Milder temperatures ahead of a cold front combined with moderate rainfall produced ice jam flooding on numerous streams and creeks.
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Milder temperatures ahead of a cold front combined with moderate rainfall produced ice jam flooding on numerous streams and creeks.
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 Feb 21, 11:48 AM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1148 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY BEHIND A DEPARTING COLD FRONT. A
WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS THE REGION SUNDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
THE CDFNT HAS PUSHED E OF THE RGN. A FEW RAIN/SNW SHWRS HAVE DVLPD
ALG AN UPR TROF AXIS ACRS OH AND SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY CLIP
AREAS N OF PIT THIS AFTN. OTRW A FEW BRKS IN THE CLDS AND NR
STEADY TEMPS EXPD TDA. MXG SHOULD RESULT IN WND GUSTS ARND 45 MPH
THIS AFTN AS WELL.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE AND WAA WILL PROVIDE A DRY SATURDAY WITH ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPS AND PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.
THE NEXT WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SINK THROUGH LATE SAT NIGHT AND
SUNDAY MORNING. MODELS ARE STILL NOT QUITE INTO AGREEMENT ON WHAT
TO DO WITH THIS BOUNDARY...PARTICULARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS THE
BOUNDARY STALLS OVER THE FAR SOUTH AND A SFC WAVE DEVELOPS ALONG
IT. IT DOES APPEAR THAT RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP WITH
THE FEATURE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BUT WHERE AND TO WHAT EXTENT ARE
STILL IN QUESTION. ALSO...WITH DIFFERENCES IN THE LOCATION OF THE
FRONT...MEANS DIFFERENCES IN THE RAIN-SNOW LINE.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE EASTERN US ONCE AGAIN AT
THE START OF THE PERIOD. THIS WILL BRING A SERIES OF FAST MOVING
SHORTWAVES AND PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE WEEK. WITH
ARCTIC AIR ENCROACHING BY THE END OF THE WEEK...TEMPERATURES WILL
LIKELY REMAIN BELOW SEASONAL AVERAGES.
&&
.AVIATION /16Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
GENLY MVFR TO IFR CONDS AS A CDFNT PUSHES E OF THE RGN. THROUGH
THE DAY...STRONGER MIXING COMES INTO PLAY AS THE FRONT PUSHES
EASTWARD AND DRIER AIR BECOMES ENTRAINED...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW
GUSTS TO INCREASE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...SKIES SHOULD
SCATTER OUT BY LATE...BRINGING A RETURN TO VFR CONDITIONS.
.OUTLOOK..../SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
THE NXT CHC FOR RESTRICTIONS WL COME WITH A REINFORCING CDFNT ON
SATURDAY. ANOTHER CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL BRING RESTRICTIONS MONDAY
NIGHT/TUESDAY.
&&
.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR MDZ001.
OH...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR OHZ039>041-
048>050-057>059-068-069.
PA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR PAZ007>009-
013>016-020>023-029-031-073>076.
WV...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR WVZ001>004-012-
021>023-041.
&&
07HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 458 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029-031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-221000- 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- 458 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... 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. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. 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
1215 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1212 PM FLOOD 1 SE SABRATON 39.63N 79.93W
02/21/2014 MONONGALIA WV EMERGENCY MNGR
ROUTE 7 EAST IS CLOSED .5 MILE SE OF SABRATON
&&
EVENT NUMBER PBZ1401055
DARNLEYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1218 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1216 PM FLOOD MOUNDSVILLE 39.92N 80.74W
02/21/2014 MARSHALL WV EMERGENCY MNGR
MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING IS SEVERAL AREAS ACROSS THE
COUNTY... LITTLE GRAVE CREEK IN THE SUN VALLEY AREA NEAR
GLEN DALE... MIDDLE GRAVE CREEK NEAR MOUNDSVILLE... BIG
GRAVE CREEK NEAR MOUNDSVILLE... NORTH FORK AND UPPER
GRAVE CREEK NEAR CAMERON AND BIG WHEELING CREEK IN THE
VIOLA AREA. FISH CREEK ROAD IS NOW OPEN AS THE ICE JAM
THERE HAS MOVED THROUGH AND WATER HAS RECEDED.
&&
EVENT NUMBER PBZ1401056
DARNLEYThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency management reported ice jam flooding on Buffalo Creek near Boggsville and Yellow Dog. The water levels were fluctuating wildly affected a few roadways.
Emergency management reported several roads flooded due to numerous small stream and creeks out of their banks. This was most numerous from New Sewickley Township to Independence Township.
Emergency management reported an ice jam quickly formed on streams and creeks then broke near Bolivar and Fairfield Townships. Water was into 5 homes but quickly receded.
Emergency management reported ice jam flooding on Oil Creek extending to the confluence with the Allegheny River. Numerous homes were impacted along Seneca Street.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, February 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: 498891, 498892, 498894, 498938.