A storm system produced rainfall near an inch over saturated ground across Western Pennsylvania and Southeast Ohio, producing some flash flooding and areal flooding.
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The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
A storm system produced rainfall near an inch over saturated ground across Western Pennsylvania and Southeast Ohio, producing some flash flooding and areal 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 Mar 23, 7:26 AM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
826 AM EDT FRI MAR 23 2007
.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
EARLY MRNG UPDATE INCLUDED ISSUANCE OF FLOOD WATCH FOR ZONES ALONG
THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR. THIS IN RESPONSE TO LOW PRESSURE
MOVING ALNG STALLED FRONT AND GENERATING WIDESPREAD PCPN. AS THEAREA
IS ALREADY FAIRLY SATURATED AND UNDER BTR CHC OF REPEAT
PCPN...WATCH ISSUED.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
NO CHANGE TO PREVIOUS LONG TERM PROG TIL AFTN ISSUANCE.
&&
.AVIATION /12Z-12Z/...
MRNG ADJUSTMENTS TO TAFS WERE MADE FOR WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS
IN RA. NRN...AND SRN PORTS MAY SEE SOME BREAKS AS RA FOCUSSING
FRONT LIES NR THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR. SOME IMPROVEMENT IND
THIS AFTN WITH PASSAGE OF MRNG RA-SPPRTG IMPULSE...BUT MORE PCPN
AND FOG EXPECTED OVRNGT.
&&
.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
OH...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR OHZ039-040-048>050-
057>059-068-069.
PA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR PAZ021-029>032.
WV...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR WVZ001>004.
&&
15HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 739 AM EDT FRI MAR 23 2007 OHZ039-040-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ021-029>032-WVZ001>004- 241145- TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM- GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-ALLEGHENY-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND- GREENE-FAYETTE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL- 739 AM EDT FRI MAR 23 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING. AN INCH TO INCH AND A HALF OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL BE SUFFICIENT RAINFALL TO SEND SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS OUT OF BANK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MDZ001-OHZ041-PAZ007>009-013>016-020-022-023-WVZ012-021>023-041- 241145- GARRETT-COLUMBIANA-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION- JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- PRESTON-TUCKER- 739 AM EDT FRI MAR 23 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 15
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1143 AM EDT FRI MAR 23 2007 OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-WVZ001>004-232145- TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH- MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO- MARSHALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PHILADELPHIA...DOVER... UHRICHSVILLE...CARROLLTON...EAST LIVERPOOL...SALEM...COLUMBIANA... EAST PALESTINE...WELLSVILLE...CALCUTTA...COSHOCTON...CADIZ... HOPEDALE...STEUBENVILLE...ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE... MARTINS FERRY...ST. CLAIRSVILLE...BELLAIRE...BARNESVILLE... SHADYSIDE...BRIDGEPORT...CALDWELL...WOODSFIELD...TORONTO... WEIRTON...WHEELING...MOUNDSVILLE 1143 AM EDT FRI MAR 23 2007 ...RAINFALL BRINGING STREAMS AND CREEKS TO BANK FULL... STEADY RAINFALL SINCE LAST NIGHT IS BEGINNING TO BRING STREAMS AND CREEKS TO NEAR BANK FULL WITH SOME MINOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS ALSO POSSIBLE. OCCASIONAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY WITH ADDITIONAL FLOOD PROBLEMS EXPECTED. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:26 UTC.
2 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall caused a mud slide along the banks of Long Run Creek that eventually blocked water flow and produced flash flooding. State RT 48 and Ripple RD had more than one foot of water across them clsoing the roads.
A mudslide continued to block flow across Long Run near White Oak with some roads closed.
A trained spotter reported Catfish Creek was flooding State Route 18 in Washington.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, March 2007
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: 16353, 20347, 20313.