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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

April 3, 20264 counties in Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 3, 2026, 10:27 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. 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
Apr 3, 2026, 10:27 PM EDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2026, 1:30 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Carroll County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 232 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2026-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 797 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2026-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
797 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1108 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.4

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 9:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton, Tuscarawas49 min
Apr 4, 5:49 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPBZCoshocton7 days
Apr 4, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton17 min

Nearby

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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.