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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 316, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

August 27, 2003Marshall County, West Virginia

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 27, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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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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
                                          SPOTTERS
Local 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 SPOTTERS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 9:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWashington52 min
Aug 26, 9:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGreene47 min
Aug 26, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny42 min
Aug 26, 10:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZFayette49 min
Aug 26, 10:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWestmoreland51 min
Aug 27, 4:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWashington65 min
Aug 27, 5:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGreene54 min
Aug 27, 6:58 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZFayette, Greene4 hr
Aug 27, 7:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGreene59 min
Aug 27, 8:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWashington44 min
Aug 27, 8:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZButler53 min
Aug 27, 8:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny63 min
Aug 27, 8:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWestmoreland57 min
Aug 27, 9:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZIndiana54 min
Aug 27, 9:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZArmstrong60 min
Aug 27, 9:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWashington52 min
Aug 27, 9:53 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZWashington3 hr
Aug 27, 10:04 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZWestmoreland3 hr
Aug 27, 10:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWestmoreland42 min
Aug 27, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGreene48 min
Aug 27, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWashington96 min
Aug 27, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZFayette54 min
Aug 27, 4:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZFayette3 hr
Aug 27, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGreene65 min
Aug 27, 4:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZGreene3 hr
Aug 27, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWashington62 min
Aug 27, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZFayette54 min
Aug 26, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton63 min
Aug 26, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMuskingum65 min
Aug 26, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZTuscarawas56 min
Aug 26, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGuernsey63 min
Aug 26, 8:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll54 min
Aug 26, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZHarrison65 min
Aug 26, 9:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZNoble42 min
Aug 26, 9:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont40 min
Aug 26, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson45 min
Aug 26, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMonroe51 min
Aug 27, 2:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZColumbiana56 min
Aug 27, 4:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson59 min
Aug 27, 5:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton, Muskingum59 min
Aug 27, 6:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont56 min
Aug 27, 8:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll57 min
Aug 27, 9:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson55 min
Aug 27, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton63 min
Aug 27, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMuskingum62 min
Aug 27, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll50 min
Aug 27, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson67 min
Aug 27, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZNoble65 min
Aug 27, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZTuscarawas58 min
Aug 27, 2:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCoshocton3 hr
Aug 27, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMonroe58 min
Aug 27, 3:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZNoble3 hr
Aug 27, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll67 min
Aug 27, 3:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCarroll3 hr
Aug 27, 3:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZTuscarawas3 hr
Aug 27, 3:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont3 hr
Aug 27, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson61 min
Aug 27, 4:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZJefferson3 hr
Aug 26, 9:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBrooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio46 min
Aug 26, 9:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWetzel45 min
Aug 26, 10:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMonongalia41 min
Aug 26, 10:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMarion50 min
Aug 26, 10:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZPreston41 min
Aug 26, 11:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZTucker47 min
Aug 27, 6:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMarshall56 min
Aug 27, 7:05 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMonongalia, Preston4 hr
Aug 27, 7:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMarshall67 min
Aug 27, 8:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZOhio29 min
Aug 27, 9:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBrooke56 min
Aug 27, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZHancock31 min
Aug 27, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWetzel55 min
Aug 27, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZPreston85 min
Aug 27, 3:41 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZPreston49 min
Aug 27, 3:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMarion, Monongalia, Wetzel3 hr
Aug 27, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMarion57 min
Aug 27, 3:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZPreston3 hr
Aug 27, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBrooke, Hancock45 min
Aug 27, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZOhio24 min
Aug 27, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZPreston44 min
Aug 27, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZTucker55 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.