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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2006, 2:44 PM EDT for Carroll County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 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
- Aug 3, 2006, 2:44 PM EDT (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2006, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Carroll County, OH
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 11:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1336 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 983 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
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 Aug 3, 1:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 1:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 114 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT)... UPDATE ZONES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #683. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 1206 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006) SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT)... UPDATING ZONES FOR THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 240 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006) SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)... COLD FRONT PUSHING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL BRING PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND THE EAST-WEST ORIENTATION OF THE SHOWERS ALONG THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF TRAINING CELLS AND A RISK OF FLOODING. AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES SLOWLY SOUTH OF THE DISTRICT ON FRIDAY A RISK OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. SHOWERS ON FRIDAY WILL END FROM THE NORTH AS THE FRONT CONTINUES SOUTH. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE DISTRICT BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BRING DRY WEATHER FOR FRIDAY NIGHT. LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY WILL BRING DRY WEATHER AND LOWER HUMIDITY FOR SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE DISTRICT MONDAY WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BRING DRY WEATHER FOR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AVIATION... MAINLY CLEAR SKIES FOR MUCH OF THE TERMINAL AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NORTHERN TIER WHERE MID DECK AHEAD OF ESE MOVING CONVECTION WILL APPROACH BY MORNING. EXPECT RESTRICTIONS TO VSBY AGAIN IN MORNING FOG AND HZ MAINLY IN THE MVFR CATEGORY. TIMING OF PRECIP AHEAD OF FRONT LOOKS TO BE AROUND 14Z-16Z NRN TERMINALS TO 18Z-20Z ZZV-PIT AND 21-23Z SOUTH WITH PREVAILING MVFR AND TEMPO IFR IN TSRA. FRONT TENDS TO SLOW AS WV MOVES ALONG IT LATER TONIGHT SO KEPT IN PRECIP LONGER IN EXTREME SRN TERMMINUS. WINDS S-SW 5 TO 10 KT THIS MORNING SHIFTING TO SW-W AHEAD OF FRONT THEN NW 10-15KT WITH FROPA...LIGHTER AND LATE TIMING SOUTH. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 4:41 AM EDT, 10 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 441 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016- 020>023-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-040845- 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- 441 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 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 A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE DISTRICT BY THIS EVENING WILL BRING A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 11:25 AM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1125 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 PAZ007-031630- MERCER PA- 1125 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS O MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTY... MERCER... AT 1119 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES NORTH OF SHARON...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JEFFERSON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... FARRELL...FREDONIA...GROVE CITY...HERMITAGE...MAURICE K GODDARD STATE PARK...MERCER...SHARON AND STONEBORO 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.
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 12:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1219 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 PAZ013-031715- LAWRENCE PA- 1219 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTY... LAWRENCE... AT 1214 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW CASTLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FARRELL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... HARLANSBURG...MCCONNELLS MILL...NEW CASTLE AND NEW WILMINGTON 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR OHIO AND THE PANHANDLE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST VIRGINIA.
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 12:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 3, 1:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 113 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 OHZ041-PAZ009-013>016-020-022-WVZ001-031815- ARMSTRONG PA-BEAVER PA-BUTLER PA-CLARION PA-COLUMBIANA OH-FOREST PA-HANCOCK WV-JEFFERSON PA-LAWRENCE PA- 113 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...COLUMBIANA...FOREST...CLARION...JEFFERSON...BUTLER ...ARMSTRONG...LAWRENCE...BEAVER AND HANCOCK... AT 112 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF COOK FOREST STATE PARK TO LISBON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR OHIO AND THE PANHANDLE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR OHIO.
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:16 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 216 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 PAZ014>016-022-023-031915- ARMSTRONG PA-BUTLER PA-CLARION PA-INDIANA PA-JEFFERSON PA- 216 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 ...THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... CLARION...JEFFERSON...BUTLER...ARMSTRONG AND INDIANA... AT 214 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF REYNOLDSVILLE TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUTLER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... BUTLER...CHERRY TREE...CLYMER...CROOKED CREEK LAKE PARK...DAYTON... DORA...ELDERTON...FORD CITY...GLEN CAMPBELL...INDIANA... KITTANNING...LERNERVILLE...MARION CENTER...MUFF...NEW BETHLEHEM... PLUMVILLE...PUNXSUTAWNEY...REYNOLDSVILLE...SARVER...SAXONBURG... SHELOCTA AND SMICKSBURG 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR OHIO AND THE PANHANDLE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR OHIO.
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:34 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 234 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 OHZ040-041-031930- CARROLL OH-COLUMBIANA OH- 234 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... COLUMBIANA AND CARROLL... AT 227 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES WEST OF MALVERN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. THESE STORMS ARE STRENGTHENING AS THE MOVE TO THE EAST. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... AUGUSTA...EAST ROCHESTER...GUILFORD LAKE STATE PARK...HOMEWORTH... LEETONIA...MALVERN...MECHANICSTOWN AND MILLPORT 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR OHIO AND THE PANHANDLE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR OHIO.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 11:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 65 min |
| Aug 3, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 53 min |
| Aug 3, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler | 57 min |
| Aug 3, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 57 min |
| Aug 3, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 61 min |
| Aug 3, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 54 min |
| Aug 3, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Venango | 58 min |
| Aug 3, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 56 min |
| Aug 3, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton | 62 min |
| Aug 3, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 62 min |
| Aug 3, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Guernsey | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll | 67 min |
| Aug 3, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Harrison | 63 min |
| Aug 3, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 67 min |
| Aug 3, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton | 57 min |
| Aug 3, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 65 min |
| Aug 3, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Noble | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Harrison | 53 min |
| Aug 3, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke | 58 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.