Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 2007, 5:12 PM EDT for Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was in force for 21 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2007, 5:12 PM EDT (21:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2007, 5:33 PM EDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Monongalia County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 98 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 685 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS51 KPBZ 092112
TORPBZ
WVC061-092215-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.TO.W.0009.070809T2112Z-070809T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
512 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MONONGALIA COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 509 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BROWNS
CHAPEL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE. 1-877-633-6772. WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3947 7998 3948 7999 3948 8001 3952 8004
3965 8004 3966 7980 3962 7980 3953 7988
3946 7991
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 273DEG 25KT 3955 7990
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KPBZ 092133
SVSPBZ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
532 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007
WVC061-092142-
/O.CAN.KPBZ.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070809T2215Z/
MONONGALIA WV-
532 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MONONGALIA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THE TORNADO LIFTED AS IT EXITED THE
COUNTY TO THE EAST.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3947 7998 3948 7999 3948 8001 3952 8004
3965 8004 3966 7980 3962 7980 3953 7988
3946 7991
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 273DEG 25KT 3954 7972
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 11:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel | 15 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke | 60 min |
| Aug 9, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 60 min |
| Aug 9, 3:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 66 min |
| Aug 9, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 65 min |
| Aug 9, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 74 min |
| Aug 9, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 6:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 62 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.