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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 276, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

November 6, 2005Washington County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 6, 2005, 12:41 PM EST for Washington County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 64 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
Nov 6, 2005, 12:41 PM EST (17:41 UTC)
Expired
Nov 6, 2005, 1:45 PM EST
In force
64 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 17:41 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 6, 10:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 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 Nov 6, 5:44 AM EST, 6 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 6, 5:44 AM EST, 6 hours 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 6, 4:16 AM EST, 8 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
416 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-
020>023-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-070930-
GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-
JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-
VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-
ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND-GREENE-
FAYETTE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-
PRESTON-TUCKER-
416 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS WIND GUSTS TODAY AND EARLY THIS
EVENING CAN GO OVER 45 MPH DUE TO A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT MOVING
THROUGH THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY TODAY.

THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND
GUSTS OVER 58 MPH. THE MOST LIKELY TIME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT...WHICH WILL BE LATE
THIS MORNING IN EASTERN OHIO...AND THEN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND EXTREME
WESTERN MARYLAND.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE SPOTTER NETWORK MAY BE ACTIVATED TODAY. SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED
TO REPORT ANY WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH AS WELL AS ANY WIND
DAMAGE...INCLUDING DOWNED TREES LIMBS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 6, 11:52 AM EST, 49 minutes before
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Local storm report, Nov 6, 12:07 PM EST, 34 minutes before
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Local storm report, Nov 6, 12:11 PM EST, 30 minutes before
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Local storm report, Nov 6, 12:34 PM EST, 7 minutes before
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Local storm report, Nov 6, 12:38 PM EST, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1238 PM EST SUN NOV 06 2005

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

1235 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PROSPECT                40.90N 80.05W
11/06/2005                   BUTLER             PA   PUBLIC

            60MPH WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED ALONG INTERSTATE 79 AT
            INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 422. DEBRIS ON HIGHWAY.

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Local storm report, Nov 6, 12:39 PM EST, 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 6, 11:52 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBeaver, Lawrence53 min
Nov 6, 12:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZButler58 min
Nov 6, 12:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZVenango28 min
Nov 6, 12:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZClarion58 min
Nov 6, 12:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny65 min
Nov 6, 12:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZForest77 min
Nov 6, 1:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZButler49 min
Nov 6, 1:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZArmstrong64 min
Nov 6, 1:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGreene61 min
Nov 6, 1:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWestmoreland83 min
Nov 6, 1:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson71 min
Nov 6, 1:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWashington66 min
Nov 6, 2:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZIndiana82 min
Nov 6, 2:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZFayette53 min
Nov 6, 10:57 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZTuscarawas63 min
Nov 6, 11:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll, Harrison60 min
Nov 6, 11:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZColumbiana57 min
Nov 6, 11:34 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson56 min
Nov 6, 11:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGuernsey, Noble65 min
Nov 6, 11:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont60 min
Nov 6, 12:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMonroe61 min
Nov 6, 12:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson36 min
Nov 6, 12:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBrooke, Ohio66 min
Nov 6, 12:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMarshall55 min
Nov 6, 1:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWetzel54 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.