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Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

December 13, 20075 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 13, 2007, 9:03 AM EST for 5 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 7 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
Dec 13, 2007, 9:03 AM EST (14:03 UTC)
Expired
Dec 13, 2007, 3:59 PM EST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Counties Clarion County, PA, Forest County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 12:00Z on 2007-12-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2007-12-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
354 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Dec 13, 2:28 AM EST, 6 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 2:28 AM EST, 6 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
228 AM EST THU DEC 13 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION TO THE
AREA TODAY. ACROSS THE SOUTH RAIN IS EXPECTED...HOWEVER AS YOU
MOVE NORTH AND EAST A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS LIKELY. AS
THE MORNING PROGRESSES WARMER AIR WILL NUDGE NORTH AND
EAST...CHANGING ANY MIXTURE TO RAIN IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
A BRIEF BREAK ON FRIDAY BEFORE THE NEXT STORM MOVES IN FOR THE
WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/...
VERY DIFFICULT FORECAST TRYING TO DETERMINE PRECIPITATION TYPE AND
HOW LONG AREAS WILL REMAIN LIQUID OR FROZEN. DIFFERENCES IN
MODELS THIS MORNING WITH THE WARMER GFS PUSHING THE CHANGE OVER
LINE WELL NORTH OF PIT WHILE COLDER NAM KEEPING THE LINE JUST
NORTH OF PIT. HAVE LEANED TO THE COLDER NAM INITIALLY AS CURRENT
SFC TEMPS ARE HOLDING BELOW FREEZING. AS WARMER AIR NUDGES
NORTHWARD THIS MORNING CHANGE OVER LINE WILL DO THE SAME. HAVE CUT
BACK ON EXPIRATION TIME FOR ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN EDGE AND HAVE
UPDATED GARRETT COUNTY TO ICE STORM WARNING. CURRENT SFC OBS IN
GARRETT SHOW TEMPS STILL IN THE 20S MAINLY OVER EASTERN PORTIONS.
BOTH MODELS SHOWING GOOD SWATH OF HIGHER QPF MOVING THROUGH THE
MORNING AS WELL. LOCATIONS TO THE NORTH MAY NEED TO BE UPGRADED TO
WARNINGS DEPENDING ON WHAT PRECIPITATION AND SFC TEMPS DO. COUNTIES OF
GREATEST CONCERN WOULD BE MY 4 FAR NORTHEAST COUNTIES. GFS SHOWING
ICE STORM...NAM SHOWING HEAVY SNOW. SYSTEM EXITS QUICKLY THIS
AFTERNOON LEAVING BEHIND SOME SCT RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS. TEMPS
SHOULD BEGIN TO RISE ACROSS THE SOUTH AROUND DAWN...FIGURING OUT
HOW FAST THESE WARMER SFC TEMPS MOVE NORTHWARD IS THE TRICK.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
COLDER AIR MOVES IN OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL DEVELOP SOME LES. MOST OF
THIS SHOULD REMAIN ACROSS THE NORTH AS WINDS WILL BE MORE WESTERLY
AND ATMOSPHERE DRIES OUT PRETTY QUICKLY. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN
FRIDAY AFTERNOON/NIGHT WHICH WILL BRING QUICK END TO LES. EYES
WILL BE FOCUSED ON NEXT STORM WHICH WILL DEVELOP SOMEWHERE OVER
THE SOUTHERN US AND THEN BEGIN TO MOVE NORTHWARD. STILL MANY
ISSUES TO BE RESOLVED WITH SYSTEM. TIMING...HOW FAR NORTH WARMER
AIR PUSHES AHEAD OF STORM...HOW FAST STORM WILL GO COASTAL.
ANOTHER INTERESTING ITEM IS CURRENT 84HR NAM SHOWS NO STORM AT
ALL. CONSENSUS IS FOR AN EVENT THIS WEEKEND BUT THE PARTICULARS
ARE FAR FROM SET. AREA SHOULD BEGIN TO SEE NORTHERN EDGE OF SNOW
FROM SYSTEM LATE SAT MORNING INTO AFTERNOON. WARMER AIR IS NUDGING
NORTHWARD...BUT CURRENTLY MAINLY A SNOW EVENT.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
HEAVIEST QPF FROM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH SAT NIGHT BEFORE STORM GOES
COASTAL. THIS IS ALSO THE TIME AT WHICH WARMEST AIR PUSHES
NORTHWARD. COULD SEE A CHANGE OVER TO RAIN IN THE FAR SOUTH...BUT
WITH SO MUCH AIR SURGING NORTHWARD...LOOKS TO BE A HEAVY WET SNOW
SATURDAY NIGHT. BY 12Z SUN...SFC LOW IS OVER NJ AND QUICKLY
HEADING NORTHEASTWARD. WOULD EXPECT TO SEE WRAP AROUND SNOW SHOWERS
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH MUCH COLDER TEMPS. WAY TO EARLY TO
MAKE ANY GUESSES ON ACCUMULATIONS AS A MORE NORTH AND WEST TRACK
WOULD REALLY CUT INTO SNOWFALL. IN RESPONSE TO MAJOR STORM...LARGE
HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE IN MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL
KEEP AIR COLD BUT SHOULD BE QUIET.

