Flood Warning
NWS Pittsburgh PA ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect Until 6 PM EDT This Evening
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
Where
Southwestern Allegheny County in southwestern Pennsylvania... Central Washington County in southwestern Pennsylvania... Ohio County in northern West Virginia...
When
Until 600 PM EDT.
Impacts
Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
Additional details
- At 324 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated rainfall had ended across the warned area. Earlier, emergency management reported several instances of flooding across the warned area. Flooding is ongoing. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Washington, Canonsburg, Avella, Wolfdale, McGovern, Bentleyville, East Washington, New Eagle, Baidland, Houston, Ellsworth, Claysville, Deemston, Eighty Four, Cokeburg, Hickory, Beallsville and West Alexander. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Affected areas
- Allegheny County, PA
- Washington County, PA
- Ohio County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Pittsburgh PA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~48s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M304G8Y3NF45KF99D9S93AA9
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.017328e346b7c2a21141ee823c9e1c030dc766b3.001.1
- 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.2335
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FAW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWPBZ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS41 KPBZ 201925 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KPBZ.FA.W.0055.000000T0000Z-260920T2200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-20T18:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Allegheny County, PA
- Washington County, PA
- Ohio County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 042003 |
| SAME | 042125 |
| SAME | 054069 |
| UGC | PAC003 |
| UGC | PAC125 |
| UGC | WVC069 |
- Polygons
- 40.34,-80.51 40.24,-79.96 40.24,-79.97 40.23,-79.97 40.22,-79.96 40.04,-79.99 40.08,-80.52 40.34,-80.51