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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

August 5, 2010Beaver County, Pennsylvania; Columbiana County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2010, 11:10 PM EDT for Beaver County, Pennsylvania; Columbiana County, Ohio. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 5, 2010, 11:10 PM EDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2010, 11:45 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Counties Columbiana County, OH, Beaver County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 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 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 00:00Z on 2010-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 157 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2010-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
157 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1336 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

347 
WWUS81 KPBZ 060310
SPSPBZ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1110 PM EDT THU AUG 5 2010

OHZ041-PAZ013-020-060345-
BEAVER PA-COLUMBIANA OH-LAWRENCE PA-
1110 PM EDT THU AUG 5 2010

...THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES...COLUMBIANA...BEAVER AND EXTREME SOUTHERN LAWRENCE...

AT 1104 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH
INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEETONIA...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 
40 MPH

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  LISBON...             LEETONIA...           COLUMBIANA...
  BEAVER CREEK STATE PARK...                  EAST PALESTINE...
  BLACKHAWK...          SHIPPINGPORT...       BEAVER FALLS...
  BEAVER...             FOMBELL...            ALIQUIPPA...

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.

LAT...LON 4084 8016 4057 8026 4061 8053 4064 8053
      4062 8056 4066 8085 4090 8078 4091 8060

$$

WOODRUM

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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.