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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 5, 2008Butler County, Mercer County, Venango County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2008, 2:55 PM EDT for Butler County, Mercer County, Venango County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 50 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: Jun 5, 2008, 2:55 PM EDT (18:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2008, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Butler County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango 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 Jun 4, 7:32 PM EDT, 19 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 7:32 PM EDT, 19 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 7:27 PM EDT, 19 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
Jun 5, 7:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Armstrong, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango	109 min
Jun 5, 1:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Venango	3 hr
Jun 5, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Butler, Clarion	45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.