NWS Pittsburgh PAFF.W 0129September 3, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Columbiana, Allegheny, Beaver and 2 more, OH and PA
The National Weather Service office in Pittsburgh issued a flash flood warning for Columbiana, Allegheny, Beaver and 2 more in Ohio, Pennsylvania, which was in force until 8:45 p.m. local time on September 3. It was the 129th flash flood warning the NWS office in Pittsburgh issued in 2026. Ohio had 62 flash flood warnings in September 2026, against 3 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Ohio's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 3 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Pittsburgh PA
- Area
- Columbiana, Allegheny, Beaver and 2 more
- State
- Ohio
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:43 p.m. EDT, September 3, 2026
- Expires
- 8:45 p.m. EDT, September 3, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KPBZ FF.W 0129
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio since 2008Every warning type in Ohio
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The notice as issued
FFWPBZ The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southeastern Columbiana County in east central Ohio... North Central Allegheny County in southwestern Pennsylvania... Southern Butler County in west central Pennsylvania... Central Beaver County in western Pennsylvania... South Central Lawrence County in western Pennsylvania... * Until 845 PM EDT. * At 543 PM 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. IMPACT...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... McCandless Township, Cranberry, Franklin Park, East Liverpool, Aliquippa, Beaver Falls, Monaca, Economy, Ellwood City, Wexford, New Brighton, Beaver, Calcutta, Baden, Zelienople, Rochester, Ohioville, Harmony Township and Seven Fields.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.