Photos: Flash Flooding Slams Pittsburgh, More Possible

By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist

July 10,2013; 8:36PM,EDT

 

 

 

Relentless downpours have brought flooding from parts of Ohio to western Pennsylvania with Pittsburgh being slammed Wednesday morning and midday and more is on the way.
Between 2 and 4 inches of rain fell on the Pittsburgh Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning. Some locations have received 1 to 2 inches of rain in as many hours.
Photo Courtesy of Dave Bondy (@WPXI_DaveBondy)
According to Chief Meteorologist Elliot Abrams, "It is like getting a 20-inch snowstorm in a couple of hours."

The steep hillsides around the city and its suburbs cause water to run off rapidly.
Multiple reports from the public, trained spotters and emergency managers from Beaver, Allegheny and Washington counties indicate that mudslides and flash flooding have trapped some motorists and brought traffic to a standstill in parts of the region.
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According to Severe Weather Expert Henry Margusity, "Another round of severe thunderstorms with the risk of flash flooding could hit during the afternoon as a cool front begins to move in from the Great Lakes."
AccuWeather.com is tracking the new storms on radar now as they move out of Indiana and cross Ohio.
Flooding occurs south of Cleveland. Photo by Haley Reck
Earlier in the week flooding downpours slammed multiple communities in Ohio, including the Mansfield area. The new round of storms can bring another round of flooding and strong wind gusts to these and other locations in the Buckeye state.
Heavy rains lead to flooding across Akron, Ohio. Photo composite by Kay Jreonna LaNaye Winters.
The risk of flash flooding and damaging wind gusts also reach into portions of West Virginia, western Maryland, and western and central Pennsylvania.
Flooding overtakes an Ohio road. Photo by Julia Tegge
That front will shave temperatures and humidity in Pittsburgh and throughout much of the Midwest and Northeast late this week into the first part of the weekend.
For some areas, it could be the longest stretch of rain-free weather since the third week in June.