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Pittsburgh PA "Spring" and Summer 2018


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17 minutes ago, MikeB_01 said:

https://lmaps.org/#-80.59;40.18;9

In case anyone wants to watch the lightning strikes. Seems like a cool website.

Surprisingly almost no lightning with those heavy showers west of the city, though the atmosphere probably was stabilized by the initial rain and it now being cloudy. 

 

It seems that that every day the severe storms have started to form directly over us then ramped up to our south and east. 

 

We we will probably see the watch canceled over our area in the next hour or two. 

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7 minutes ago, KPITSnow said:

Surprisingly almost no lightning with those heavy showers west of the city, though the atmosphere probably was stabilized by the initial rain and it now being cloudy. 

 

It seems that that every day the severe storms have started to form directly over us then ramped up to our south and east. 

 

We we will probably see the watch canceled over our area in the next hour or two. 

I noticed that as well. Do you think topographic enhancement had anything to do with it? Needing the mountains to get things going?

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11 hours ago, CoraopolisWx said:

This wet summer like pattern looks to continue all week. It's unusual though for the first half May.

I was hoping back in late April the folks talking about a flip to summer would be wrong, but so far this year the longer range guidance has done well with pattern changes.

Yeah, a lot of water predicted by the GFS. Looks like its showing some interaction with that tropical system down in FL too.

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I would also guess this is fairly unusual for May? I don't follow tropical to closely unless I'm planning a vacation along the East Coast, or there is a shot at some remnants hitting us, so not sure how unusual this might actually be or how likely the GFS is just out to lunch.

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WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 93
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1226 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2018

PAC003-005-051-059-063-065-125-129-160000-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.SV.A.0093.180515T1626Z-180516T0000Z/

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
93 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN PENNSYLVANIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA

ALLEGHENY             FAYETTE               GREENE
WASHINGTON            WESTMORELAND

IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

ARMSTRONG             INDIANA               JEFFERSON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BROOKVILLE, CANONSBURG,
CONNELLSVILLE, FORD CITY, GREENSBURG, INDIANA, KITTANNING,
LATROBE, MASONTOWN, MURRYSVILLE, NEW KENSINGTON,
PITTSBURGH METRO AREA, PUNXSUTAWNEY, UNIONTOWN, WASHINGTON,
AND WAYNESBURG.
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Flash Flood Warning

Flash Flood Warning
PAC003-170215-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.FF.W.0005.180516T2314Z-180517T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
714 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2018

The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Allegheny County in southwestern Pennsylvania...

* Until 1015 PM EDT.

* At 713 PM EDT, radar indicated heavy rain in the warned area.

  FLASH FLOODING...     Expected.

  ESTIMATED RAINFALL... Up to 1 inch.

* Some locations that may experience flooding include...
  Pittsburgh...                     Mount Lebanon...
  Bethel Park...                    Baldwin...
  Upper St. Clair...                Scott Township...
  Whitehall...                      Munhall...
  Brentwood...                      Dormont...
  Castle Shannon...                 Carnegie...

This includes the following highways...
  Interstate 79 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 24 and 27.
  Parkway North near mile marker 1.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Runoff from heavy rainfall will flood small streams, poor-drainage
areas and low-lying spots.

Please report flooding by calling 412-262-1988, posting to
the NWS Pittsburgh Facebook page, or using Twitter @NWSPITTSBURGH.

&&

LAT...LON 4039 7992 4035 7999 4032 8008 4036 8014
      4043 8006 4045 8002 4047 7994 4045 7990
      4041 7990

$$

TAX

 

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4 minutes ago, CoraopolisWx said:

The latest AFD from the NWS mentioned a weak short wave moving through this evening.

Because of the limited instibility, they felt the heavy rain would be isolated.

I'm just amazed that all of a sudden the cells popped up on what looked like a line and then stayed stationary. Crazy stuff. Areas south of downtown received 2+ in of rain in an hour based on radar.

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3 minutes ago, CoraopolisWx said:

The 511PA traffic cams showing flooding on Saw Mill Run.

The water is almost as high as the jersey barriers near Bausman. :o

Just took a peak at that cam. It does a live stream from it as well.. Crazy high water down there right now. Stay away if you can

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8 minutes ago, CoraopolisWx said:

I had just driven through there around 6:30, crazy stuff.

Can't find anything on twitter warning folks about the flooding. Very disappointing.

NWS Pit has 8 tweets over the last hour talking about the rain in the south hills. They also retweeted the Allegheny County handle. Maybe could have done a little more, but i think thats a pretty good showing. 

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40 minutes ago, blackngoldrules said:

Painters Run Road is really bad. That creek has overflowed its banks and there are rock and mud slides from the hills. I got caught in it coming home. Avoid that road. I probably should have turned around but got through it. Just caught me off guard.

 

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Glad you made it through. 

Lots of roads around the metro are vulnerable to flash flooding and landslides. 

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 115
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   140 PM EDT Tue May 22 2018

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Southeast Indiana
     Extreme North Central Kentucky
     Ohio
     Western Pennsylvania
     Northern West Virginia Panhandle
     Lake Erie

   * Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 140 PM until
     900 PM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Storms developing along and head of an advancing cold
   front will intensify and spread eastward this afternoon.  Damaging
   wind gusts will be the primary severe threat through the evening
   hours.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
   statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west northwest
   of Cincinnati OH to 40 miles north northeast of Pittsburgh PA. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

   REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
   favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.
   Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening
   weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible
   warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
   tornadoes.

   &&

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
   27030.

   ...Weiss

 

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1 hour ago, CoraopolisWx said:

After being on the NW edge of the severe weather last week, now we're on the SE edge. Lol

Although on the positive side, we tend to get better cell development with these type setups.

Not feeling too optimistic about the storms making it to us intact. Satellite imagry showing that the storms are having a hard time maintaining after they form. CAPE looks decent, but the aloft winds are pretty weak. I'm hoping to get some good thunder later tonight, but not holding my breath.

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Yeah, it's getting dark rather quick here. Lots of lightning and thunder. The heaviest of it could dip just south of me but it's close.

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How did you fare? Looked like so nice velocity reading around McMurray. I had great thunder and lightning some moderate rain but hardly any wind. I was just north of it.


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