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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 2, 2024, 3:52 PM EDT for 5 counties in West Virginia; 11 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 10 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
- Apr 2, 2024, 3:52 PM EDT (19:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2024, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Wetzel County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Apr 2, 3:38 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 3:38 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 215 PM EDT Tue Apr 2 2024 PAZ007>009-031815- Mercer-Venango-Forest- 215 PM EDT Tue Apr 2 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. A severe weather risk increases tonight with large hail, damaging wind gusts and locally heavy rainfall expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. 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>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ013>016-020>022-029-031- 073>078-WVZ001>004-012-021-509>513-031815- Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Coshocton-Harrison-Jefferson OH- Muskingum-Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Lawrence-Butler-Clarion- Jefferson PA-Beaver-Allegheny-Armstrong-Washington-Greene- Westmoreland-Higher Elevations of Westmoreland-Fayette- Higher Elevations of Fayette-Indiana-Higher Elevations of Indiana- Hancock-Brooke-Ohio-Marshall-Wetzel-Marion-Monongalia- Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-Preston- Eastern Preston-Western Tucker- 215 PM EDT Tue Apr 2 2024 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, western 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. Flood Watch. A severe weather risk increases tonight. Tornadoes, large hail, and damaging wind gusts are expected. Locally heavy rainfall and flash flooding are also expected. Mainstem river flooding is also expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. 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. WVZ514-031815- Eastern Tucker- 215 PM EDT Tue Apr 2 2024 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for 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. Flood Watch. A severe weather risk increases tonight. Tornadoes, large hail, and damaging wind gusts are expected. Locally heavy rainfall and flash flooding are also expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Snow showers are expected Wednesday night through Friday morning with total accumulations of 3 to 5 inches. Accumulations are most likely during the nighttime hours. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. CRAVEN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 2, 1:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 8:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Washington | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Allegheny | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 9:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 42 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Greene, Washington | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:50 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | PBZ | Beaver | 69 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:50 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | PBZ | Allegheny, Westmoreland | 13 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:50 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | PBZ | Beaver | 65 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:50 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 47 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Westmoreland | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 11:05 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Butler | 9 hr |
| Apr 2, 11:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 11:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Fayette, Greene, Washington, Westmoreland | 4 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Beaver, Butler, Lawrence | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson, Westmoreland | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 5:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Westmoreland | 2 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 4 hr |
| Apr 2, 7:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 8 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:50 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | PBZ | Brooke | 3 days |
| Apr 2, 10:50 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | PBZ | Tyler, Wetzel | 3 days |
| Apr 2, 10:50 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | PBZ | Marshall | 3 days |
| Apr 2, 10:50 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | PBZ | Hancock | 69 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:50 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | PBZ | Ohio | 3 days |
| Apr 2, 12:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 4:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Wetzel | 2 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 114 min |
| Apr 2, 5:13 PM EDT | River Flood Watch | PBZ | Marshall | 3 days |
| Apr 2, 5:13 PM EDT | River Flood Watch | PBZ | Ohio | 3 days |
| Apr 2, 5:14 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 11 days |
| Apr 2, 5:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Guernsey | 5 days |
| Apr 2, 5:17 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Coshocton | 11 days |
| Apr 2, 7:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Muskingum | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 10:50 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | PBZ | Columbiana | 70 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.