1 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 Apr 14, 1:10 PM EST, 6 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 210 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2002 ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVIER RAIN GETTING READY TO ENTER CWA. SHOULD BE BELOW FFG VALUES. ISOLATED HEAVY DOWNPOURS THOUGH COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THIS RAIN SHOULD BE THROUGH PIT METRO AREA 7 TO 8PM AND CLEAR CWA BY MIDNIGHT. WARMEST WEATHER OF THE YEAR HEADED FOR THE REGION BY TUESDAY. BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...DEWPOINTS CLIMBING INTO THE LOWER 60S. WAVE MOVING THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL BRING CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FCSTID = 20 PIT 58 77 59 83 / 80 10 10 20 HLG 56 76 58 83 / 80 10 10 20 MGW 57 78 58 84 / 80 20 10 20 ZZV 57 79 58 85 / 40 10 10 10 PHD 57 78 58 85 / 40 10 10 10 FKL 51 73 55 77 / 80 20 10 20 DUJ 51 73 55 77 / 80 20 10 20 LBE 56 78 58 85 / 80 10 10 20 BTP 54 74 57 81 / 80 10 10 20 IDI 54 76 57 83 / 80 10 10 20 ODM 49 71 53 77 / 80 20 10 20 .PBZ... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. JMP
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several rounds of thunderstorm rains over the past few days brought streams and creeks over bank full, producing flooding across the county. Two roads were temporarily closed; Dougherty Road in Shenango Township, and Old Plank Road in Neshannock Township.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, April 2002
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