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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

July 17, 2009Armstrong County, Indiana County, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2009, 7:01 PM EDT for Armstrong County, Indiana County, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 44 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
Jul 17, 2009, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2009, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Armstrong County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 2009-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2009-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.