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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

April 14, 2006Marion County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2006, 7:37 PM EDT for Marion County, West Virginia. It was in force for 23 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: Apr 14, 2006, 7:37 PM EDT (23:37 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2006, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Marion County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 14, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 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 Apr 14, 6:44 PM EDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 6:44 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 4:29 AM EDT, 15 hours 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 14, 5:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
543 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

OHZ039-048-049-057>059-068-069-142245-
BELMONT OH-COSHOCTON OH-GUERNSEY OH-HARRISON OH-MONROE OH-MUSKINGUM
OH-NOBLE OH-TUSCARAWAS OH-
543 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

...THUNDERSTORMS...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES DURING THE 6 O
CLOCK HOUR...

TUSCARAWAS...COSHOCTON...HARRISON...GUERNSEY...BELMONT...M
USKINGUM...NOBLE AND MONROE.

AT 540 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH
INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LAYLAND TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EAST FULTONHAM...MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY GENERATE SOME HAIL AND GUSTY WIND.  BE
PREPARED FOR ESCALATION TO SEVERE LEVELS.

MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.

15

Local storm report, Apr 14, 6:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 14, 6:53 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
653 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

OHZ068-142345-
NOBLE OH-
653 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

...THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH NOBLE COUNTY...

AT 652 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH
INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 2 MILES WEST OF CALDWELL...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  BELLE VALLEY...CALDWELL...DUDLEY...SARAHSVILLE...SUMMERFIELD AND
  WOLF RUN STATE PARK

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.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR OHIO AND THE PANHANDLE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST
VIRGINIA.

Local storm report, Apr 14, 7:19 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
719 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

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

0700 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 E CAMBRIDGE           40.03N 81.49W
04/14/2006                   GUERNSEY           OH   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN VILLAGE OF OLD WASHINGTON.

&&

TPARRISH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Washington	46 min
Apr 14, 7:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Greene	45 min
Apr 14, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Muskingum	64 min
Apr 14, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Guernsey	45 min
Apr 14, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Noble	27 min
Apr 14, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont	57 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2006 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.