Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 11, 2009, 7:26 PM EST for 12 counties in Pennsylvania; Columbiana County, Jefferson County, Ohio; 7 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 64 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
- Feb 11, 2009, 7:26 PM EST (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2009, 8:30 PM EST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
All 21 counties
Columbiana County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Greene County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Marion County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Preston County, WV, Tucker County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 5:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 11, 1:59 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
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
Local storm report, Feb 11, 7:04 PM EST, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
704 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 PM TSTM WND DMG PORT WASHINGTON 40.33N 81.52W
02/11/2009 TUSCARAWAS OH LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN
&&
TGREENSpecial weather statement, Feb 11, 7:06 PM EST, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 706 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 MDZ001-PAZ009-016-023-WVZ023-041-120100- FOREST PA-GARRETT MD-INDIANA PA-JEFFERSON PA-PRESTON WV-TUCKER WV- 706 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... GARRETT...INDIANA...JEFFERSON...FOREST...TUCKER AND PRESTON... AT 710 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS FAR EASTERN OHIO AND THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT SPEEDS OF NEAR 60 MPH AND WILL ENCOUNTER THE REGION BETWEEN 730 AND 830 PM. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ARMAGH...BLAIRSVILLE...BROCKWAY...BROOKVILLE...CLEAR CREEK STATE PARK...CLIMAX...CLYMER...COOK FOREST STATE PARK...DORA...GLEN CAMPBELL...HOMER CITY...INDIANA...KELLETTVILLE...MARIENVILLE AND MARION CENTER KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 8:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Fayette, Forest, Indiana and 4 more | 46 min |
| Feb 12, 4:15 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Forest and 6 more | 15 hr |
| Feb 12, 8:54 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | PBZ | Armstrong, Clarion | 4 hr |
| Feb 12, 8:54 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | PBZ | Armstrong | 4 hr |
| Feb 12, 8:54 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | PBZ | Armstrong | 4 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:49 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Clarion, Venango | 20 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:34 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Forest | 8 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:25 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Coshocton | 3 days |
| Feb 11, 7:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2009Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2009Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
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.