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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 2023, 3:21 PM EDT for Marion County, Monongalia County, Preston County, West Virginia. It was in force for 116 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 7, 2023, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2023, 5:17 PM EDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Marion County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Preston County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 836 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
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 7, 2:54 PM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 2:54 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 1213 PM EDT Mon Aug 7 2023 OHZ057>059-068-069-PAZ029-031-075-076-WVZ003-004-012-021-509>514- 081615- 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- 1213 PM EDT Mon Aug 7 2023 ...TORNADO WATCH 599 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, southwest Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tornado Watch. Severe thunderstorms are possible later this afternoon and into the evening. Isolated tornadoes, damaging wind, and hail will all be possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. OHZ039>041-048>050-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>022-073-074-077-078-WVZ001- 002-081615- 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- 1213 PM EDT Mon Aug 7 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Severe thunderstorms are possible later this afternoon and into the evening. Isolated tornadoes, damaging wind, and hail will all be possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 7, 1:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
133 PM EDT Mon Aug 07 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1247 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Mannington 39.53N 80.34W
08/07/2023 Marion WV 911 Call Center
several trees down
0109 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Reedsville 39.51N 79.80W
08/07/2023 Preston WV Emergency Mngr
trees down
0118 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Kingwood 39.47N 79.68W
08/07/2023 Preston WV Emergency Mngr
trees down
&&
Event Number PBZ2302064
Event Number PBZ2302065
Event Number PBZ2302066
98Local storm report, Aug 7, 1:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Beaver | 23 min |
| Aug 7, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Jefferson | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Marshall, Wetzel | 60 min |
| Aug 7, 1:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Preston | 13 min |
| Aug 7, 1:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion, Wetzel | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Wetzel | 39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.