&&

.AVIATION /08Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES BY THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY, THE
ACCOMPANYING MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL SATURATE LOW LEVELS AND CAUSE
IFR CONDITIONS MAINLY BETWEEN 11Z AND 20Z. GEFS AND SREF MODEL RUNS
SHOW PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL BE AN ISSUE WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF
FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING FOR TAFS NEAR KPIT AND A PROLONGED PERIOD
OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY SLEET FOR KFKL AND KDUJ.

THE NEXT EPISODE OF IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE LATE SATURDAY INTO MONDAY
AS RECENT GFS AND ECMWF MODEL RUNS SHOW ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
AFFECTING THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY WITH MAINLY SNOW AS IT MOVES
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE VIRGINIAS.

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...ICE STORM WARNING UNTIL NOON EST TODAY FOR MDZ001.
OH...NONE.
PA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
     PAZ008-009-015-016.
     FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY UNTIL NOON EST TODAY FOR PAZ030-032.
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON EST TODAY FOR PAZ007-013-
     014-022-023.
     FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR PAZ020-
     021.
WV...NONE.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 13, 3:42 AM EST, 5 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
342 AM EST THU DEC 13 2007

PAZ023-030-032-140845-
INDIANA-WESTMORELAND-FAYETTE-
342 AM EST THU DEC 13 2007

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND
WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY.

A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN TO THE AREA THIS MORNING. WITH
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA AT OR BELOW FREEZING...RAIN THAT
FALLS WILL FREEZE AS IT CONTACTS COLDER SURFACES. BE AWARE IF YOU
WILL BE TRAVELING...ICY ROADS ARE LIKELY. ALSO BE CAREFUL ON
OUTDOOR WALKWAYS AS THEY TOO WILL BECOME COVERED WITH A THIN GLAZE
OF ICE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ANOTHER LARGE SYSTEM WILL BRING THE CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS
FOR THE WEEKEND. SNOW FROM THE SYSTEM SHOULD BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD
THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO
SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ007-013-014-022-140845-
MERCER-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-ARMSTRONG-
342 AM EST THU DEC 13 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX TO THE AREA TODAY. THE
PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND
SNOW AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHERN
LOCATIONS COULD SEE A LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION THIS MORNING. BE
AWARE IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...ICY ROADS ARE LIKELY. ALSO BE
CAREFUL ON OUTDOOR WALKWAYS AS THEY TOO WILL BECOME COVERED WITH A
THIN GLAZE OF ICE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ANOTHER LARGE SYSTEM WILL BRING THE CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS
FOR THE WEEKEND. SNOW FROM THE SYSTEM SHOULD BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD
THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO
SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MDZ001-140845-
GARRETT-
342 AM EST THU DEC 13 2007

...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   ICE STORM WARNING.

A STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD RAIN ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING.
TEMPERATURES IN EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY WILL REMAIN AT OR
BELOW FREEZING THIS MORNING. RAIN THAT FALLS WILL FREEZE AS IT
CONTACTS COLDER SURFACES. BE AWARE IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...ICY
ROADS ARE LIKELY. ALSO BE CAREFUL ON OUTDOOR WALKWAYS AS THEY TOO
WILL BECOME COVERED WITH A GLAZE OF ICE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ANOTHER LARGE SYSTEM WILL BRING THE CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS
FOR THE WEEKEND. SNOW FROM THE SYSTEM SHOULD BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD
THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO
SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ020-021-140845-
BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-
342 AM EST THU DEC 13 2007

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY.

A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN TO THE AREA THIS MORNING. WITH
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA AT OR BELOW FREEZING...RAIN THAT
FALLS WILL FREEZE AS IT CONTACTS COLDER SURFACES. TEMPERATURES
WILL RISE ABOVE 32 DEGREES AROUND 9 AM. BE AWARE IF YOU WILL BE
TRAVELING...ICY ROADS ARE LIKELY. ALSO BE CAREFUL ON OUTDOOR
WALKWAYS AS THEY TOO WILL BECOME COVERED WITH A THIN GLAZE OF ICE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ANOTHER LARGE SYSTEM WILL BRING THE CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS
FOR THE WEEKEND. SNOW FROM THE SYSTEM SHOULD BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD
THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO
SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ008-009-015-016-140845-
VENANGO-FOREST-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-
342 AM EST THU DEC 13 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN TO
THE AREA TODAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
TODAY WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN LOCATIONS THAT REMAIN MOSTLY
SNOW. BE AWARE IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...ICY AND SNOW COVERED
ROADS ARE LIKELY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ANOTHER LARGE SYSTEM WILL BRING THE CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS
FOR THE WEEKEND. SNOW FROM THE SYSTEM SHOULD BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD
THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO
SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ029-031-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-
041-140845-
TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-
MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-WASHINGTON-GREENE-HANCOCK-
BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER-
342 AM EST THU DEC 13 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ANOTHER LARGE SYSTEM WILL BRING THE CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS
FOR THE WEEKEND. SNOW FROM THE SYSTEM SHOULD BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD
THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO
SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 13, 8:41 AM EST, 22 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 13, 3:20 AM ESTFreezing Rain AdvisoryPBZAllegheny, Beaver9 hr
Dec 13, 7:28 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZFayette, Greene6 hr
Dec 13, 9:34 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZAllegheny, Washington, Westmoreland6 hr
Dec 13, 11:17 AM ESTRiver Flood WatchPBZFayette, Washington, Westmoreland12 hr
Dec 13, 11:17 AM ESTRiver Flood WatchPBZAllegheny, Washington, Westmoreland12 hr
Dec 13, 11:38 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningPBZFayette6 hr
Dec 13, 12:44 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZArmstrong, Beaver, Butler, Indiana, Lawrence8 hr
Dec 13, 2:43 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPBZFayette18 hr
Dec 13, 2:43 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPBZFayette, Greene18 hr
Dec 13, 2:43 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPBZFayette, Washington, Westmoreland31 hr
Dec 13, 2:43 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPBZAllegheny, Washington, Westmoreland31 hr
Dec 13, 2:43 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPBZAllegheny21 hr
Dec 13, 3:57 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningPBZGreene6 hr
Dec 13, 5:23 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningPBZFayette4 hr
Dec 13, 7:25 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningPBZMonongalia14 hr
Dec 13, 9:28 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningPBZBrooke, Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel8 hr
Dec 13, 12:05 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZTucker6 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2007Every winter storm 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.