1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at May 18, 9:15 AM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...COR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1015 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2002 ALLOWING RMNDR OF FFA TO EXPIRE IN UPDATED 10AM ZONES ISSUED. XNTD REC BOATERS ADV FOR PIT THRU RMNDR WKND. CONTD RISES OCCUR ON RIVERS BUT SO FAR WE HAVE COME OUT WELL CONSIDERING WHAT RAINFALL NUMBERS COULD HAVE BEEN. STILL PLENTY OF MOISTURE ABOUNDS LWR LVLS THIS MRNG...WILL KEEP CHC POPS THRU AFTN AS CYCYL FLOW CAA AND SHRT/WV ROTATE THRU. WILL ADD MENTION OF CHC TSTM THOUGH LI NOT LOW AND BUFKIT WOULD NOT FAVOR. ADDED RECORD LOWS FOR TNGT/SUN NGT AND MENTIONED SCT FROST IN SRN ZONES FOR TNGT. LATEST MESOETA INDICS ANOTHER SHRT/WV ROTATING THRU TNGT AND MORE MOSITURE/CAA ALOFT FOR SUN-MON. WILL REEVALUATE IN AFTN PCKG. IF WINDS AND PCDY SKIES HOLD UP TNGT...FROST MAY BE ONLY SCT. ALSO WITH WET SOILS...FOG COULD BE AN ISSUE IN SOME AREAS. .PBZ... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE.
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:02 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy thunderstorm rains produced minor flooding on State Route 26.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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