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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 219, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

December 1, 2006Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 1, 2006, 10:53 AM EST for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 67 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
Dec 1, 2006, 10:53 AM EST (15:53 UTC)
Expired
Dec 1, 2006, 12:00 PM EST
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Allegheny County, PA

The radar

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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
Dec 1, 10:09 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 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 Dec 1, 10:28 AM EST, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 10:28 AM EST, 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1028 AM EST FRI DEC 1 2006

.SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)...

DID UPDATE TO INCLUDE THE NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 874.

&&

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 700 AM EST FRI DEC 1 2006)

SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)...

UPDATE ISSUED TO BRING HIGH WIND WARNING FURTHER FORWARD WITH
ADVANCE OF CONVECTIVE LINE.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 325 AM EST FRI DEC 1 2006)

SHORT TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...

ONLY COSMETIC REFINEMENTS NEEDED TO PROG OF WIND AND RAIN FOR TDA.
THESE INCLUDED ADJUSTMENTS IN TIMING TO INCLUDE THE MRNG HOURS OF
THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE WRN/SRN AND RIDGE ZONES. THIS IN
RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL FOR MIXING OF LLVL JET CORE WITH SHRA/TSRA
THAT DVLP ALNG WITH TERRAIN FAVORABILITY IN ADDITION TO PRESSURE
SURGE ON LEADING EDGE OF SFC FRONT. STRNG SBSDNC STILL IND IN THE
WAKE OF THE SYS...HENCE WARNING WL BE MAINTAINED INTO THE EVE.

OTHER CONCERNS WL SVR POTENTIAL WITH THE ADVN OF THIS SYS.  AREA WL
BE UNDER SLGT RISK...PRIMARILY FOR WND, HOWEVER THE TORNADO CANNOT
BE RULED.

DAY SHIFT WL ALSO HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT FZDZ POTENTIAL LATE TNGT
WITH MOIST BNDRY LYR AND DRY SLOT DRIVING ICE FM THE MID LVLS.
SHSN...WITH INSIG ACCUM WERE LTD TO THE LE AND RIDGE ZONES DUE TO STRNG
SBSDNC.

LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...

ONLY CHANGES WERE TO REFINE SHSN AREAS IN THE WAKE OF TDAS
SYS...SBSDNC AND UNFAVORABLE WND DIRECTION SHOULD CONFINE SHSN TO
THE LAKE EFFECT AND RIDGE ZONES. NO CHANGES TO SMALL POPS AREA-WIDE
WITH SUN/SUN NGT CDFNT.

AVIATION...

MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ATTM WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF LOW CONDITIONS AT
FKL. FIRST BATCH OF STEADY RAIN APPROACHING ZZV WITH CONDITIONS
EXPECTED TO LOWER TO MVFR NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS HOLDING OFF FURHER
EAST UNTIL DAWN. FROPA 14Z ZZV 16Z PIT-AGC-FKL 18Z DUJ-MGW. LLWS
MENTIONED UNTIL WINDS MIX DOWN AHEAD OF AND ACCOMPANYING FRONT.
BUFKIT SHOWS MIXING DOWN MOMENTUM CAN BRING WIND AROUND 50 KT THIS
MORNING IN THE WEST MOVING EAST TO PIT BY 16Z WITH FROPA. ANY
THUNDERSTORM CAN ALSO MIX DOWN 50-60KT JET BUT MORE ISOLATED
POSSIBILITY WITH THOSE. CROSS SECTIONS SHOW CIGS LIFTING TONIGHT BUT
DID NOT GO AS HIGH AS MAV VERSION WHICH BREAKS US OUT TO CAT 6.
WINDS SUBSIDING TO 15 TO 20KT AFT 06Z SAT. ONLY MENTIONED -SN IN THE
NORTHERN TERMINALS AFT 00Z AND AS A TEMPO FURTHER SOUTH LATE
TONIGHT.

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR MDZ001 UNTIL 9 PM FRIDAY.
OH...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069 UNTIL
     9 PM FRIDAY.
PA...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029>032 UNTIL
     9 PM FRIDAY.
WV...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041 UNTIL 9 PM
     FRIDAY.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 1, 4:15 AM EST, 6 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
415 AM EST FRI DEC 1 2006

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-
020>023-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-020915-
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-
415 AM EST FRI DEC 1 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 HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE
LIKELY WITH THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. IN
ADDITION, THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND IN
ADVANCE OF THE SYSTEMS COLD FRONT COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS. THE
PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING WIND, BUT ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

15

In the hours before

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Local storm report, Dec 1, 10:32 AM EST, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1032 AM EST FRI DEC 01 2006

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

1010 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG FOLLANSBEE              40.34N 80.60W
12/01/2006                   BROOKE             WV   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON ELDERSVILLE ROAD NEAR FOLLANSBEE.

&&

TPARRISH
Local storm report, Dec 1, 10:50 AM EST, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1050 AM EST FRI DEC 01 2006

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

1030 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG MOUNDSVILLE             39.92N 80.74W
12/01/2006                   MARSHALL           WV   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LINES DOWN/POWER OUTAGE ALONG ROUTE 250 AND CHASE LANE.

&&

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 1, 11:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZVenango60 min
Dec 1, 11:11 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZArmstrong, Butler64 min
Dec 1, 11:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWestmoreland60 min
Dec 1, 11:36 AM ESTTornado WarningPBZWestmoreland24 min
Dec 1, 11:44 AM ESTTornado WarningPBZIndiana31 min
Dec 1, 12:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson64 min
Dec 1, 12:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZIndiana46 min
Dec 1, 12:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZFayette42 min
Dec 1, 12:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWestmoreland47 min
Dec 1, 12:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZIndiana31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.