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Flash Flood Warning 85, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2025, 9:24 PM EDT for Preston County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 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
- Jun 26, 2025, 9:24 PM EDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2025, 12:19 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Preston County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 250 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1372 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 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 Jun 26, 8:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 8:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 120 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025 OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ013-014-020>022-029-031-073- 075-WVZ001>004-012-021-509-510-271730- Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Coshocton-Harrison-Jefferson OH- Muskingum-Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Lawrence-Butler-Beaver- Allegheny-Armstrong-Washington-Greene-Westmoreland-Fayette-Hancock- Brooke-Ohio-Marshall-Wetzel-Marion-Monongalia- Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston- 120 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, southwest Pennsylvania, 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. Heat Advisory. Heat indices from 95 to 100 degrees are expected today, peaking between the hours of noon and 6pm. There is a Marginal Risk, or level 1 out of 5, for severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. The main hazard is expected to be damaging wind gusts. In addition, locally heavy rainfall could result in localized flash flooding mainly during the afternoon and evening hours. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. Heat indices from 90 to 100 degrees are expected on Friday, peaking between the hours of noon and 6pm. Major to extreme heat stress is forecast. Thunderstorms could produce strong wind gusts on Friday and Saturday. In addition, locally heavy rainfall could result in localized flash flooding. An active pattern is then expected through early next week with periodic showers and thunderstorms, and the potential for locally heavy rainfall at times. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. PAZ007>009-015-016-074-076>078-WVZ511>514-271730- Mercer-Venango-Forest-Clarion-Jefferson PA- Higher Elevations of Westmoreland-Higher Elevations of Fayette- Indiana-Higher Elevations of Indiana-Preston-Eastern Preston- Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker- 120 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. There is a Marginal Risk, or level 1 out of 5, for severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. The main hazard is expected to be damaging wind gusts. In addition, locally heavy rainfall could result in localized flash flooding mainly during the afternoon and evening hours. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Heat indices from 85 to 95 degrees are expected Friday, peaking between the hours of noon and 6pm. Moderate heat stress is forecast. Thunderstorms could produce strong wind gusts on Friday and Saturday. In addition, locally heavy rainfall could result in localized flash flooding. An active pattern is then expected through early next week with periodic showers and thunderstorms, and the potential for locally heavy rainfall at times. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. Milcarek
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 10:11 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette and 9 more | 14 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Lawrence, Mercer | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Beaver, Lawrence | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Mercer, Venango | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 4:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 34 min |
| Jun 27, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene, Washington | 28 min |
| Jun 27, 5:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Westmoreland | 27 min |
| Jun 27, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Forest, Jefferson | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland | 51 min |
| Jun 27, 5:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 19 min |
| Jun 26, 9:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas | 40 min |
| Jun 27, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Harrison, Tuscarawas | 24 min |
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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.