1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 17, 2:30 PM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 330 PM EDT SAT JUL 17 2004 .AVIATION... UPPER LOW OVR OH NOT EXPECTED TO PROGRESS FOR NXT CPL OF DAYS ALTHOUGH SOME DRIER MID LVL AIR IND FOR SUN. HAVE MAINTAINED SHRA WITH DEGRADATION TO PREVAILING IFR CONDITIONS TNGT. WITH DRY MID LVL AIR...HAVE ALSO TAPERED WX TO DZ FOR MOST AIRPORTS THRU SUN MRNG. && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... LATEST ETA AND GFS MODEL RUNS CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT THE DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL KEEP MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TONIGHT AND CAROLINAS SUNDAY AND MID ATLANTIC STATES SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. KEPT MENTION OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT PER LATEST RADAR DATA AND RUC MODEL SHOWING LATENT INSTABILITY CONTINUING OVER THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. BY LATE SUNDAY...THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS SHOULD BEGIN DECREASING AS THE UPPER LOW STARTS TO MOVE TOWARD NEW ENGLAND. BECAUSE OF THE THICK CLOUD COVER...WENT LOWER THAN ALL MOS GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS...USING COOLER 3 HOUR TEMPERATURES AS AN UPPER LIMIT. ITS POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY...THAT TEMPERATURES NEVER GET OUT OF THE 60S AGAIN. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... ALTHOUGH THE CURRENT UPPER LOW WILL BE MOVING AWAY...BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW THE POSITION OF THE LONG WAVE TROUGH REMAINING OVER THE EASTERN U.S. THE CONSEQUENT NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN BELOW NORMAL THIS WEEK. EMBEDDED SYSTEMS IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW WILL GIVE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AROUND THURSDAY. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. && AVIATION...15 SHORT TERM...11 LONG TERM...15
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 507 AM EDT SAT JUL 17 2004 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-170906- ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-BEAVER PA-BELMONT OH-BROOKE WV-BUTLER PA- CARROLL OH-CLARION PA-COLUMBIANA OH-COSHOCTON OH-FAYETTE PA- FOREST PA-GARRETT MD-GREENE PA-GUERNSEY OH-HANCOCK WV-HARRISON OH- INDIANA PA-JEFFERSON PA-JEFFERSON OH-LAWRENCE PA-MARION WV- MARSHALL WV-MERCER PA-MONONGALIA WV-MONROE OH-MUSKINGUM OH-NOBLE OH- OHIO WV-PRESTON WV-TUCKER WV-TUSCARAWAS OH-VENANGO PA-WASHINGTON PA- WESTMORELAND PA-WETZEL WV- 507 AM EDT SAT JUL 17 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION TODAY AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN DOWNPOURS HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 509 PM EDT SAT JUL 17 2004 OHZ048-172300- COSHOCTON OH- 509 PM EDT SAT JUL 17 2004 ...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER COSHOCTON COUNTY OHIO. 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL IN AN HOUR OR TWO. THIS WOULD CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ALSO, WATER MAY POND ON ROADS. TUNE IN FOR UPDATES.
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:17 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Bucklew Run overflowed its banks and flooded CR 25, north of Randle.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, July 2004
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