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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

August 4, 2004Hancock County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2004, 1:51 PM EDT for Hancock County, West Virginia. It was in force for 24 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 4, 2004, 1:51 PM EDT (17:51 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2004, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hancock County, WV

The radar

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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 4, 11:55 AM 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 4, 11:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 11:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1150 AM EDT WED AUG 4 2004

.SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...
UPDATED ZONES FOR FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 10 AM THU. WATCH STARTS
IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT TO BE IN SPC WATCH SOON. INGREDIENTS LOOK GOOD FOR
SVR WX.
&&

.LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...
MENTIONED CHC POPS MON NGT AND TUE AS NEXT SYSTEM PULLS THRU GRTLKS.
OTHERWISE DRY.

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MDZ001 TIL 10 AM THURSDAY.
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069
     TIL 10 AM THURSDAY.
PA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PAZ007>009-013>016-022-023-029>032
     TIL 10 AM THURSDAY.
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041
     TIL 10 AM THURSDAY.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 5:56 AM EDT, 7 hours 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 4, 12:55 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1255 PM EDT WED AUG 04 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1240 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WARSAW                  40.34N 82.00W
08/04/2004                   COSHOCTON          OH   SKYWARN SPOTTER

            LARGE TREES DOWN.

1240 PM     TSTM WND DMG     COSHOCTON               40.26N 81.85W
08/04/2004                   COSHOCTON          OH   SKYWARN SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN ON 12TH STREET.

&&

Local storm report, Aug 4, 1:05 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
105 PM EDT WED AUG 04 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1255 PM     TSTM WND DMG     COSHOCTON               40.26N 81.85W
08/04/2004                   COSHOCTON          OH   SKYWARN SPOTTER

            EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES DUE TO NUMEROUS TREES
            AND POWER LINES DOWN, SOME ON HOUSES.

&&

Local storm report, Aug 4, 1:33 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
133 PM EDT WED AUG 04 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1250 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WEST LAFAYETTE          40.27N 81.75W
08/04/2004                   COSHOCTON          OH   SKYWARN SPOTTER

            8-10 LARGE TREES DOWN IN THE WARSAW/WEST LAFAYETTE AREA.
            50 MPH GUSTS RECORDED BY SKYWARN OBSERVER.

&&

Local storm report, Aug 4, 1:38 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
138 PM EDT WED AUG 04 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1250 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEWCOMERSTOWN           40.27N 81.60W
08/04/2004                   TUSCARAWAS         OH   SKYWARN SPOTTER

            WIDESPREAD TREES/POWERLINES DOWNED IN NEWCOMERSTOWN,
            GNATENHUTTEN, BOLIVAR.

&&

Local storm report, Aug 4, 1:40 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 4, 1:42 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 4, 1:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Beaver, Lawrence	61 min
Aug 4, 1:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Butler	63 min
Aug 4, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Washington	60 min
Aug 4, 2:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong	49 min
Aug 4, 2:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Clarion	58 min
Aug 4, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Greene	56 min
Aug 4, 2:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Indiana, Jefferson	68 min
Aug 4, 2:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Westmoreland	67 min
Aug 4, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette	67 min
Aug 4, 3:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Westmoreland	27 min
Aug 4, 12:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton	59 min
Aug 4, 12:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Guernsey, Muskingum, Tuscarawas	59 min
Aug 4, 1:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Columbiana	34 min
Aug 4, 1:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Harrison	59 min
Aug 4, 1:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Monroe	61 min
Aug 4, 1:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Jefferson	54 min
Aug 4, 1:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Brooke	33 min
Aug 4, 1:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marshall, Ohio	46 min
Aug 4, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Wetzel	55 min
Aug 4, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia	61 min
Aug 4, 3:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Preston	63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2004 Every 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.