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 Jun 16, 3:15 PM EST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 415 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 AN UPPER TROF WITH WEAK SHRT/WVS WILL AFFECT CWA DURING FCST PERIOD. MDLS CONT TO SHOW STRONG MOISTURE CONVG/PWS AOA 1.6 TNGT MAINLY ECNTRL OHIO WHERE FFA HAS BEEN XNTD IN AREAL CVG/TIME. ALSO LOW-MID LVL WINDS ARE UNDER 15 KTS SO ANY STORMS WITH HVY RAINS WILL MOVE SLOWLY...THIS SCENARIO IS EXPECTED TO TRANSLATE ESEWD TUES AND AFFECT XTREME SRN ZONES CWA ALONG/SOUTH OF M/D LINE. ATMS ALSO BECOMES MORE UNSTABLE TUES-WED BFR FRONT IN NRN PLAINS PUSHES THRU REGION DURG THRS NW-SE...USHERING IN DRY/PLSNT WX THRU THE WKND. TEMPS BLEND WITH ADJ OFFICES. .PBZ... MD...NONE. OH...FLOOD WATCH TIL 4AM TUES OHZ039-040-048>049-O57>059-O68-069. PA...NONE. WV...NONE.
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-160915- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 509 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE FOR TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
OHZ057-161800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1252 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 ...HEAVY RAINS ACROSS NORTHERN MUSKINGUM COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN MUSKINGUM COUNTY...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A BLOOMFIELD TO ADAMSVILLE TO ELLIS LINE. RADAR ESTIMATED THESE STORMS MAY HAVE PRODUCED UP TO 1.50 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. RAIN MOVING REPEATEDLY OVER ALREADY SATURATED SOILS CAN RESULT IN FLOODING SO BE ALERT TO RAPID WATER LEVEL RISES. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUSKINGUM COUNTY TIL 4PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON.
OHZ057-161930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 205 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUSKINGUM COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED THESE STORMS MAY HAVE PRODUCED UP TO TWO INCHES OR SO IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MUSKINGUM COUNTY NAMELY THE TOWNSHIPS OF ADAMS...MONROE... SALEM...HIGHLAND...AND UNION. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MOVING REPEATEDLY OVER ALREADY SATURATED SOILS CAN RESULT IN FLOODING SO BE ALERT TO RAPID WATER LEVEL RISES. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUSKINGUM COUNTY TIL 4PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON.
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 159 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:14 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several rural roads flooded, including Mollies Rock Rd.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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