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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

April 1, 2007Butler County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 2007, 8:32 PM EDT for Butler County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 28 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 1, 2007, 8:32 PM EDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 1, 2007, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Butler County, PA

The radar

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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 Apr 1, 2:19 PM EDT, 6 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 2:19 PM EDT, 6 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
219 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2007

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... WIDESPREAD PRECIP IS MOVE
EAST ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL PA...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS BEHIND THAT.
TSTMS ARE BEGINNING TO FIRE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN OH...WV....AND
EASTERN KY WITH SURFACE HEATING...INSTABILITY...AND SOME LIFT WITH
SHORT WAVE IMPULSES ROTATING AROUND LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE
CROSSING THE GREAT LAKES. THINK AT LEAST THE SOUTHERN DISTRICTS
WILL SEE ENOUGH CLOUD BREAKS FOR HEATING/INSTABILITY TO RESULT IN
SOME TSTMS FORMING...AND THOSE ENTERING THE AREA FROM THE
SOUTHWEST NOT TO WEAKEN SIGNIFICANTLY. THIS BEING SAID...DO NOT
THINK ORGANIZED SEVERE ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR...THUS WILL INCLUDE
GUSTY WINDS WITH TSTMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST PA...WV...AND OHIO. AS THE
UPPER LOW PULLS TO THE NORTHEAST TNGT...PRECIP WILL END ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICTS BY LATE THIS EVENING...AND ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. DRY AND
MILD WEATHER IS ON TAP FOR MONDAY...WITH BREEZY WEST WINDS BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE DISTRICT MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY WILL BRING DRY WEATHER AND MILD TEMPERATURES. A COLD FRONT
MOVING ACROSS THE DISTRICT TUESDAY NIGHT WILL BRING A RISK OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR TUESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING. MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL SWEEP INTO THE DISTRICT
BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT WITH RAIN SHOWERS WEDNESDAY EVENING CHANGING
TO SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A LARGE UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL TAKE
RESIDENCE NEAR THE NORTHERN SHORES OF LAKE ONTARIO THURSDAY AND BRING
A PROLONGED PERIOD OF CLOUDY SKIES...BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES...AND
PERIODS OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS FOR THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z-18Z/...
MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE PREVALENT WITH WIDESPREAD PRECIP THROUGH
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTHERN TERMINALS...WITH
VFR/SCATTERED MVFR ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TERMINALS WITH SCATTERED
PRECIP AND AFTN/EVE TSTMS. COULD BE A FEW GUSTS TO 35KT IN THE
STRONGER STORMS. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AREA WIDE BY LATE THIS
EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE OVERNIGHT/MONDAY...WITH MOST
AREAS EXPERIENCING 15 KT WINDS BY 15Z MONDAY...WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT.

&&

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

30/06/30/
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 3:52 AM EDT, 16 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
352 AM EDT SUN APR 1 2007

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-020800-
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-
352 AM EDT SUN APR 1 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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

...SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SWING THROUGH THE REGION THIS
MORNING BRINGING SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. BEHIND THIS
FRONT AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. THIS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM COULD CAUSE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 1, 6:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
617 PM EDT SUN APR 01 2007

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

0605 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 SE MORGANTOWN         39.58N 79.88W
04/01/2007                   MONONGALIA         WV   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON ROUTE 7 BETWEEN RICHARD AND
            DELLSLOW. EASTBOUND LANES CLOSED.

&&

TPARRISH
Special weather statement, Apr 1, 7:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
708 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2007

MDZ001-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029>032-WVZ001>003-022-023-
020115-
GARRETT-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-
JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-
WESTMORELAND-GREENE-FAYETTE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MONONGALIA-
PRESTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...GRANTSVILLE...SHARON...
HERMITAGE...GROVE CITY...GREENVILLE...FARRELL...OIL CITY...
FRANKLIN...SUGARCREEK...TIONESTA...NEW CASTLE...ELLWOOD CITY...
BUTLER...ZELIENOPLE...CLARION...PUNXSUTAWNEY...BROOKVILLE...
REYNOLDSVILLE...BROCKWAY...ALIQUIPPA...BEAVER FALLS...AMBRIDGE...
MONACA...BEAVER...PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...KITTANNING...
FORD CITY...LEECHBURG...FREEPORT...APOLLO...INDIANA...
WASHINGTON...CANONSBURG...DONORA...CALIFORNIA...CHARLEROI...
MONONGAHELA...MCMURRAY...GREENSBURG...NEW KENSINGTON...
JEANNETTE...LATROBE...MONESSEN...WAYNESBURG...FAIRDALE...
UNIONTOWN...CONNELLSVILLE...OHIOPYLE...TORONTO...WEIRTON...
WHEELING...MORGANTOWN...KINGWOOD...TERRA ALTA
708 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2007

...SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AS A
COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL GENERATE
SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH.

MOVE INDOORS WHEN THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.
Special weather statement, Apr 1, 7:45 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
745 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2007

PAZ021-022-029>032-WVZ003-004-020045-
ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-FAYETTE PA-GREENE PA-MARSHALL WV-OHIO
WV-WASHINGTON PA-WESTMORELAND PA-
745 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2007

...THUNDERSTORMS...

THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
FAYETTE...ARMSTRONG...WASHINGTON...ALLEGHENY...WESTMORELAND...
GREENE...MARSHALL AND OHIO...

AT 742 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH
INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF OAKDALE TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNDSVILLE...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM IMPERIAL TO GLENDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.  MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.

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

15
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 8:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny35 min
Apr 1, 9:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZPreston26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2007Every severe thunderstorm 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.