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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

September 5, 2022Venango County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 5, 2022, 1:10 AM EDT for Venango County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 76 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
Sep 5, 2022, 1:10 AM EDT (05:10 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2022, 2:26 AM EDT
In force
76 min
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 05:13 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 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 00:00Z on 2022-09-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 533 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 00:00Z on 2022-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 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
533 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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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 5, 12:54 AM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 12:54 AM EDT, 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 4, 3:55 AM EDT, 21 hours 15 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
355 AM EDT Sun Sep 4 2022

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031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021-509>514-050800-
Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Coshocton-Harrison-Jefferson OH-
Muskingum-Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Mercer-Venango-Forest-
Lawrence-Butler-Clarion-Jefferson PA-Beaver-Allegheny-Armstrong-
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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-
355 AM EDT Sun Sep 4 2022

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Thunderstorms today may produce heavy rain which could lead to
localized flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Thunderstorms on Monday could produce heavy rain which could lead to
localized flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 4, 11:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 8:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZMercer3 hr
Sep 4, 10:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMercer3 hr
Sep 4, 10:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZVenango2 hr
Sep 5, 12:39 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZVenango32 min
Sep 5, 3:04 AM EDTFlood WatchPBZAllegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette and 8 more20 hr
Sep 5, 7:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZAllegheny, Beaver, Washington2 hr
Sep 5, 9:11 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZCarroll, Harrison, Tuscarawas3 hr
Sep 5, 9:33 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCarroll, Harrison, Tuscarawas3 hr
Sep 5, 5:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZHarrison, Jefferson3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.