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Heavy Snow Warning 3, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

March 16, 2007Forest County, Venango County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this heavy snow warning at Mar 16, 2007, 3:31 PM EDT for Forest County, Venango County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 8 hr. 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 16, 2007, 3:31 PM EDT (19:31 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2007, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Counties Forest County, PA, Venango County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heavy snow 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 heavy snow warning went out at Mar 16, 9:11 AM EDT, 6 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 9:11 AM EDT, 6 hours 20 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 8:35 PM EDTWinter Storm WarningPBZ27 hr
Mar 16, 8:43 AM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZAllegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Forest and 6 more15 hr

Nearby

Heavy Snow Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2007Every heavy snow warning in 2007

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.