Slow moving and back building showers and thunderstorms developed on the 6th with support from a slow moving upper low and weak steering flow. Flooding and flash flooding was reported in Harrison and Carroll counties in Ohio and Greene and Washington counties in Pennsylvania, where there was better focus for prolonged rainfall.
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Slow moving and back building showers and thunderstorms developed on the 6th with support from a slow moving upper low and weak steering flow. Flooding and flash flooding was reported in Harrison and Carroll counties in Ohio and Greene and Washington counties in Pennsylvania, where there was better focus for prolonged rainfall.
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, 3:57 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 457 PM EDT MON JUL 6 2015 .SYNOPSIS... WHILE SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING...UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AND THEN STALLS ACROSS THE REGION. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/... A WEAKENING UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO FILL OVERHEAD AND EVER-SO- SLOWLY LIFT NORTHEASTWARD. THIS HAS ALLOWED FOR A FAIRLY PRIME ENVIRONMENT TO DEVELOP THAT FACILITATES HEAVY RAINFALL LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PWAT VALUES PER THE NAM HAVE RUN UP TOWARD 1.8 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON...AND GIVEN SURFACE DEWPOINTS RUNNING IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S ACROSS THE AREA...THESE TYPES OF PWATS ARE NOT AT ALL SURPRISING. MODEST INSTABILITY OF A FEW HUNDRED J/KG CAN BE NOTED ON MODEL SOUNDINGS...HOWEVER LAYER SHEAR IS EXCEEDINGLY WEAK. THIS HAS ALLOWED FOR SOME RATHER COPIOUS RAIN PRODUCERS TO FORM THIS AFTERNOON...AND MOVE RIDICULOUSLY SLOWLY. THIS IS PARTICULARLY TRUE OVER EASTERN OHIO...WHERE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE SEEMS TO BE MAXIMIZED IN THE DECAYING DEFORMATION ZONE AROUND THE FILLING 850 MB LOW. AS SUCH...WEAK NORTHEASTERLY FLOW HAS ALLOWED FOR A RATHER STATIONARY BAND OF CONVERGENCE IN THE LOW LEVELS THAT HAS FORCED RATHER CONTINUOUS CONVECTIVE INITIATION OVER EASTERN OHIO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THIS HAS RESULTED AND WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN HEAVY RAINFALL FROM OTHERWISE WEAK THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED HERE. THIS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS AS THE 850 MB LOW CONTINUES TO DECAY AND INSTABILITY STARTS TO WANE WITH THE SETTING SUN. HIGH RESOLUTIONS MODELS INDICATE A STRONG DOWNWARD TURN IN ACTIVITY IN THIS AREA AFTER 00Z...AND THAT SEEMS TO BE REASONABLE. OTHERWISE...SOMEWHAT LOWER PWATS AND LEANER 700 MB RH VALUES MOVE INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT...WHICH SHOULD SLOWLY WIND DOWN THE RAIN CHANCES FROM WEST TO EAST. HOWEVER...HIGH BOUNDARY LAYER RH VALUES MEAN LOW TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO STAY UP WITH HUMID CONDITIONS CONTINUING. FRIES PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOR TUESDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST DURING THE DAY. EFFECTIVE SHEAR APPEARS TO BE QUITE WEAK WITH ONLY MODEST INSTABILITY PRESENT...AND SPC HAS PUT NEARLY ALL LOCATIONS IN A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER. COMPARED TO RECENT DAYS...TOMORROW WILL BE ON THE WARM SIDE. THE PROJECTED HIGH IN PITTSBURGH IS 86 DEGREES...WHICH HAS NOT BEEN REACHED IN ABOUT 3 WEEKS...EVEN THOUGH THE NORMAL HIGH FOR THIS DATE IS 83 DEGREES. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... THE FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION TOMORROW NIGHT...BRINGING WIDESPREAD RAINFALL. AS HAS BEEN THE CASE RECENTLY...THE FRONT APPEARS LIKELY TO STALL OUT ACROSS THE REGION. LATEST MODELS SHOW FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...BUT HAVE A BIT MORE DISAGREEMENT ON THURSDAY. 12Z NAM HAS THE BULK OF THE RAINFALL FROM PITTSBURGH NORTH INTO NEW YORK...WHILE THE 12Z ECMWF SHOWS RAINFALL PRIMARILY SOUTH OF PITTSBURGH INTO KENTUCKY. UNTIL MODELS COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT...WILL SIMPLY KEEP CHANCE POPS FOR THURSDAY. WITH CONSIDERABLE CLOUD COVER EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD...TEMPERATURES SHOULD DROP A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL VALUES. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL WAVER ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE PERIOD AS SHORTWAVES MOVE EAST IN RELATIVELY ZONAL MID LEVEL FLOW. WITH INDIVIDUAL SHORTWAVES HARD TO TIME HAVE KEPT CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD. TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO WPC PROGS WHICH SEEMED A GOOD COMPROMISE. && .AVIATION /21Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AN UPPER LOW OVER THE AREA WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY. LATEST MODEL SOUNDINGS SUGGEST CIGS SHOULD REMAIN AOA 3KFT...HOWEVER...MVFR CIGS/VIS WILL MORE THAN LIKELY BE OBSERVED DURING HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION. VFR OVERNIGHT...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF FOG BEFORE DAYBREAK. .OUTLOOK.../TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... PERIODIC RESTRICTIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH SEVERAL CROSSING DISTURBANCES. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 220 PM EDT MON JUL 6 2015 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029-031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-071200- 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- 220 PM EDT MON JUL 6 2015 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. SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. IF AN AREA OF SHOWERS REMAINS OVER A LOCATION LONG ENOUGH FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR...THIS COULD PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. 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
506 PM EDT MON JUL 06 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0438 PM FLOOD 4 N DELLROY 40.61N 81.19W
07/06/2015 CARROLL OH SOCIAL MEDIA
WATER COVERING IVORY ROAD AND BEDROCK ROAD NORTH OF
DELLROY
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EVENT NUMBER PBZ1502060
TAXThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
State official reported high water across roadways in the town of Swarts. A bridge and part of a railroad in Swarts was damaged by a rockslide.
State official reported that Amity Ridge Road was closed due to high water near the intersection with Ten Mile Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, July 2015
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: 594659, 594660.