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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

March 13, 2006Harrison County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2006, 8:42 PM EST for Harrison County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 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: Mar 13, 2006, 8:42 PM EST (01:42 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2006, 9:15 PM EST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Harrison County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 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
Mar 13, 11:22 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 333 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1383 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Mar 13, 3:15 PM EST, 5 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 3:15 PM EST, 5 hours 27 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
315 PM EST MON MAR 13 2006

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...
STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH OUR CWA LATER THIS EVENING AND
DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF TUESDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
POSSIBLE UNTIL FROPA. WINDY AND MUCH COLDER ON TUESDAY WITH GUSTY
WESTERLY WINDS.

&&

.LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...
TUESDAY NIGHT SFC LOW CONTINUES TO PULL OUT TO THE NORTHEAST.
WEDNESDAY HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT SURFACE LOW MOVES TO OUR SOUTH WITH CHC
RAIN AND/OR SNOW ACROSS OUR CWA. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE
NORTHWEST FRIDAY AND CONTINUES THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...
CIGS LOWERING DURING LATE AFTERNOON TO BKN030-040.  THUNDERSTORMS
WITH WIND G45KT...POSSIBLE HAIL...CIGS AOB 010...AND VSBY 1-3 MI
MOVE ACROSS CWA BTW 21Z-02Z.  COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS REGION
OVERNIGHT WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND WIND SWITCHING TO WEST AT ZZV
AROUND 03Z...PIT AROUND 06Z...AND LBE AROUND 08Z. GRADIENT AND
MIXING WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 30KTS AFTER 14Z TUE.

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 5:32 AM EST, 15 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
532 AM EST MON MAR 13 2006

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-
020>023-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-141045-
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-
532 AM EST MON MAR 13 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

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. THE MAIN THREAT
WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...BUT LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION EARLY TONIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF AND ALONG THIS COLD
FRONT LATER TODAY. MANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE.

AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH...STRONG WEST WINDS WITH GUSTS
UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR
PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO. THE SOIL IS ALREADY SATURATED ACROSS
MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO. ADDITIONAL RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF
LOW LYING AREAS...STREAMS AND CREEKS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 13, 3:25 PM EST, 5 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
325 PM EST MON MAR 13 2006

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

0314 PM     HAIL             SLIPPERY ROCK           41.06N 80.05W
03/13/2006  1.00 INCH        BUTLER             PA   PUBLIC

&&

Special weather statement, Mar 13, 3:37 PM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 13, 8:19 PM EST, 23 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 14, 10:49 AM EST	Wind Advisory	PBZ	Jefferson	11 hr
Mar 13, 8:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	8 min
Mar 13, 8:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll	37 min
Mar 13, 8:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Columbiana, Jefferson	46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.