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 12, 1:44 AM EST, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 244 AM EDT WED JUL 12 2006 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT)... SOUNDINGS IN CWA ARE QUITE SATURATED 0C CROSSES AT 2.5 KM AND THEN IT STAYS SATURATED TO UP 8 KM. SEEMS LIKE NEAR TROPICAL MOISTURE. IFLOWS GAGES SHOWED 75% OF THE TROPICAL RAINFALL RATES ON MY AMBER DISPLAY. FF WATCH WILL BE EXTENDED FURTHER S, TO COVER ENTIRE CWA TIL 4PM WED. GFS HAS MORE PRECIP N THAN NAM THEN AFT 00Z TONIGHT, NAM HAS MORE PRECIP S THAN GFS. I THINK GFS IS DRIVING THE PRECIP S FASTER. MOST AREAS WL PICK UP AT LEAST AN INCH OF RAIN MORE WHEN TRAINING OCCURS. HPC SAYS TO COMPROMISE BECAUSE CANADA AND UKMET ARE CLOSER TO NAMS TIMING. && .LONG TERM (THU THROUGH TUE)... FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS REGION THU DECREASING SHOWER CHANCES NORTH TO SOUTH THU AND THU NIGHT. FRONT WILL ATTEMPT TO MOVE NORTH LATER FRI INTO SAT AS ANOTHER IMPULSE MOVES BY, SO CHC POPS CONTINUED. DRY PERIOD SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT BEFORE NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES MON/TUE. && .AVIATION... INITIAL BATCH OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED CONVECTION MOVING INTO WRN PA TERMINALS ATTM WITH VFR CONDITIONS FORECAST TO LOWER OCNL INTO MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS IN THE SOUTHERN TERMINALS. IN THE NORTH WITH MORE STEADY RAINFALL EXPECT LOWERING TO MVFR AND IFR OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. TIMING OF CONVECTION IN THE MID TO LATE AFTN BASED ON TIMING OF GFS SHORT WV PASSAGE DURING AFTN AND MAX HEATING. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH MDZ001 TIL 4 PM WED. OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH OHZ039>041-048>050-057-059-068-069 TIL 4 PM WED. PA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029>032 TIL 4 PM WED. WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WVZ001>004-012-022-023-041 TIL 4 PM WED. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 405 AM EDT WED JUL 12 2006 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016- 020>023-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-130815- GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON- JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER- VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER- ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND-GREENE- FAYETTE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- PRESTON-TUCKER- 405 AM EDT WED JUL 12 2006 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY SATURATED. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BRING PERIODS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY, INTO TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY, AND THE WATCH MAY BE EXTENDED BEYOND 4 PM, ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF PITTSBURGH. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE ACTIVATED.
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 159 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:32 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Rte 83 was flooded between Bloomfield and Otsego in the northeast part of Muskingum County, beginning at 632 AM EDT. By 835 AM EDT, there was flooding in Adamsville; and along State Rte 16 in Adams Mills. One house was surrounded by water in Otsego area.
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