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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 19, 1996Greene County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1996, 7:05 PM EDT for Greene County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 1996, 7:05 PM EDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1996, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Greene County, PA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 7:20 PM EDTThunderstorm WindWaynesburg, PA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 263 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 1996-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 602 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 1996-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
602 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 9:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZAllegheny, Washington, Westmoreland4 hr
Jun 19, 1:36 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZWashington4 hr
Jun 19, 1:36 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZAllegheny4 hr
Jun 19, 5:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZAllegheny, Washington4 hr
Jun 19, 9:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZAllegheny5 hr
Jun 19, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZFayette, Washington67 min
Jun 19, 3:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZColumbiana3 hr
Jun 19, 3:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMonroe, Noble3 hr
Jun 19, 3:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZJefferson3 hr
Jun 19, 5:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont4 hr
Jun 18, 9:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBrooke4 hr
Jun 19, 1:36 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBrooke4 hr
Jun 19, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZPreston, Tucker55 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.