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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

July 26, 2005Belmont County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2005, 3:28 PM EDT for Belmont County, Ohio. 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 26, 2005, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2005, 4:06 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Belmont County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 87 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 845 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.9

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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 Jul 26, 2:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 2:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
221 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...

&&

.LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...

&&

.AVIATION...

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
OH...HEAT ADVISORY FOR OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069 UNTIL 8
     PM TUESDAY.
PA...HEAT ADVISORY FOR PAZ013-014-020>022-029>032 UNTIL 8 PM
     TUESDAY.
WV...HEAT ADVISORY FOR WVZ001>004-012-021-022 UNTIL 8 PM TUESDAY.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 1:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
141 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-270901-
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-
141 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

VERY UNSTABLE HOT...HUMID AIR IS STILL SITUATED OVER THE AREA.  THIS
WILL GIVE THE REGION A GOOD CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS
AFTERNOON.  SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE VERY STRONG AND COULD
APPROACH THE SEVERE CATEGORIES OF PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.  THESE STORMS WILL ALSO CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY
RAINFALL.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
222 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-270030-
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-
222 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON MAY
QUICKLY REACH SEVERE LEVELS WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL AS THE
PRIMARY THREATS.  THESE STORMS MAY FORM INTO SHORT LINES AND WILL
MOVE EASTWARD.

TONIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA WITH STORMS BECOMING
MORE WIDESPREAD AND WITH THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED
FLOODING ADDED TO THE THREAT OF HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.

THOSE PLANNING OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY AS LIGHTNING WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

15

Local storm report, Jul 26, 3:26 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
326 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

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

0249 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RIMERSBURG              41.04N 79.50W
07/26/2005                   CLARION            PA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN IN MADISON TOWNSHIP.

&&

TP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Clarion	60 min
Jul 26, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Jefferson	59 min
Jul 26, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Jefferson	14 min
Jul 26, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Greene, Washington	36 min
Jul 26, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Butler	36 min
Jul 26, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Mercer	62 min
Jul 26, 6:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver	54 min
Jul 26, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Mercer	58 min
Jul 26, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Butler	53 min
Jul 26, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Washington	55 min
Jul 26, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Clarion, Forest, Venango	55 min
Jul 26, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Lawrence	67 min
Jul 26, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny	56 min
Jul 26, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Westmoreland	65 min
Jul 26, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Indiana	62 min
Jul 26, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Butler	49 min
Jul 26, 7:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Jefferson	42 min
Jul 26, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll	56 min
Jul 26, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Tuscarawas	23 min
Jul 26, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Jefferson	62 min
Jul 26, 7:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton	71 min
Jul 26, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marshall, Ohio	54 min
Jul 26, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Hancock	64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.