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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this river flood warning at Feb 15, 2025, 6:14 PM EST for Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Feb 16, 2025, 3:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2025, 6:14 PM EST (23:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 16, 2025, 3:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2025, 2:39 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Fayette County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Youghiogheny River at Connellsville (CLLP1). The gauge peaked at 8.16 ft at Feb 17, 2025, 12:00 AM EST.
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 12 ft
- Moderate stage
- 16 ft
- Major stage
- 18 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03082500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Feb 15, 3:53 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 3:53 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 359 PM EST Sat Feb 15 2025 WVZ512-514-162100- Eastern Preston-Eastern Tucker- 359 PM EST Sat Feb 15 2025 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 3 PM EST MONDAY... 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Blizzard Warning. Strong wind and heavy snow will result in blizzard conditions late Sunday into Monday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. WVZ510-511-513-162100- Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-Preston- Western Tucker- 359 PM EST Sat Feb 15 2025 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 3 PM EST MONDAY... 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Winter Weather Advisory. Rain will change to snow Sunday, and continue into Monday. 3 to 6 inches of snow is expected, along with wind gusts around 40 mph. .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-PAZ020-021-029-031-073-075- WVZ001>004-012-021-509-162100- Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Coshocton-Harrison-Jefferson OH- Muskingum-Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Beaver-Allegheny-Washington- Greene-Westmoreland-Fayette-Hancock-Brooke-Ohio-Marshall-Wetzel- Marion-Monongalia- 359 PM EST Sat Feb 15 2025 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... 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. Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. 1 to 2 inches of snow is possible Sunday afternoon into Monday. In addition, wind could gust to 40 mph at times. This, combined with falling temperatures, could create hazardous travel conditions. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ007-008-013>015-022-077-162100- Mercer-Venango-Lawrence-Butler-Clarion-Armstrong-Indiana- 359 PM EST Sat Feb 15 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. 1 to 3 inches of snow is possible Sunday afternoon into Monday. In addition, wind could gust to 40 mph at times. This, combined with falling temperatures, could create hazardous travel conditions. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. PAZ009-016-162100- Forest-Jefferson PA- 359 PM EST Sat Feb 15 2025 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Pennsylvania. .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. Winter Weather Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. 1 to 3 inches of snow is possible Sunday afternoon into Monday. In addition, wind could gust to 40 mph at times. This, combined with falling temperatures, could create hazardous travel conditions. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. PAZ074-076-162100- Higher Elevations of Westmoreland-Higher Elevations of Fayette- 359 PM EST Sat Feb 15 2025 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 3 PM EST MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Pennsylvania. .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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. High Wind Watch. Winter Weather Advisory. 4 to 6 inches of snow are expected Sunday afternoon into Monday. Wind gusts from 55 to 60 mph are also possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. PAZ078-162100- Higher Elevations of Indiana- 359 PM EST Sat Feb 15 2025 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. High Wind Watch. 1 to 3 inches of snow is possible Sunday afternoon into Monday. In addition, wind could gust from 55 to 60 mph at times. This, combined with falling temperatures, could create hazardous travel conditions. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. WM
In the hours 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 |
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| Feb 15, 2:06 AM EST | High Wind Watch | PBZ | Fayette, Indiana, Westmoreland | 24 hr |
| Feb 15, 6:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Washington | 27 min |
| Feb 15, 7:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver | 39 min |
| Feb 15, 9:51 AM EST | River Flood Watch | PBZ | Fayette | 39 hr |
| Feb 15, 12:01 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | PBZ | Allegheny | 25 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:56 PM EST | Blizzard Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Westmoreland | 46 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:56 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette and 9 more | 46 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:07 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 13 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.