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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

July 27, 2007Butler County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2007, 10:13 PM EDT for Butler County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 46 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
Jul 27, 2007, 10:13 PM EDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2007, 10:59 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Butler County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 58 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2007-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 799 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2007-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
799 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
763 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.0

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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 Jul 27, 7:11 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 7:11 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
711 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY CROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...EXITING THE REGION BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. EXPECT SCATTERED
TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF
THE WEEKEND...WITH DRY CONDITIONS WORKING IN FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
BAND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL
BE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO INTO NORTHERN VIRGINIA THIS
EVENING AND MAY ALSO MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA BUT
GENERALLY SOUTH OF PITTSURGH. ANOTEHR AREA OF STORMS HAS DEVELOPED
ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO AND WILL ALSO PUSH INTO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
EARLY TONIGHT. SCATTERED POP UP STORMS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE AS
SURFACE LOW AND FRONT OVER MICHIGAN AND TROF OVER WESTERN LAKES
MOVE EAST. RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW EXCEPT FOR STORMS FROM
NORTHEAST OHIO WHICH SHOULD WEAKEN TOWARD SUNSET. VERY HEAVY RAIN
POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT/...
THE SURFACE FRONT WILL ENTER NORTHWEST PA BY SATURDAY
MORNING...AND INTO SOUTHWEST PA/EXTREME NORTHERN WV SATURDAY AFTN.
WITH BOTH GFS AND NAM SHOWING THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY SPLIT TO THE
NORTH (ACROSS NEW ENGLAND) AND SOUTH (FROM SOUTHERN WV
SOUTHWARD)...THINK SHWR/TSTM COVERAGE WILL BE SCATTERED. ANY
STORMS THAT DO FORM WILL BE UNDER SEVERE LEVELS. NEAR AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES WITH HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... H5 TROF MOVING EAST. LOTS
OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BUT SOME DRYER ALOFT EARLY IN THE WEEK.
PROBILITY OF PRECIPITATION WILL DECREASE COMPARED TO SHORT TERM.
AT THIS POINT MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD WILL BE
TYPICAL MID SUMMER PATTERN BUT MAINLY DRY. APPROACHING SFC FRONT
FROM NORTH DAY 7 WILL BRING A CHANCE OF CONVECTION.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
BEST CHANCE FOR IFR STORMS NEAR KZZV THIS EVENING OTHERWISE SCATTERED
STORMS WITH NOT ENOUGH COVERAGE FOR MENTION AT ANY TERMIANL. FOG
AND HAZE WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO MVFR TOWARD MORNING WITH A
BRIEF PERIOD OF IFR POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY AT TERMINALS WHERE
SIGNIFICANT RAIN FELL EARLIER. PERIODS OF MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS WILL
BE POSSIBLE AGAIN SATURDAY IN/NEAR SHWRS AND TSTMS AND WILL USE A
TEMPO GROUP FOR MAINLY AFTERNOON THENUDER.

MORE SCT SHWRS/TSTMS BRINGING LOCAL MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS REGION SUNDAY AS COLD FRONT SLOWLY CROSSES THE
REGION...WITH ACTIVITY DIMINISHING BY MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BUILD ACROSS THE AREA TUE/WED WITH DRY/VFR CONDITIONS.

&&

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

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 7:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
719 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007

OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-WVZ001>004-012-282330-
TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-
MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-
WETZEL-
719 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN
WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST FORM MICHIGAN TONIGHT THERE IS A
SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AS LOW PRESSURE AND A COLD
FRONT MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. THE PRIME THREATS WILL BE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

MDZ001-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029>032-WVZ021>023-041-282330-
GARRETT-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-
BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND-GREENE-
FAYETTE-MARION-MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER-
719 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AS LOW PRESSURE AND A COLD
FRONT MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. THE PRIME THREATS WILL BE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 9:29 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
929 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007

PAZ013-280230-
LAWRENCE PA-
929 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007

...THUNDERSTORMS...

THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
LAWRENCE...

AT 925 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH
INDICATED A THUNDERSTORMS 12 MILES WEST OF NEW CASTLE...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF A HALF TO ONE INCH
PER HOUR AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  HARLANSBURG...MCCONNELLS MILL AND NEW CASTLE

MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.

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

15
Local storm report, Jul 27, 10:01 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 9:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZLawrence46 min
Jul 28, 7:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZVenango2 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.