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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 2, 2000Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2000, 4:00 PM EDT for Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 60 min. 2 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, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2000, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Whole counties

County Westmoreland County, PA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 2, 4:45 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Derry, PA	Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees near US Route 22.
Jun 2, 5:10 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Scottdale Arpt, PA	Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree.

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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 55 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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPBZ 022000
SVRPIT
PAC129-022100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTH OF MUNICIPALITY OF
  MURRYSVILLE...OR ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOWER BURRELL...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MUNICIPALITY OF MURRYSVILLE AT 410 PM EDT.
  DELMONT AT 420 PM EDT.
  LATROBE AT 435 PM EDT.
  DERRY AT 440 PM EDT.

<<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, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 3:05 PM EDT, 55 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, 3:02 PM EDT, 58 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, 52 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, 37 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, 34 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

Local storm report, Jun 2, 3:44 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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

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

0324 PM    NEW BRIGHTON              PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00   BEAVER                         TREE DOWN

N

Local storm report, Jun 2, 3:57 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

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

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

0340 PM    DRESDEN                   OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00   MUSKINGUM                      TREES DOWN

0345 PM    JEWETT                    OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00   HARRISON                       TREE DOWN

0355 PM    WEST VIEW                 PA   .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/00   ALLEGHENY

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, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny	64 min
Jun 2, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Jefferson	65 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.