Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2004, 3:25 PM EDT for Indiana County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 65 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
- May 25, 2004, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2004, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Indiana County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 25, 1:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 1:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1115 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 2004 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-251715- ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-BEAVER PA-BELMONT OH-BROOKE WV-BUTLER PA- CARROLL OH-CLARION PA-COLUMBIANA OH-COSHOCTON OH-FAYETTE PA- FOREST PA-GARRETT MD-GREENE PA-GUERNSEY OH-HANCOCK WV-HARRISON OH- INDIANA PA-JEFFERSON PA-JEFFERSON OH-LAWRENCE PA-MARION WV- MARSHALL WV-MERCER PA-MONONGALIA WV-MONROE OH-MUSKINGUM OH-NOBLE OH- OHIO WV-PRESTON WV-TUCKER WV-TUSCARAWAS OH-VENANGO PA-WASHINGTON PA- WESTMORELAND PA-WETZEL WV- 1115 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 2004 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT IS FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. HEAVY RAIN AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 25, 11:20 AM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 212 PM EDT TUE MAY 25 2004 OHZ058-059-068-069-251911- BELMONT OH-GUERNSEY OH-MONROE OH-NOBLE OH- 212 PM EDT TUE MAY 25 2004 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS WELL. AS THESE STORMS DEVELOP...WINDS WILL INTENSIFY WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, May 25, 2:39 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 26 min |
| May 25, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Westmoreland | 41 min |
| May 25, 3:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Indiana | 48 min |
| May 25, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 59 min |
| May 25, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 63 min |
| May 25, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Venango | 58 min |
| May 25, 5:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Venango | 53 min |
| May 25, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Forest | 68 min |
| May 25, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Venango | 65 min |
| May 25, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 25 min |
| May 25, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 57 min |
| May 25, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 63 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004
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.