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Flash Flood Warning 87, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
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.
- 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
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 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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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.
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MLBLocal 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.
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FMThe 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, 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 | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Preston | 3 hr |
| 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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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.