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, 7:25 PM EST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 825 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 THURSDAY/... SUNSET UPDATE WAS ISSUED TO REMOVE THUNDER MENTION FROM AREAS AROUND MORGANTOWN. SHOWERS WL CONT...BUT WL LIGHTEN AS THE NGT PROGRESSES. PREVIOUS... UPDATE WAS ISSUED TO ADJUST POPS FOR SLOWER EWD PROGRESS OF THE SPPRTG LOW TNGT...AND TO ADD A THUNDER MENTION FOR AREAS SURROUNDING MGW THIS EVE AS LOW TOPPED CONVECTION WL RMN A SLGT POSSIBILITY FOR THE NXT CPL OF HRS. OTHERWISE.. DIGGING SHORTWAVE SHOULD HELP TO PUSH THE COLD FRONT ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY MRNG...PROVIDING A BREAK IN PCPN FOR MOST AREAS...HOWEVER...ANOTHER SHORTWAVE ROTATING AROUND THE MEANDERING UPPER LOW WILL SPPRT ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS LTR IN THE DAY. COLD ADVECTION AND CLOUD COVER WL NOT SPPRT MUCH TEMP RECOVERY. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES AND NEW ENGLAND THROUGH FRIDAY. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL BRING YET ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS FRIDAY BUT THINK THAT MUCH OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE DIURNALLY DRIVEN. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO BE EVEN COOLER THAN THURSDAY AS 850HPA TEMPS REMAIN AROUND 2C. && .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 /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... RAIN CONTINUES TO STREAM IN FROM THE SOUTH AND IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT. FLIGHT CONDITIONS REMAIN VARIABLE ACROSS THE REGION...ALTHOUGH GENERAL MVFR WITH PATCHY IFR IS EXPECTED. WINDS WILL SHIFT AROUND TO THE SOUTHWEST AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE THURSDAY...WITH VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED BY THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS WILL BE MORE SCATTERED IN COVERAGE DURING THE DAYTIME...AND CONFIDENCE IS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE RAIN AT ANY GIVEN TAF SITE. WINDS WILL ALSO GUST AROUND 20 KT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. .OUTLOOK.../THURSDAY 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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1202 AM EDT THU MAY 01 2014
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1202 AM FLOOD SCIO 40.40N 81.09W
05/01/2014 HARRISON OH TRAINED SPOTTER
ROUTE 151 COVERED WITH WATER BETWEEN SCIO AND BOWERSTON
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EVENT NUMBER PBZ1401340
FRIESThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
This is a continuation of flooding that began on April 30th. Releases from Dover Dam caused high water just downstream with some water on roadways and in yards.
This is a continuation of flooding that began on April 30th. 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.
Every storm in Ohio in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, May 2014
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: 504977, 504979.