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Flash Flood Warning 87, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 27, 2025Indiana County, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2025, 2:09 PM EDT for Indiana County, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. 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 27, 2025, 2:09 PM EDT (18:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2025, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Indiana County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 234 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2025-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2025-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
440 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 27, 12:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 12:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 10:35 AM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
1035 AM EDT Fri Jun 27 2025

OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-281445-
Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Coshocton-Harrison-Jefferson OH-
Muskingum-Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe-
1035 AM EDT Fri Jun 27 2025

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio.

.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.

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...Saturday through Thursday.

Thunderstorms could produce strong wind gusts on 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>514-281445-
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-
1035 AM EDT Fri Jun 27 2025

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for 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.

   Flood Watch.

Also, 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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Thunderstorms could produce strong wind gusts on 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.

PAZ013-014-020>022-029-031-073-075-WVZ001>004-012-021-509-510-281445-
Lawrence-Butler-Beaver-Allegheny-Armstrong-Washington-Greene-
Westmoreland-Fayette-Hancock-Brooke-Ohio-Marshall-Wetzel-Marion-
Monongalia-Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-
1035 AM EDT Fri Jun 27 2025

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Pennsylvania,
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.
   Flood Watch.

Heat indices from 95 to 100 degrees are expected today, peaking
between the hours of noon and 6pm.

Also, 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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Thunderstorms could produce strong wind gusts on 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 27, 8:20 AM EDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 27, 9:53 AM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
953 AM EDT Fri Jun 27 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0620 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Uhrichsville            40.40N 81.35W
06/26/2025                   Tuscarawas         OH   911 Call Center

            Tree down across the 1200 block of North
            Water Street in Uhrichsville. Time estimated
            via radar.

&&

MLB
Local storm report, Jun 27, 1:36 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
136 PM EDT Fri Jun 27 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0830 PM     Flash Flood      Benwood                 40.01N 80.73W
06/26/2025                   Marshall           WV   Emergency Mngr

            several sections of Boggs Run road closed
            due to high water.

&&

FM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 10:11 AM EDTFlood WatchPBZAllegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette and 9 more14 hr
Jun 27, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZLawrence, Mercer48 min
Jun 27, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBeaver, Lawrence31 min
Jun 27, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBeaver, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer38 min
Jun 27, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMercer, Venango46 min
Jun 27, 4:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZAllegheny3 hr
Jun 27, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny34 min
Jun 27, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGreene, Washington28 min
Jun 27, 5:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZAllegheny3 hr
Jun 27, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Westmoreland27 min
Jun 27, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZClarion, Forest, Jefferson48 min
Jun 27, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland51 min
Jun 27, 5:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZAllegheny, Washington3 hr
Jun 27, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZIndiana, Westmoreland46 min
Jun 26, 9:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZPreston3 hr
Jun 26, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZPreston19 min
Jun 26, 9:32 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPBZMarion, Monongalia3 hr
Jun 27, 7:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMarion, Monongalia, Preston3 hr
Jun 27, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZColumbiana45 min
Jun 27, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGuernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas40 min
Jun 27, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton, Harrison, Tuscarawas24 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.