Heavy rains produced rises on rivers and streams across eastern Ohio with minor flooding.
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The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
Heavy rains produced rises on rivers and streams across eastern Ohio with minor 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 Apr 30, 12:53 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 153 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL BRING PERIODIC SHOWERS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... A LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION IS OCCURRING OVER WV AND SOUTHWESTERN PA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WHILE SHOWERS CONTINUE OVER OHIO. THIS BREAK SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED AS THE MOISTURE IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT STREAMS NORTHWARD. IN ADDITION...SOME CONVERGENCE WITH A WEAK SURFACE LOW OVER THE OHIO RIVER SHOULD HELP TO FILL IN THE GAP. WILL KEEP A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR CONVECTION OVER THE FAR SOUTH. WORKING AGAINST A SEVERE THREAT WILL BE THE LACK OF INSTABILITY...WITH PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER LIMITING CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES. ADJUSTED TEMPERATURES DOWNWARD OVER THE NORTH AND IN OHIO. HIGHS COULD STILL REACH CLOSE TO 70 OVER THE SOUTH DUE TO THE BREAK IN PRECIPITATION AND WARM ADVECTION. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... ENTIRE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MEANDER OVER THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH THURSDAY...FINALLY PICKING UP FORWARD SPEED AND MOVING INTO NEW ENGLAND AND THEN CANADA EARLY FRIDAY. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT DRYING THINGS OUT A BIT THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE NEAR THE EAST COAST. STILL HAVE SOME CONCERN THAT MORE SHOWERS COULD REDEVELOP THU AFTERNOON WITH CAA ALOFT AND A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH SWINGING THROUGH. BECAUSE OF THIS...HAVE LEFT IN SCHC/CHC POPS FOR THIS TIME PERIOD. HAVE THE SAME FEELING ON FRIDAY...AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH SWINGS THROUGH. A DOWNWARD TREND IN TEMPS IS EXPECTED THU AND FRIDAY WITH THE COLDER AIR SETTLING IN BEHIND THE EXITING SYSTEM. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE ALOFT THROUGH SUNDAY WITH REINFORCING COLD FRONTS KEEPING TEMPERATURES BELOW AVERAGE INTO MONDAY WITH A GOOD DEAL OF CLOUDS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS FOR THE WEEKEND. BOUNDARY WILL STALL SOUTH OF REGION MONDAY INTO TUESDAY WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL. AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ALOFT SHIFTS EAST LATE TUESDAY WARM FRONT WILL SHIFT NORTH WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES AND POSSIBLE SHOWERS FOR MID WEEK. && .AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... IFR ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN OHIO AND NORTHERN PA WITH QUITE VARIABLE CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE AS SHORTWAVE AND SURFACE LOW SHIFT NORTH ALONG OLD BOUNDARY. AS THIS SHORTWAVE EXITS TOWARD 00Z MAIN COLD FRONT WILL FINALLY PUSH ACROSS REGION WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST AND IFR AT TIMES. BEHIND FRONT THURSDAY IMPROVING CONDITIONS WITH MVFR AT TIMES AND WINDS BECOMING WEST AS DRIER AIR WORKS INTO THE REGION. .OUTLOOK.../WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... PERIODIC RESTRICTIONS IN SHOWERS WL CONT INTO THE WEEKEND AS A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. GENERAL VFR MONDAY UNDER HIGH PRESSURE. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 300 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029-031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-011900- 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-GREENE-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES- FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION- MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER- 300 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Releases from Dover Dam caused high water just downstream with some water on roadways and in yards.
Heavy rainfall caused rises on Wills Creek downstream from Seneca Lake Dam. Minor flooding of roads was reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 504974, 504976.