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 Feb 3, 2:55 PM EST, 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 255 PM EST TUE FEB 3 2004 PER RECENT REPORTS OF SEVERAL ICE JAMS CAUSING FLOODING...WILL EXTEND AND EXPAND CURRENT FLOOD WATCH. RADAR SHOWS STEADY PRECIPITATION WILL BE EXITING THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY EARLY THIS EVENING. PER RUC AND ETA, ALL THAT SHOULD BE LEFT ARE SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS EMBEDDED IN A COLD WESTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW. HIGH PRESSURE WILL END THESE BY MORNING. GFS AND ETA SHOW NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGING THE NEXT PRECIPITATION OPPORTUNITY LATE THURSDAY. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THE INITIAL PRECIPITATION TYPE OF SNOW CAN CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF NEW PHILADELPHIA OH AND PITTSBURGH PA THURSDAY NIGHT. GFS SHOWS OTHER SYSTEMS AFFECTING THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY THIS WEEKEND AND AROUND TUESDAY. THE EXTENDED GFS SHOWS AN UPPER TROUGH REMAINING OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES INTO MID FEBRUARY...SO TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE GENERALLY COLDER THAN NORMAL. ...GIORDANO .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT. OH...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT. PA...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT. WV...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 550 AM EST TUE FEB 3 2004 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-031249- 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- 550 AM EST TUE FEB 3 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY A COMBINATION OF SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN...RAIN...AND SNOW WILL CAUSE A VARIETY OF HAZARDS TODAY. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND LOCATIONS NEAR I-80 WHERE ICE CAN ACCUMULATE MORE THAN A QUARTER INCH OR SNOW CAN ACCUMULATE 6 INCHES. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY HAVE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY DUE TO FREEZING RAIN CAUSING A THIN COAT OF ICE. SOME SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES. THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND MELTING SNOW CAN ALSO RESULT IN FLOODING IN LOW LYING LOCATIONS. SO A FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE SKYWARN SPOTTER NETWORK MAY BE ACTIVATED TODAY.
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:59 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Creek Rd south of Smithton closed by ice jam flooding from Jacobs Creek.
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