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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

May 10, 2000Butler County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2000, 8:25 AM EDT for Butler County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 65 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 10, 2000, 8:25 AM EDT (12:25 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2000, 9:30 AM EDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Whole counties

County Butler County, PA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 10, 9:10 AM EDT	Hail 0.75	Hilliards, 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 58 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 590 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1098 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KPBZ 101225
SVRPIT
PAC019-101330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
825 AM EDT WED MAY 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BUTLER COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 930 AM EDT

* AT 825 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PROSPECT...OR ABOUT OVER
  BEAVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  SHANOR-NORTHVUE
  PROSPECT
  MERIDIAN
  HOMEACRE-LYNDORA

<<CALL TO ACTION>>SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58
MILES AN HOUR AND LARGE HAIL GREATER THAN THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH.

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.

NWS Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 10, 2:50 AM EDT, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 2:50 AM EDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
250 AM EDT WED MAY 10 2000

FRONT PAST THROUGH WESTERN OHIO AND NOT EXPECTED THROUGH PIT TIL
LATE MORNING. THREAT OF SEVERE SHOULD BE ON WANE THOUGH UP TIL MID
TO LATE MRNING THREAT OF SEVERE WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TIL LOW LEVEL
JET (PBZ AT 50KT ATTM) EXITS. ALSO FREEZING LEVEL SUPPORTING 3/4
HAIL IN STORMS MOVING THRU SWPA NOW. CAPES AROUND 1500 J.KG. LIS -3
THIS MORNING LOWERING TO -6 BY 18Z BUT FURTHER EAST. OTHER FACTOR IS
DIFFLUENCE AHEAD OF NEG TILT TROF. WITH PCPBTL WATER 1 - 1.5 WILL
MENTION RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES AT LEAST THRU MRNG WHILE FURTHER SOUTHEAST
WILL KEEP IN ALL DAY.
NEXT PERIOD MORE CLEAR CUT AS RIDGE BUILDS IN TONIGHT THROUGH THURS.
FAST FLOW BRING RAPID WARMING AND NEXT CHC OF PRECIP THURS NIGHT.
TEMPS TRICKY TODAY AS MAX TEMPS MAY BE REACHED EARLY THIS AM. REST
SIMILAR TO MOS.

PIT   70  47  72  55 /  80  20   0  40
MGW   71  47  75  55 /  80  20   0  40

.PBZ...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 10, 3:34 AM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
334 AM EDT WED MAY 10 2000

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

0228 AM    WELLSBURG                 WV   .75 INCH HAIL
05/10/00   BROOKE

0240 AM    BURGETTSTOWN              PA   1 INCH HAIL
05/10/00   WASHINGTON

0256 AM    CORAOPOLIS                PA   1 INCH HAIL
05/10/00   ALLEGHENY

0310 AM    EMSWORTH                  PA   .75 INCH HAIL
05/10/00   ALLEGHENY

NNNN

Special weather statement, May 10, 5:55 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-101534-
SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
555 AM EDT WED MAY 10 2000

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL TODAY...

EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY AS A COLD FRONT
APPROACHES. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40
MPH WITH SMALL HAIL. HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN ALaSO ACCOMPANY THESE
STORMS.

SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY.

Special weather statement, May 10, 7:55 AM EDT, 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
755 AM EDT WED MAY 10 2000

PAZ007>009-013>015-020-101552-
BEAVER PA-BUTLER PA-CLARION PA-FOREST PA-LAWRENCE PA-MERCER PA-
VENANGO PA-
755 AM EDT WED MAY 10 2000

...THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING.
SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER...
GUSTY WINDS TO 40 TO 45 MPH...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY
DOWNPOURS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 2:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Washington	49 min
May 10, 2:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny	43 min
May 10, 3:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong	49 min
May 10, 4:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Jefferson	42 min
May 10, 5:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Clarion	50 min
May 10, 8:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Beaver, Lawrence	64 min
May 10, 10:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Jefferson	58 min
May 10, 10:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Indiana	62 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.