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Flash Flood Warning 115, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 17, 2026, 2:33 PM EDT for Marion County, Wetzel 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
- Aug 17, 2026, 2:33 PM EDT (18:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2026, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Marion County, WV, Wetzel County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 735 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 513 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 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.
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 6:11 PM EDT, 20 hours 22 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 611 PM EDT Sun Aug 16 2026 OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ020-021-029-031-073>076- WVZ001>004-012-021-509>514-172215- Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Coshocton-Harrison-Jefferson OH- Muskingum-Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Beaver-Allegheny-Washington- Greene-Westmoreland-Higher Elevations of Westmoreland-Fayette- Higher Elevations of Fayette-Hancock-Brooke-Ohio-Marshall-Wetzel- Marion-Monongalia- Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-Preston- Eastern Preston-Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker- 611 PM EDT Sun Aug 16 2026 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, southwest Pennsylvania, western Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...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...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ007>009-013>016-022-077-078-172215- Mercer-Venango-Forest-Lawrence-Butler-Clarion-Jefferson PA-Armstrong- Indiana-Higher Elevations of Indiana- 611 PM EDT Sun Aug 16 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Tonight. There is still some potential for isolated instances of heavy rainfall through the night with additional thunderstorms, along with a few strong wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. A few showers and thunderstorms could produce some heavy rainfall on Monday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 10:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Guernsey, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 4 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble | 32 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Monroe, Noble | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.