM EDT, 8 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 7:30 PM EDT, 8 hours 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 7:26 PM EDT, 8 hours 54 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 1:05 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Beaver, Lawrence	6 hr
May 30, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Indiana	27 min
May 30, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango	43 min
May 30, 6:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Muskingum	29 min
May 30, 7:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Belmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Noble	36 min
May 30, 6:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Carroll, Columbiana	51 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Pennsylvania, 2019 Flash Flood Watches in Ohio, 2019 Flash Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2019 Every flash flood watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.