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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 268, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

August 19, 2004Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2004, 4:25 PM EDT for Westmoreland 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: Aug 19, 2004, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2004, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Westmoreland County, PA

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 19, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 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 19, 3:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 3:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
300 PM EDT THU AUG 19 2004

.AVIATION...
WILL KEEP TSTMS IN TERMINALS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON THE BREAK OUT TO
MID DECK DURING THE EVENING. PUT IN PATCHY FOG TOWARD MORNING.
&&

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...
SVR WATCH TIL 8PM THEN LESSENING CHCS DURING THE NIGHT. LIKELY POPS
ON FRI...LESSER CHC FURTHER SOUTH. LIKELY TO CAT POPS FRI NIGHT AS
WV COMES UP. GFS CONTINUES FASTER THAN ETA WITH FROPA ON SATURDAY.
WENT WITH BLEND OF POPS. DRYING TREND ON SAT NGHT AND SUN. TEMPS
SIMILAR TO FWC NOS.
&&

.LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...
CONTINUE DRY ON TUES UNTIL TUES NIGHT WHEN OVERRUNNING BEGINS.
CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY. THURSTEMPS SIMILAR TO MEX NOS.
&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
OH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ZONES OHZ039>041-048>050-
     057>059-068-069 UNTIL 8 PM EDT.
PA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ZONES PAZ014-016-020-022-023-
     029>032 UNTIL 8 PM EDT.
WV...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ZONES WVZ001>004 UNTIL 8 PM EDT.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 10:40 AM EDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 19, 2:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
249 PM EDT THU AUG 19 2004

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

0240 PM     HAIL             INDIANA                 40.62N 79.16W
08/19/2004  0.75 INCH        INDIANA            PA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 0.75 INCH HAIL IN THE CITY.

&&

Local storm report, Aug 19, 3:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 19, 3:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
320 PM EDT THU AUG 19 2004

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

0255 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 ENE MCKEESPORT        40.36N 79.79W
08/19/2004                   ALLEGHENY          PA   SKYWARN SPOTTER

            TREES REPORTED DOWN.

&&

Local storm report, Aug 19, 4:09 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 19, 4:15 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 19, 4:23 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
423 PM EDT THU AUG 19 2004

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

0410 PM     HAIL             DOVER                   40.53N 81.48W
08/19/2004  1.00 INCH        TUSCARAWAS         OH   PUBLIC

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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 19, 1:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Butler	50 min
Aug 19, 2:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong	39 min
Aug 19, 2:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Armstrong	33 min
Aug 19, 2:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Indiana	34 min
Aug 19, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny	59 min
Aug 19, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Westmoreland	42 min
Aug 19, 3:01 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Indiana	59 min
Aug 19, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Westmoreland	60 min
Aug 19, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Beaver	55 min
Aug 19, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Washington	62 min
Aug 19, 6:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny	55 min
Aug 19, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette	52 min
Aug 19, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Westmoreland	67 min
Aug 19, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Washington	63 min
Aug 18, 8:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Muskingum	62 min
Aug 18, 9:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Noble	27 min
Aug 18, 9:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monroe	65 min
Aug 19, 2:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton	51 min
Aug 19, 3:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	63 min
Aug 19, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	54 min
Aug 19, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll	60 min
Aug 19, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton	55 min
Aug 19, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Jefferson	56 min
Aug 19, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont	39 min
Aug 19, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Columbiana	62 min
Aug 19, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	45 min
Aug 19, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll	66 min
Aug 19, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton	64 min
Aug 19, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Jefferson	65 min
Aug 19, 6:21 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	3 hr
Aug 19, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Ohio	63 min
Aug 19, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Hancock	50 min
Aug 19, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Hancock	43 min
Aug 19, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Brooke	42 min
Aug 19, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Brooke	48 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.