Flash Flood Warning
NWS Pittsburgh PA ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 20 At 2:48AM EDT Until September 20 At 5:45AM EDT By NWS Pittsburgh PA
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
FFWPBZ The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... East Central Harrison County in east central Ohio... Southern Jefferson OH County in east central Ohio... West Central Washington County in southwestern Pennsylvania... Brooke County in northern West Virginia... * Until 545 AM EDT. * At 248 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Hazard
Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... McMurray, Washington, Canonsburg, Wellsburg, Avella, Mingo Junction, Follansbee, Wolfdale, McGovern, Hooverson Heights, East Washington, Houston, Bethany, Smithfield, Adena, Franklin, Eighty Four and Hickory.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding.
Affected areas
- Harrison County, OH
- Jefferson County, OH
- Washington County, PA
- Brooke County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Pittsburgh PA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~23s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2YS5CKB3DAKVP8SB4T7CCE3
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.78a92ae95038c9e959032efb0ceb5af6e0004fd1.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Pittsburgh PA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPPBZ
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.1602
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFW |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFWPBZ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS51 KPBZ 200648 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KPBZ.FF.W.0150.260920T0648Z-260920T0945Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-20T05:45:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Harrison County, OH
- Jefferson County, OH
- Washington County, PA
- Brooke County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 039067 |
| SAME | 039081 |
| SAME | 042125 |
| SAME | 054009 |
| UGC | OHC067 |
| UGC | OHC081 |
| UGC | PAC125 |
| UGC | WVC009 |
- Polygons
- 40.22,-80.88 40.22,-80.89 40.32,-80.89 40.33,-80.83 40.32,-80.31 40.3,-80.08 40.29,-80.05 40.17,-80.03 40.18,-80.29 40.18,-80.37 40.19,-80.63 40.22,-80.88