A cold front caused heavy rain across northwest Pennsylvania with isolated flash flooding.
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The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
A cold front caused heavy rain across northwest Pennsylvania with isolated flash flooding.
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 Nov 16, 1:53 PM EST, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 153 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND FRIDAY)... STEADY RAIN MOVED E. NOW WAITING FOR SUDDEN STORMS TO DEVELOP IN DRY SLOT AHEAD OF THE REAL COLD FRONT, WHICH IS LIKELY TO ARRIVE 06Z FRI (PIT). LIFTED INDEX -4 AND AND SMALL AREA OF 1000 CAPE VICINITY PIT AROUND 21Z. THEN AS H5 LOW GETS OVERHEAD, CLOUDS GET LOWER AND RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY TO CONTINUE MOST OF THE NIGHT. UPPER LOW LIFTS OUT BY 18Z FRI, AND POPS DECREASE, WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT IN LOW CLOUDS. GFS AND ETA/NAM TEMPS WERE FAIRLY CLOSE TOGETHER, SO I USED THE AVERAGE. && .LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... SFC RIDGE BUILDING INTO THE AREA LATER FRIDAY NIGHT ENDING ANY PRECIP. NEXT FRONT DROPS DOWN ACROSS THE LAKES AOVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT WITH 85H TEMPS DROPPING TO -6 BY DAYS ENDS SUNDAY. THIS SHOULD GENERATE SOME RAIN/ SNOW SHOWERS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SCT SNOW SHOWERS FOR SUNDAY. SOME LAKE EFFECT CONTINUES INTO EARLY MONDAY UNTIL SFC RIDGE CUTS OFF FLOW. FOR NOW WILL FOLLOW HPC LEAD AND GO WITH SFC RIDGE BUILDING ACROSS FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK THOUGH GFS SHOWS ANOTHER TROF DROPPING DOWN MONDAY NIGHT. RST OF PERIOD FROM THIS VANTAGE POINT LOOKS DRY WITH MORE OF A ZONAL FLOW. TEMPS MUCH AS PROVIDED BY HPC. && .AVIATION... WAITING FOR SUDDEN STORMS TO DEVELOP IN DRY SLOT AHEAD OF THE REAL COLD FRONT, WHICH IS LIKELY TO ARRIVE 06Z FRI (PIT). VFR CONDS LIKELY TIL 21 OR 22Z, THEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TSTMS AND GUSTY SFC WINDS, FOLLOWED BY LOWER CIGS AND VSBY IN RAIN AND FOG UNDER THE 500 LOW. IMPROVEMENT BEGINS AFT 15Z FRI WHEN UPPER LOW MOVES NORTHEASTWARD AND NO LONGER INFLUENCES MY AIRPORTS. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 825 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016- 020>023-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-161900- 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- 825 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. AND THE PRIMARY AREA OF THREAT INCLUDES WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA EAST OF WETZEL COUNTY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 348 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006 PAZ032-162145- FAYETTE PA- 348 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006 ...THUNDERSTORMS... RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH FAYETTE COUNTY... AT 350 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR WALTERSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE INTENSIFY RAPIDLY AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH FAYETTE COUNTY. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WHICH CAN CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...ARE LIKELY AS WELL AS HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... CHALKHILL...CONNELLSVILLE...DUNBAR...HOPWOOD...PERRYOPOLIS AND WALTERSBURG KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 403 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006 WVZ023-162145- PRESTON WV- 403 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006 ...THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH PRESTON COUNTY... AT 402 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF TUNNELTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... BRUCETON MILLS...CLIFTON MILLS...HAZELTON...KINGWOOD... ROWLESBURG...TERRA ALTA...TUNNELTON AND VALLEY POINT. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. ALSO, THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW SPOTS AND WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 415 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006 PAZ030-162215- WESTMORELAND PA- 415 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006 ...THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH WESTMORELAND COUNTY... AT 415 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES SOUTH OF NEW STANTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... DERRY...GREENSBURG...LATROBE...NEW ALEXANDRIA...NEW STANTON... BAGGALEY...HOSTETTER...LYCIPPUS...NORVELT...RUFFS DALE AND WHITNEY. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. ALSO, FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW SPOTS OR WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR. WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES, MOVE INDOORS. DONT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 447 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006 MDZ001-162215- GARRETT MD- 447 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006 ...THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH GARRETT COUNTY... AT 445 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MCHENRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ACCIDENT...BITTINGER...FRIENDSVILLE...GRANTSVILLE...MCHENRY AND MINERAL SPRING THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.
The State College radar (KCCX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:01 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Roads closed from flash flooding along Red Bank Creek.
Roads closed from flash flooding along Sandy Lick Creek. Baseball fields also flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, November 2006
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: 5087, 5092.