{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.ee27bc54e39563dffdb2f8e08691ea87bfcde9a1.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued September 12 at 5:10PM EDT until September 12 at 8:15PM EDT by NWS Pittsburgh PA","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-09-12","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.ee27bc54e39563dffdb2f8e08691ea87bfcde9a1.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Pittsburgh PA"},"word_count":174,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued September 12 at 5:10PM EDT until September 12 at 8:15PM EDT by NWS Pittsburgh PA\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Westmoreland, PA\n**Issued by:** NWS Pittsburgh PA\n**Sent:** 2026-09-12T17:10:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-09-12T17:10:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-09-12T20:15:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nFFWPBZ\n\nThe National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nCentral Westmoreland County in southwestern Pennsylvania...\n\n* Until 815 PM EDT.\n\n* At 510 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing\nheavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of\nrain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches\nare possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or\nexpected to begin shortly.\n\nHAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,\nhighways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor\ndrainage and low-lying areas.\n\n* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...\nLatrobe, McChesneytown-Loyalhanna, Derry, Lawson Heights,\nCalumet-Norvelt, New Alexandria and Youngstown.\n\n## Instructions\nTurn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood\ndeaths occur in vehicles."}