Isolated thunderstorms ahead of a strong cold front produced flash flooding in Wetzel county in West Virginia.
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Isolated thunderstorms ahead of a strong cold front produced flash flooding in Wetzel county in West Virginia.
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 Dec 2, 6:52 PM EST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
652 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007
.SYNOPSIS...
AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT RAIN SHOWERS
WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. IT WILL BE VERY
WINDY AND COLD WITH SNOW SHOWERS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY WITH SOME
ACCUMULATION IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND THE RIDGES.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/...
BASED ON RECENT OBSERVED DATA AND RUC AND NAM MODEL RUNS, CONTINUE
TO EXPECT STRONG COLD FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY
LATE TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE RAIN SHOWERS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT,
POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT, NAM FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW A QUICK COOLDOWN SO THE
PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL QUICKLY GO TO SNOW BY DAWN. THERE CAN BE
WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH AS INDICATED BY STRONG SUBSIDENCE (EVIDENCED
BY 4-5 MB 3-HOUR PRESSURE RISE) CAUSING A MOMENTUM TRANSFER OF 40-50
WINDS FROM 5 KFT AGL.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY/...
NAM FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW THE BOUNDARY LAYER GROWING DURING
MONDAY, SO THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE SURFACE WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH
AT TIMES INTO MONDAY NIGHT. WESTERLY DIRECTION OF BOUNDARY LAYER
WINDS WILL PRECLUDE MUCH GREAT LAKES INFLUENCE FOR SNOW SHOWERS TO
CAUSE ACCUMULATING SNOW MONDAY. DURING MONDAY NIGHT, THERE MAY BE A
HIGHER CHANCE AS WINDS TURN A BIT MORE NORTHWESTERLY, HENCE
CAPTURING MORE GREAT LAKES MOISTURE.
FORECASTED TEMPERATURES WERE CLOSE TO GFS MOS.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL END LATE TUESDAY AS CLIPPER SYSTEMS DIVES
SOUTHEAST FROM WESTERN GREAT LAKES. MODELS NOW IN FAIRLY GOOD
AGREEMENT ON A GENERAL LIGHT SNOW LATER TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY WITH THIS SYSTEM THEN LEFTOVER SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EAST THURSDAY
WITH A WEAK SYSTEM AND SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE IN ZONAL FLOW
FRIDAY. A BIT OF A WARMING TREND SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IN ZONAL
FLOW ALOFT.
&&
.AVIATION /00Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
BROAD AREA OF RAIN WITH LIFR TO IFR CIGS AND VIS WILL REMAIN
SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. STRONG SURFACE COLD FRONT
WILL SWEEP ACROSS TERMINALS IN THE 03-07Z TIMEFRAME FROM WEST TO
EAST. SLIGHTLY BETTER CONDITIONS AND DECREASED RAIN COVERAGE WILL
FOLLOW THE FRONT. A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW SHOWERS IS EXPECTED BY
MONDAY MORNING...WITH GENERALLY MVFR CONDITIONS FOR MOST OF
MONDAY. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL ALSO LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT
WIND GUSTS MONDAY AS WELL. LAKE EFFECT CLOUDS AND SNOW SHOWERS
WILL LINGER INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT EXPECT GENERALLY VFR
CONDITIONS FOR MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION FOR WEDNESDAY WITH
SNOW REDUCING CONDITIONS. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS ANTICIPATED FOR FRIDAY.
&&
.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...WIND ADVISORY FROM 4 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT
FOR MDZ001.
OH...WIND ADVISORY FROM 4 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT
FOR OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069.
PA...WIND ADVISORY FROM 4 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT
FOR PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029>032.
WV...WIND ADVISORY FROM 4 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT
FOR WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 328 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-032030- 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- 328 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT...WITH WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...WITH WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. SNOW SHOWERS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA...WEST VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. STRONG WINDS MONDAY MAY APPROACH ADVISORY CRITERIA WITH WIND GUSTS WELL OVER 35 MPH POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:02 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding of the North Fork road reported due to small stream running well out of bank.
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