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Snow Advisory 4, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

December 2, 2005

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this snow advisory at Dec 2, 2005, 8:43 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 2, 2005, 8:43 AM EST (13:43 UTC)
Expired
Dec 2, 2005, 8:00 PM EST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this snow advisory 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 snow advisory went out at Dec 2, 2:57 AM EST, 5 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 2:57 AM EST, 5 hours 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 2, 4:54 AM EST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
454 AM EST FRI DEC 2 2005

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-
020>023-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-031000-
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-
454 AM EST FRI DEC 2 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

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY..MAINLY OVER AREAS
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF MERCER...VENANGO...AND FOREST
COUNTIES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE EXTREME NORTHERN
PARTS OF THOSE COUNTIES.

IN ADDITION...STRONG UPSLOPE WIND WILL ENHANCE SNOW SHOWERS OVER
THE RIDGES OF WESTMORELAND...FAYETTE...GARRETT...PRESTON...AND
TUCKER COUNTIES. UP TO THREE INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN
THESE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

TWO STORM SYSTEMS ARE EXPECTED TO PASS JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA. THE
FIRST ON SATURDAY NIGHT...AND THE SECOND ON MONDAY. THESE WILL
GENERATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION AND FOR
SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION FOR AREAS SOUTH OF PITTSBURGH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 2, 8:43 AM ESTHeavy Snow WarningPBZ11 hr

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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.