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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

May 13, 2005Washington County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2005, 9:37 PM EDT for Washington County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 53 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 13, 2005, 9:37 PM EDT (01:37 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2005, 10:30 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Washington County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 13, 8:45 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 13, 8:51 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 13, 8:59 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
859 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005

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

0855 PM     HAIL             ANTRIM                  40.12N 81.35W
05/13/2005  0.75 INCH        GUERNSEY           OH   AMATEUR RADIO

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Local storm report, May 13, 9:13 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 13, 9:34 PM EDT, 3 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
May 13, 9:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Greene	62 min
May 14, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Greene	38 min
May 14, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Westmoreland	49 min
May 13, 8:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Muskingum	56 min
May 13, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Guernsey	91 min
May 13, 8:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton	87 min
May 13, 8:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont	64 min
May 13, 8:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Columbiana	63 min
May 13, 9:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monroe, Noble	39 min
May 13, 9:13 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Guernsey	3 hr
May 13, 9:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Jefferson	29 min

Nearby

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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.