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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

September 4, 2022Venango County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 4, 2022, 10:50 PM EDT for Venango County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 2 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: Sep 4, 2022, 10:50 PM EDT (02:50 UTC)
Expired: Sep 5, 2022, 12:55 AM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Venango County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:52 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 Sep 4, 7:33 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 7:33 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 4, 3:55 AM EDT, 18 hours 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 4, 6:17 PM EDT, 4 hours 33 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
Sep 4, 8:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Mercer	3 hr
Sep 4, 10:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Mercer	3 hr
Sep 5, 12:39 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Venango	32 min
Sep 5, 1:10 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Venango	76 min
Sep 5, 3:04 AM EDT	Flood Watch	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette and 8 more	20 hr
Sep 5, 7:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver, Washington	2 hr
Sep 5, 9:11 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Carroll, Harrison, Tuscarawas	3 hr
Sep 5, 9:33 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Harrison, Tuscarawas	3 hr
Sep 5, 5:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Harrison, Jefferson	3 hr

Nearby

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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.