Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 316, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2003, 3:29 PM EDT for Marshall County, West Virginia. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 2003, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2003, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Marshall County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
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 Aug 27, 1:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 1:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 108 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2003 UPDATING TO REMOVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH WAS CANCELED. FCSTID = 66 PIT 82 60 81 65 / 40 10 20 20 HLG 82 60 81 65 / 40 10 20 20 MGW 83 62 82 65 / 50 30 20 20 ZZV 84 62 82 66 / 50 20 10 20 PHD 82 60 81 65 / 40 10 20 20 FKL 79 58 79 63 / 40 10 20 20 DUJ 79 58 79 63 / 40 10 20 20 LBE 82 60 81 65 / 40 10 20 20 BTP 79 58 79 63 / 40 10 20 20 IDI 79 58 79 63 / 40 10 20 20 ODM 81 62 80 61 / 50 30 20 20 .PBZ... MD...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 400 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ZONE MDZ001. OH...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 400 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ZONES OHZ039>041...OHZ048>050...OHZ057>059...OHZ068>069. PA...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 400 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ZONES PAZ020>021...PAZ029>032. WV...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 400 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ZONES WVZ001>004...WVZ012...WVZ021>023...WVZ041. CAT
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 11:35 AM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-272130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1135 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE METROPOLITAN PITTSBURGH AREA. THERE IS ALSO A RISK OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA FROM AROUND THE BUTLER PENNSYLVANIA AREA AND SOUTH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON FRIDAY WHICH MAY RESULT IN STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 11:32 AM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-271900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1132 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2003 THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. THE MAIN THREAT IS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE PITTSBURGH METROPOLITAN AREA. THERE IS ALSO A RISK OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN OHIO... NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA FROM AROUND BUTLER SOUTH. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES.
Local storm report, Aug 27, 12:27 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 27, 2:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
OHZ039-040-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ029-031-032-WVZ002>004-012- 021>023-041-272300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 217 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2003 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN PENNSYLVANIA... FAYETTE GREENE WASHINGTON IN WEST VIRGINIA... BROOKE MARION MARSHALL MONONGALIA OHIO PRESTON TUCKER WETZEL IN OHIO... BELMONT CARROLL COSHOCTON GUERNSEY HARRISON JEFFERSON MONROE MUSKINGUM NOBLE TUSCARAWAS
Local storm report, Aug 27, 2:42 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
242 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0235 PM CARROLLTON OH 2.75 INCH HAIL
08/27/03 CARROLL REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTERSLocal storm report, Aug 27, 3:05 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
305 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0235 PM CARROLLTON OH 2.75 INCH HAIL
08/27/03 CARROLL REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTERS
0355 PM COSHOCTON OH FLASH FLOODS
08/27/03 COSHOCTON STREETS IN DOWNTOWN
COSHOCTON FLOODED.REPORTED
BY SKYWARN SPOTTERSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 9:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 52 min |
| Aug 26, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene | 47 min |
| Aug 26, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 10:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 49 min |
| Aug 26, 10:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 51 min |
| Aug 27, 4:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 65 min |
| Aug 27, 5:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene | 54 min |
| Aug 27, 6:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 4 hr |
| Aug 27, 7:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene | 59 min |
| Aug 27, 8:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 44 min |
| Aug 27, 8:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler | 53 min |
| Aug 27, 8:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 63 min |
| Aug 27, 8:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 57 min |
| Aug 27, 9:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana | 54 min |
| Aug 27, 9:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong | 60 min |
| Aug 27, 9:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 52 min |
| Aug 27, 9:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 10:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 10:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 42 min |
| Aug 27, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene | 48 min |
| Aug 27, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 96 min |
| Aug 27, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 54 min |
| Aug 27, 4:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene | 65 min |
| Aug 27, 4:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Greene | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 62 min |
| Aug 27, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 54 min |
| Aug 26, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton | 63 min |
| Aug 26, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 65 min |
| Aug 26, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 56 min |
| Aug 26, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Guernsey | 63 min |
| Aug 26, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll | 54 min |
| Aug 26, 8:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Harrison | 65 min |
| Aug 26, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Noble | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont | 40 min |
| Aug 26, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 45 min |
| Aug 26, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 51 min |
| Aug 27, 2:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 56 min |
| Aug 27, 4:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 59 min |
| Aug 27, 5:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Muskingum | 59 min |
| Aug 27, 6:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont | 56 min |
| Aug 27, 8:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll | 57 min |
| Aug 27, 9:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 55 min |
| Aug 27, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton | 63 min |
| Aug 27, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 62 min |
| Aug 27, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll | 50 min |
| Aug 27, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 67 min |
| Aug 27, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Noble | 65 min |
| Aug 27, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 58 min |
| Aug 27, 2:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Coshocton | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 58 min |
| Aug 27, 3:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Noble | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll | 67 min |
| Aug 27, 3:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Carroll | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Belmont | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 61 min |
| Aug 27, 4:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 45 min |
| Aug 26, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 41 min |
| Aug 26, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 10:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 41 min |
| Aug 26, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 47 min |
| Aug 27, 6:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 56 min |
| Aug 27, 7:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 4 hr |
| Aug 27, 7:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 67 min |
| Aug 27, 8:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Ohio | 29 min |
| Aug 27, 9:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke | 56 min |
| Aug 27, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 55 min |
| Aug 27, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 85 min |
| Aug 27, 3:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Preston | 49 min |
| Aug 27, 3:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Wetzel | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion | 57 min |
| Aug 27, 3:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Preston | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 45 min |
| Aug 27, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Ohio | 24 min |
| Aug 27, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 44 min |
| Aug 27, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 55 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.