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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2005, 2:22 PM EDT for Marshall County, West Virginia. It was in force for 38 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
- Jul 25, 2005, 2:22 PM EDT (18:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2005, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 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 18:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 78 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 7.7
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 Jul 25, 11:01 AM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 11:01 AM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 1:49 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 149 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-260908- 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- 149 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005 .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL OHIO...WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND EVENTUALLY NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. SHOULD THIS LINE MAINTAIN STRENGTH...THEN DAMAGING WIND WILL BE LIKELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A COLD FRONT MOVING TOWARD THE AREA WILL GENERATE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. 15
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 25, 8:24 AM EDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jul 25, 12:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1259 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005 PAZ021-030-251800- ALLEGHENY PA-WESTMORELAND PA- 1259 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVEOPING ACROSS THE REGION... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH ALLEGHENY COUNTY INCLUDING THE PITTSBURGH AREA... AT 100 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 2 MILES NORTH OF NORTH SIDE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ALLISON PARK...CARNEGIE...DELMONT...DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH...FOX CHAPEL...GREENSBURG...IRWIN...JEANNETTE...MCKEES ROCKS... MCKEESPORT...MONROEVILLE...MURRYSVILLE...NEW STANTON...NORTH SIDE...PENN HILLS...PERRYSVILLE...SOUTH SIDE...TURTLE CREEK...WEST MIFFLIN...WILKINSBURG...HARRISON CITY AND RUFFS DALE KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 2:12 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 212 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ013-014-020>023-029>032- WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-251900- ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-BEAVER PA-BELMONT OH-BROOKE WV-BUTLER PA- CARROLL OH-COLUMBIANA OH-COSHOCTON OH-FAYETTE PA-GARRETT MD- GREENE PA-GUERNSEY OH-HANCOCK WV-HARRISON OH-INDIANA PA-JEFFERSON OH- LAWRENCE PA-MARION WV-MARSHALL WV-MONONGALIA WV-MONROE OH- MUSKINGUM OH-NOBLE OH-OHIO WV-PRESTON WV-TUCKER WV-TUSCARAWAS OH- WASHINGTON PA-WESTMORELAND PA-WETZEL WV- 212 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD THE AREA... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST AT 55 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL OHIO...WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND EVENTUALLY NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. SHOULD THIS LINE MAINTAIN STRENGTH...THEN DAMAGING WIND WILL BE LIKELY. RESIDENTS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN COLUMBIANA...CARROLL...TUSCARAWAS AS WELL AS LAWRENCE AND COSHOCTON COUNTIES SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THIS LINE WILL APPROACH THEIR WESTERN BORDERS BY 3 PM EDT. COUNTIES EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THESE MAY EXPECT CONTINUED RAPID MOVEMENT SOUTHEASTWARD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 12:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Forest | 65 min |
| Jul 25, 1:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Venango | 53 min |
| Jul 25, 1:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Jefferson | 55 min |
| Jul 25, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 70 min |
| Jul 25, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 44 min |
| Jul 25, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene | 71 min |
| Jul 25, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 65 min |
| Jul 25, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 58 min |
| Jul 25, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 82 min |
| Jul 25, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 45 min |
| Jul 25, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 35 min |
| Jul 25, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton | 64 min |
| Jul 25, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 60 min |
| Jul 25, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 55 min |
| Jul 25, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Guernsey | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Harrison | 56 min |
| Jul 25, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Monroe, Noble | 77 min |
| Jul 25, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 64 min |
| Jul 25, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 55 min |
| Jul 25, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 62 min |
| Jul 25, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion | 58 min |
| Jul 25, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 33 min |
| Jul 25, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke | 75 min |
| Jul 25, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 80 min |
| Jul 25, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 68 min |
| Jul 25, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 80 min |
| Jul 25, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 40 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.