Scattered slow moving thunderstorms developed under weak low pressure aloft across northern West Virginia and western Pennsylvania with some flash flooding reported.
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The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
Scattered slow moving thunderstorms developed under weak low pressure aloft across northern West Virginia and western Pennsylvania with some flash flooding reported.
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 6, 2:07 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 307 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE OHIO VALLEY THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY...BRINGING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHWEST ON FRONT SIDE OF UPPER LOW WILL BE MAINLY ACROSS EASTERN CWA THIS EVENING WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN STORMS. UPPER SYSTEM WILL BE FARTHER EAST MONDAY WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON STORMS IN THE RIDGES. TEMPERATURES WILL MOVE TO ABOVE NORMAL. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... THE REGION WILL BE IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY BEFORE FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES LATER DAY TUESDAY AND MONDAY ACROSS REGION WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. FRONT LOOKS TO EXIT REGION BY LATE DAY WEDNESDAY. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... WENT WITH FASTER GFS SOLUTION WITH COLD FRONT SOUTH OF CWA AT 00Z THURSDAY. WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE STILL WEST OF CWA THURSDAY EXPECT SCT-BKN CU DURING THE AFTERNOON. UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO EASTERN UNITED STATES FOR THE WEEKEND WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND FINALLY A TOUCH OF SUMMER. WENT WITH SLOWER ECMWF/HPC SOLUTION FOR FRONT MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES ON SUNDAY AND HELD OFF PRECIP THROUGH SUNDAY. && .AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... H5 LOW ROTATING ACROSS WV THIS AFTERNOON WILL TRIGGER ISOLD TSTMS ACROSS NORTHERN WV AND SOUTHERN PA FROM 18Z-00Z. CONDITIONS GENERALLY VFR WITH IFR CONDS PSBL IN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS. EXPECT VFR FROM 00Z-06Z WITH MVFR VSBY DEVELOPING AFTER 06Z IN PATCHY FOG. POSSIBLE 3-4 HOURS OF IFR VSBY POSSIBLE IN FOG ARON SUNRISE WITH FOG BURNING OFF BY 14Z. FROM 14Z-18Z SCT030-040 WITH VSBY UNLIMITED. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 304 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-071000- 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- 304 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
304 PM EDT SUN JUL 06 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0235 PM FLOOD 5 SW REEDSVILLE 39.46N 79.87W
07/06/2008 PRESTON WV EMERGENCY MNGR
2 FOOT OF WATER ON FLAT ROCK ROAD NEAR GLADESVILLE.
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TPARRISHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
327 PM EDT SUN JUL 06 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM FLASH FLOOD BROOKHAVEN 39.61N 79.88W
07/06/2008 MONONGALIA WV LAW ENFORCEMENT
FLOODING ALONG SUMMERSCHOOL ROAD.
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TPARRISHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
328 PM EDT SUN JUL 06 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0320 PM FLASH FLOOD MORGANTOWN 39.64N 79.95W
07/06/2008 MONONGALIA WV LAW ENFORCEMENT
WEST RUN FLOODING.
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TPARRISHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 404 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 PAZ021-062100- ALLEGHENY PA- 404 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 ...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS... SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN ALLEGHENY COUNTY... AT 359 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER FOX CHAPEL...MOVING NORTH AT 6 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND HAIL. BECAUSE THESE STORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOW...HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THIS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ALLISON PARK...FOX CHAPEL...PENN HILLS...RUSSELLTON...SPRINGDALE... WILKINSBURG...ASPINWALL AND BAIRDFORD 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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
451 PM EDT SUN JUL 06 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM FLASH FLOOD 7 SE MORGANTOWN 39.56N 79.86W
07/06/2008 MONONGALIA WV EMERGENCY MNGR
FLOODING REPORTED IN THE DELLSLOW AREA ALONG DECKERS
CREEK.
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TPARRISHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
509 PM EDT SUN JUL 06 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 SE MORGANTOWN 39.62N 79.92W
07/06/2008 MONONGALIA WV EMERGENCY MNGR
BEULAH ROAD BRIDGE WASHED AWAY AND ROAD COLLAPSED.
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TPARRISHThe Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 19 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:28 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
An off duty NWS employee reported flash flooding along Belleau St in Pittsburgh closing the road.
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