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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2023, 3:38 PM EDT for Allegheny County, Butler County, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 62 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 1, 2023, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2023, 4:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Allegheny County, PA, Butler County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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 Jul 1, 2:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 2:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 215 PM EDT Sat Jul 1 2023 OHZ039>041-048>050-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>022-073-074-077-078-WVZ001- 002-021815- Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Coshocton-Harrison-Jefferson OH-Mercer- Venango-Forest-Lawrence-Butler-Clarion-Jefferson PA-Beaver-Allegheny- Armstrong-Westmoreland-Higher Elevations of Westmoreland-Indiana- Higher Elevations of Indiana-Hancock-Brooke- 215 PM EDT Sat Jul 1 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible this evening, though uncertainty in development remains. If the threat develops, the main concern will be damaging wind gusts. Thunderstorms may also produce locally heavy rainfall, which could lead to isolated flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Isolated severe thunderstorms will be possible again on Sunday afternoon and evening. Damaging wind and hail will be the primary threats. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. OHZ057>059-068-069-PAZ029-031-075-076-WVZ003-004-012-021-509>514- 021815- Muskingum-Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Washington-Greene-Fayette- Higher Elevations of Fayette-Ohio-Marshall-Wetzel-Marion-Monongalia- Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-Preston- Eastern Preston-Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker- 215 PM EDT Sat Jul 1 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, southwest Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible this evening, though uncertainty in development remains. If the threat develops, the main concern will be damaging wind gusts. Thunderstorms may also produce locally heavy rainfall, which could lead to isolated flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Scattered severe thunderstorms will be possible again on Sunday afternoon and evening. Damaging wind and hail will be the primary threats. Thunderstorms may also produce locally heavy rainfall, which could lead to isolated flash flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 12:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 12:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Beaver | 29 min |
| Jul 1, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Indiana | 23 min |
| Jul 1, 5:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 110 min |
| Jul 1, 6:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 6:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Beaver, Lawrence | 108 min |
| Jul 1, 6:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
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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.