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Flood — Washington, PA

Feb 13, 2020

Low pressure rode up the Ohio Valley during the nighttime and early morning hours of February 12th to the 13th. An anomalously moist air mass with precipitable water values of near or just over an inch, combined with warm advection and right entrance region jet dynamics, produced widespread precipitation across the region.||The heaviest rainfall was observed south of I-70, where totals of around an inch fell on nearly saturated ground. This led to several instance of flooded roads and landslid

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 878715). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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