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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 17, 2024Brooke County, Hancock County, West Virginia; Jefferson County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2024, 7:39 PM EDT for Brooke County, Hancock County, West Virginia; Jefferson County, Ohio. It was in force for 107 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: Jun 17, 2024, 7:39 PM EDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2024, 9:26 PM EDT
In force: 107 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Jefferson County, OH, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 46 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 140 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1361 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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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 Jun 17, 5:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 5:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 3:41 AM EDT, 15 hours 58 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
341 AM EDT Mon Jun 17 2024

OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>022-029-
031-073>078-WVZ001>004-012-021-509>511-180745-
Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Coshocton-Harrison-Jefferson OH-
Muskingum-Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Mercer-Venango-Forest-
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-
341 AM EDT Mon Jun 17 2024

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
FRIDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Heat Advisory.

There is high confidence in a prolonged, potentially dangerous
period of excessive heat beginning today that may result in heat-
related impacts across the area, especially in traditionally warmer
locations like valleys and urban centers.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Heat Advisory.

There is high confidence in a prolonged, potentially dangerous
period of excessive heat continuing through week that may result in
heat-related impacts across the area, especially in traditionally
warmer locations like valleys and urban centers.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

WVZ512>514-180745-
Eastern Preston-Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker-
341 AM EDT Mon Jun 17 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Heat index values will reach into the mid 80s to low 90s for all but
the highest ridges this afternoon. Practice heat safety actions such
as proper hydration, watching for signs of heat stress, and taking
breaks in the shade or air conditioning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

A prolonged period of hot weather continues through the week, with
heat index values reaching mid 80s to mid 90s each day for all but
the highest ridges. Practice heat safety actions such as proper
hydration, watching for signs of heat stress, and taking breaks in
the shade or air conditioning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 17, 7:18 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 7:18 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 7:24 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 7:32 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 7:37 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 7:39 PM EDT, 0 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
Jun 17, 2:06 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette and 9 more	6 days
Jun 17, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Lawrence, Mercer	55 min
Jun 17, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango	40 min
Jun 17, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Beaver, Washington	46 min
Jun 17, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango	48 min
Jun 17, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence	46 min
Jun 17, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Washington, Westmoreland	46 min
Jun 17, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Clarion	52 min
Jun 17, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Indiana, Washington and 1 more	37 min
Jun 17, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Fayette, Greene, Westmoreland	60 min
Jun 17, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Beaver, Washington	41 min
Jun 17, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Columbiana, Jefferson	43 min
Jun 17, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Muskingum	42 min
Jun 17, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Muskingum	48 min
Jun 17, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Tuscarawas	33 min
Jun 17, 7:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Monroe	27 min
Jun 17, 7:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Belmont	36 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2024 Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2024 Every flash flood warning in 2024

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.