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Flash Flood Warning 54, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 2026, 1:37 PM EDT for Armstrong County, Indiana County, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 2 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
- Jul 18, 2026, 1:37 PM EDT (17:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2026, 3:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Armstrong County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 510 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 790 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 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 Jul 18, 12:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 12:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 12:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 1230 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026 OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013-014-020-021-029- 031-WVZ001>004-012-021-509-510-513-514-191630- Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Coshocton-Harrison-Jefferson OH- Muskingum-Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Mercer-Venango-Forest- Lawrence-Butler-Beaver-Allegheny-Washington-Greene-Hancock-Brooke- Ohio-Marshall-Wetzel-Marion-Monongalia- Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-Western Tucker- Eastern Tucker- 1230 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. A passing cold front from the north will likely create damaging wind gusts later today. An Enhanced Risk (3/5) is in effect for areas north of I-70; Slight Risk (2/5) for areas south of Pittsburgh. The threat of severe storms is elevated between 5pm and 10pm. There is also a Marginal Risk (1/4) for flooding late this evening; pockets of 1-2 inches of rain could occur. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. A passing low pressure system over the Great Lakes returns the threat of severe weather and flash flooding to the region on Tuesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. PAZ015-016-022-073>078-WVZ511-512-191630- Clarion-Jefferson PA-Armstrong-Westmoreland- Higher Elevations of Westmoreland-Fayette- Higher Elevations of Fayette-Indiana-Higher Elevations of Indiana- Preston-Eastern Preston- 1230 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for 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. A passing cold front from the north will likely create damaging wind gusts later today. An Enhanced Risk (3/5) is in effect for areas north of I-70; Slight Risk (2/5) for areas south of Pittsburgh. The threat of severe storms is elevated between 5pm and 10pm. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. A passing low pressure system over the Great Lakes returns the threat of severe weather and flash flooding to the region on Tuesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. TC
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 18, 1:16 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
116 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 PM Flash Flood 2 W Greensburg 40.31N 79.58W
07/18/2026 Westmoreland PA Public
North Greengate Rd flooded at underpass.
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AAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 5:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 9:42 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Fayette, Forest and 4 more | 13 hr |
| Jul 18, 11:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Westmoreland | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Jefferson | 55 min |
| Jul 18, 3:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Jefferson | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 4:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Venango | 51 min |
| Jul 18, 4:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Jefferson | 5 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 5:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Jefferson | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Beaver, Butler, Lawrence | 56 min |
| Jul 18, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Forest, Venango | 75 min |
| Jul 18, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Mercer, Venango | 64 min |
| Jul 18, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Washington | 67 min |
| Jul 18, 7:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Forest, Jefferson, Mercer, Venango | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Forest, Jefferson | 55 min |
| Jul 18, 7:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Forest, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland | 56 min |
| Jul 18, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Mercer, Venango | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 7:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Washington | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 7:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Jefferson | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Tuscarawas | 67 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.