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Snow Advisory 8, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

March 15, 200712 counties in Pennsylvania; 4 counties in Ohio; 6 counties in West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this snow advisory at Mar 15, 2007, 2:56 PM EDT for 12 counties in Pennsylvania; 4 counties in Ohio; 6 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Mar 16, 2007, 4:37 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 15, 2007, 2:56 PM EDT (18:56 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 16, 2007, 4:37 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 16, 2007, 8:43 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA

All 22 counties

Belmont County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Forest County, PA, Greene County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA, Washington County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Wetzel County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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 snow advisory 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 snow advisory went out at Mar 15, 8:08 AM EDT, 6 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 8:08 AM EDT, 6 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 8:13 AM EDT, 6 hours 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
813 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2007

OHZ039>041-048>050-057-058-PAZ007>009-013>016-020-022-023-WVZ001-
161215-
TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-
MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-
JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-HANCOCK-
813 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TILL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF
RAIN TODAY WILL BRING RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BEFORE
ENDING THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF RAINFALL AND SNOW MELT MAY
BRING STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
FOR PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING...RAINFALL OF EVERY ONE HALF
INCH AND ANY FREEZING PRECIPITATION.

MDZ001-OHZ059-068-069-PAZ021-029>032-WVZ002>004-012-021>023-041-
161215-
GARRETT-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-ALLEGHENY-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND-
GREENE-FAYETTE-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-
PRESTON-TUCKER-
813 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN
PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TILL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF
RAIN TODAY WILL BRING RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BEFORE
ENDING THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF RAINFALL AND SNOW MELT MAY
BRING STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING AND RAINFALL OF EVERY ONE HALF
INCH.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 15, 10:27 AM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 10:27 AM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 11:48 AM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 12:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 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, 8:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Washington	53 min
Mar 14, 10:05 PM EDT	Flood Watch	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Forest and 6 more	16 hr
Mar 14, 10:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Indiana	25 min
Mar 15, 6:18 AM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PBZ	Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Forest, Jefferson and 3 more	8 hr
Mar 15, 2:56 PM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PBZ		6 hr
Mar 14, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont	67 min

Nearby

Snow Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2007 Snow Advisories in West Virginia, 2007 Snow Advisories in Ohio, 2007 Every snow advisory 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.