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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

May 3, 1997Marshall County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1997, 3:48 PM EDT for Marshall County, West Virginia. It was in force for 42 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: May 3, 1997, 3:48 PM EDT (19:48 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 1997, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Whole counties

County Marshall County, WV

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 3, 3:52 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Moundsville, WV	A roof was torn off of a house by strong thunderstorm winds. Trees and power lines were also downed nearby and throughout the county.

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 text

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

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 3, 11:10 AM EDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 3, 2:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 3, 2:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 3, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE PITTSBURGH PA
230 PM EDT SAT MAY 03 1997

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

127 PM     SHARON                   PA    .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/97   MERCER                         AMATEUR RADIO/SKYWARN

145 PM     FREDONIA                 PA    .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/97   MERCER                         SKYWARN

GIORDANO/MURPHY

Special weather statement, May 3, 2:58 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 2:59 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
259 PM EDT SAT MAY 3 1997

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WITH SMALL HAIL
   AND GUSTY WINDS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM.

EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO PUSH ACROSS WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...EAST-CENTRAL OHIO AND
GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. THEY WILL PRODUCE HAIL RANGING IN SIZE
FROM ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH TO ONE HALF INCH. A FEW OF THE STORMS
COULD PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THREE  QUARTERS OF AN INCH.

WINDS WILL ALSO GUST OUT OF THE WEST TO NEAR 50 MPH ALONG WITH
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS AT 255 PM WERE OVER BUTLER AND
ARMSTRONG COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA. ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO COLUMBIANA...CARROLL...AND
BELMONT COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO HAVE SMALL HAIL AND
GUSTY WINDS.

A FRONTAL SYSTEM ACROSS EASTERN OHIO WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION
THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL POP UP AS THE FRONT
COMES THROUGH. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DIMINISH AFTER
SUNSET AS COOLER DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 1:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Mercer	67 min
May 3, 1:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Washington	63 min
May 3, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Beaver	45 min
May 3, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Washington	51 min
May 3, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Lawrence	49 min
May 3, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Mercer	46 min
May 3, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Butler	54 min
May 3, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette	30 min
May 3, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Westmoreland	68 min
May 3, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Venango	53 min
May 3, 2:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Muskingum	44 min
May 3, 3:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Columbiana, Jefferson	41 min
May 3, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Ohio	42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1997 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.