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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 13, 2008Belmont County, Monroe County, Ohio; Marshall County, Ohio County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2008, 9:40 PM EDT for Belmont County, Monroe County, Ohio; Marshall County, Ohio County, West Virginia. 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 13, 2008, 9:40 PM EDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2008, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Belmont County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Marshall County, WV, Ohio County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 8:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
827 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008

OHZ040-041-049-050-PAZ013-014-020-021-029-WVZ001-002-140130-
ALLEGHENY PA-BEAVER PA-BROOKE WV-BUTLER PA-CARROLL OH-COLUMBIANA
OH-HANCOCK WV-HARRISON OH-JEFFERSON OH-LAWRENCE PA-WASHINGTON PA-
827 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008

...THUNDERSTORMS...

GUST FRONT FROM THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...COLUMBIANA...HARRISON...JEFFERSON...CARROLL...
WASHINGTON...ALLEGHENY...BEAVER...BUTLER...LAWRENCE...BROOKE AND
HANCOCK...

AT 824 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH
INDICATED THE GUST FRONT FROM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF GUILFORD LAKE STATE PARK TO 3
MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILLPORT TO 3 MILES EAST OF JEWETT...MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS WIND INCLUDE...
ALIQUIPPA...BEAVER...BEAVER FALLS...BLACKHAWK AND BURGETTSTOWN

THUNDERSTORM WILL FOLLOW...OR FORM ON THIS FRONT WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO
50 MPH POSSIBLE.

SECURE OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACH.

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

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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 8:58 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 9:00 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
900 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008

OHZ069-WVZ012-140145-
MONROE OH-WETZEL WV-
900 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008

...THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH MONROE AND WETZEL COUNTIES...

AT 900 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH
INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PINE GROVE
TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAYSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  ANTIOCH...BENWOOD...FLY...GRAYSVILLE AND HANNIBAL

THESE STORMS MAY BRING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

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

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
Local storm report, Jun 13, 9:26 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 9:33 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 13, 9:38 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 9:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Beaver, Washington53 min
Jun 13, 9:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZArmstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Lawrence, Mercer and 1 more67 min
Jun 13, 10:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWashington48 min
Jun 13, 9:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWetzel37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2008Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2008Every 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.