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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

August 29, 2022Allegheny County, Beaver County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 29, 2022, 3:42 PM EDT for Allegheny County, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 96 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
Aug 29, 2022, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2022, 5:18 PM EDT
In force
96 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 19:42 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 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 Aug 29, 12:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 12:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 4:15 AM EDT, 11 hours 27 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
415 AM EDT Mon Aug 29 2022

OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029-
031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021-509>514-300815-
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-
Higher Elevations of Westmoreland-Fayette-
Higher Elevations of Fayette-Hancock-Brooke-Ohio-Marshall-Wetzel-
Marion-Monongalia-
Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-Preston-
Eastern Preston-Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker-
415 AM EDT Mon Aug 29 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, western
Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 29, 2:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 29, 2:50 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 29, 3:01 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 29, 3:04 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 29, 3:19 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 29, 3:30 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 12:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZLawrence48 min
Aug 29, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMercer52 min
Aug 29, 1:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBeaver, Butler, Lawrence21 min
Aug 29, 2:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZBeaver, Butler37 min
Aug 29, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZBeaver26 min
Aug 29, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZJefferson15 min
Aug 29, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZAllegheny25 min
Aug 29, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Westmoreland34 min
Aug 29, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZJefferson13 min
Aug 29, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZArmstrong, Butler, Clarion34 min
Aug 29, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZArmstrong, Indiana49 min
Aug 29, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZIndiana, Jefferson32 min
Aug 29, 1:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZCoshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Tuscarawas43 min
Aug 29, 2:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZGuernsey30 min
Aug 29, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZHarrison, Jefferson25 min
Aug 29, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll, Harrison, Jefferson23 min
Aug 29, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZGuernsey14 min
Aug 29, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMonroe28 min
Aug 29, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZBelmont36 min
Aug 29, 5:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont2 hr
Aug 29, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZCoshocton, Guernsey32 min
Aug 29, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZTuscarawas41 min
Aug 29, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZPreston15 min
Aug 29, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZTucker33 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.