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Excessive Heat Warning 1, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

July 20, 201112 counties in Pennsylvania; 11 counties in Ohio; 6 counties in West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this excessive heat warning at Jul 20, 2011, 11:32 AM EDT for 12 counties in Pennsylvania; 11 counties in Ohio; 6 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Jul 21, 2011, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr. 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 20, 2011, 11:32 AM EDT (15:32 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 21, 2011, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jul 21, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA

All 29 counties

Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Greene 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, Marshall County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Wetzel County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:32 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 excessive heat 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 excessive heat warning went out at Jul 19, 7:54 PM EDT, 15 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 7:54 PM EDT, 15 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 4:11 PM EDT, 19 hours 21 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
Jul 20, 4:00 AM EDT	Excessive Heat Watch	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Greene, Lawrence, Mercer and 2 more	8 hr
Jul 20, 11:32 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	PBZ	Clarion, Fayette, Forest, Jefferson, Westmoreland	30 hr
Jul 20, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Coshocton	57 min

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2011 Excessive Heat Warnings in Ohio, 2011 Excessive Heat Warnings in West Virginia, 2011 Every excessive heat warning in 2011

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.