Flood, Butler
- When
- July 18, 5:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Butler forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.912, -79.913 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Road flooded near Slippery Rock.
Flood in Pennsylvania, July 18, 2004
1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
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 Jul 18, 2:50 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 2:50 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 350 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004 .AVIATION... TSRA CAN GIVE BRFLY IFR CONDS TO TAF SITES IN PA UNTIL AROUND SUNSET. TOWARD DAWN...HIER DEWPTS PLUS MOISTURE FROM EVE TSRA CAN RESULT IN IFR CONDS IN STRATUS AND BR. && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)... UPPER LOW MOVING VERY SLOWLY EASTWARD AND MAY NOT EXIT UPPER OHIO VALLEY UNTIL LATE MONDAY PER LATEST ETA AND GFS. LATEST RADAR DATA SHOW SLOW MOVEMENT WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED IN A CONVECTIVE RING AROUND THE LOW. THIS CAN RESULT IN HEAVY RAIN AND PSBL FLOODING. SOME HAIL AND GUSTY WIND ALSO POSSIBLE. A SECOND SYSTEM MAY BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE TUESDAY. && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... ALTHOUGH THE INITIAL UPPER LOW GOES NORTHEASTWARD...THE POSITION OF THE LONG-WAVE TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE EASTERN U.S. THE UPSTREAM NORTHWEST FLOW WILL GENERALLY KEEP THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL...WHICH THE GFS MOS HAS CAPTURED...AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS MAY BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. && AVIATION...15 SHORT TERM...11 LONG TERM...15
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 4:24 AM EST, 12 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 524 AM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-180922- 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- 524 AM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 AND THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND INTO THIS EVENING. REPEATED HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN CAUSE FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 12:44 PM EST, 4 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 144 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004 OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029-030- WVZ001>003-182000- ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-BEAVER PA-BELMONT OH-BROOKE WV-BUTLER PA- CARROLL OH-CLARION PA-COLUMBIANA OH-COSHOCTON OH-FOREST PA- GUERNSEY OH-HANCOCK WV-HARRISON OH-INDIANA PA-JEFFERSON PA- JEFFERSON OH-LAWRENCE PA-MERCER PA-MUSKINGUM OH-OHIO WV- TUSCARAWAS OH-VENANGO PA-WASHINGTON PA-WESTMORELAND PA- 144 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004 ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD OVER AREAS FROM LATROBE...TO INDIANA...TO NEAR FRANKLIN. A SMALL CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS ALSO DEVELOPED BETWEEN ZAINESVILLE AND NEW PHILADELPHIA...WHERE HEAVY RAIN FELL LAST NIGHT. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF GENERATING RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR...WITH MULTIPLE SHOWERS AND STORMS POSSIBLY MOVING ACROSS THE SAME LOCATIONS. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW SPOTS...AND IN ADDITION TO RAPID RISES IN SMALL STREAMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. 15
Local storm report, Jul 18, 4:33 PM EST, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
533 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0525 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 S INDIANA 40.61N 79.16W
07/18/2004 INDIANA PA SKYWARN SPOTTER
BASEMENT FLOODING IN WHITE TWP. 1.35 INCHES SINCE 1PM IN
INDIANA.
&&
AWIPSUSRLocal storm report, Jul 18, 4:45 PM EST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
545 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM HAIL CONNELLSVILLE 40.02N 79.59W
07/18/2004 0.75 INCH FAYETTE PA SKYWARN SPOTTER
&&
AWIPSUSRThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 18, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 18, 2004
- Rip Current in North Carolina, July 18, 2004
- Flash Flood in Idaho, July 18, 2004
- Debris Flow in Wyoming, July 18, 2004
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, July 18, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, July 18, 2004
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, July 18, 2004
- Heavy Rain in Colorado, July 18, 2004
- Flash Flood in New York, July 18, 2004
- Flash Flood in New York, July 18, 2004
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 18, 2004
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5414318.