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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 2, 2000Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2000, 3:26 PM EDT for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 64 min. 4 reports 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 2, 2000, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2000, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Whole counties

County Allegheny County, PA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jun 2, 3:55 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	West View, PA
Jun 2, 4:02 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Imperial, PA
Jun 2, 4:25 PM EDT	Hail 0.88	Penn Hills, PA
Jun 2, 4:25 PM EDT	Hail 1	Perrysville, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 2, 12:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 12 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: 798 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 996 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 269 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPBZ 021926
SVRPIT
PAC003-022030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
326 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEWICKLEY...OR ABOUT OVER
  ALIQUIPPA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FRANKLIN PARK AT 335 PM EDT.
  CARNOT-MOON AT 340 PM EDT.
  EMSWORTH AT 345 PM EDT.
  AVALON AT 350 PM EDT.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WILKINSBURG
  WILKINS TOWNSHIP
  WHITEHALL
  WHITAKER
  WEST VIEW
  WEST MIFFLIN
  WEST HOMESTEAD
  TURTLE CREEK
  SWISSVALE
  STOWE TOWNSHIP
  SHARPSBURG
  SHALER TOWNSHIP
  SEWICKLEY
  SCOTT TOWNSHIP
  ROSS TOWNSHIP
  ROBINSON TOWNSHIP
  RESERVE TOWNSHIP
  RANKIN
  PLEASANT HILLS
  PITTSBURGH
  PENN HILLS
  O'HARA TOWNSHIP
  NORTH BRADDOCK
  MUNHALL
  MOUNT OLIVER
  MOUNT LEBANON
  MILLVALE
  MCKEES ROCKS
  MCCANDLESS TOWNSHIP
  KENNEDY TOWNSHIP
  INGRAM
  HOMESTEAD
  HEIDELBERG
  HAMPTON TOWNSHIP
  GREEN TREE
  FRANKLIN PARK
  FOX CHAPEL
  FOREST HILLS
  ETNA
  EMSWORTH
  EDGEWOOD
  EAST PITTSBURGH
  DUQUESNE
  DRAVOSBURG
  DORMONT
  CRAFTON
  CORAOPOLIS
  CHURCHILL
  CASTLE SHANNON
  CARNOT-MOON
  CARNEGIE
  BRENTWOOD
  BRADDOCK HILLS
  BRADDOCK
  BLAWNOX
  BEN AVON
  BELLEVUE
  BALDWIN
  AVALON
  ASPINWALL

<<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 Jun 2, 3:05 PM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 3:05 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
305 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2000

RADAR SHOWS PREFRONTAL SQUALL LINE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 KNOTS
THROUGH THE OHIO HEADWATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS SHOULD
BE EXITING THE SOUTHERNMOST COUNTIES IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH BY THE 6-7 PM EXPIRATION TIME. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH
LATER THIS EVENING WITH DRIER AIR BEHIND IT. THE ONLY LINGERING
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WILL BE IN NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND.

SATURDAY LOOKS NICE AND SUNNY. THE NEXT SHORT WAVE TROUGH FROM THE
WEST WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD CLOUDS ACROSS THE OHIO HEADWATERS SUNDAY
WITH THE FIRST CHANCE OF RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT. THE BULK OF THE RAIN
WILL BE MONDAY WITH THE LOW CENTER PASSAGE. SHOWERS MAY LINGER INTO
TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES LOOKED
REASONABLE.

.PBZ
.SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FROM 100 PM EDT FRIDAY UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FRIDAY FOR ZONES OHZ039>041...OHZ048>050...OHZ057>059...OHZ068-069.

PA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 600 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR ZONES
PAZ007>009...PAZ013>016...PAZ020>023...PAZ029>032.

WV...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FROM 100 PM EDT FRIDAY UNTIL 700 PM
EDT FRIDAY FOR ZONES WVZ001>004...WVZ012...WVZ021>022.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 2, 2:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
221 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 2000

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

0204 PM    COOPERSTOWN               PA   .5 INCH HAIL
06/02/00   VENANGO

0220 PM    OIL CITY                  PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00   VENANGO                        TREES DOWN

N

Local storm report, Jun 2, 2:42 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
242 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 2000

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

0230 PM    GREENVILLE                PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00   MERCER                         TREES DOWN

0230 PM    CARROLLTON                OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00   CARROLL                        TREES DOWN

N

Local storm report, Jun 2, 3:02 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
302 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 2000

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

0244 PM    COLUMBIANA                OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00   COLUMBIANA                     POWER LINES DOWN

0300 PM    NEW PHILADELPHIA          OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00   TUSCARAWAS                     TREES DOWN

N

Local storm report, Jun 2, 3:08 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
308 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 2000

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

0300 PM    ELLWOOD CITY              PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00   LAWRENCE                       TREES DOWN

0300 PM    ELLWOOD CITY              PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00   BEAVER                         TREES DOWN

N

Local storm report, Jun 2, 3:23 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
323 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 2000

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

0309 PM    SALINEVILLE               OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00   COLUMBIANA                     TREES DOWN

N

Local storm report, Jun 2, 3:26 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
326 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 2000

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

0325 PM    COLUMBIANA                OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00   COLUMBIANA                     TREES DOWN

N

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 2:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Venango	58 min
Jun 2, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Mercer	59 min
Jun 2, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Lawrence	57 min
Jun 2, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Beaver	57 min
Jun 2, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Butler	61 min
Jun 2, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Jefferson	65 min
Jun 2, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Westmoreland	60 min
Jun 2, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong	56 min
Jun 2, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Indiana	63 min
Jun 2, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny	27 min
Jun 2, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Clarion, Venango	57 min
Jun 2, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Westmoreland	64 min
Jun 2, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette	59 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.