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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 16, 2011Mercer County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2011, 5:19 PM EDT for Mercer County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 2011, 5:19 PM EDT (21:19 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2011, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Mercer County, PA

The radar

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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.

NWS Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 16, 4:56 PM EDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 4:56 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 1:44 PM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 4:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 4:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
413 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2011

PAZ007-162100-
MERCER PA-
413 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY...

AT 410 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF
GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GREENVILLE...         FREDONIA...
  MAURICE K GODDARD STATE PARK...

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 4148 8000 4130 8028 4144 8046 4149 8039
      4148 8014 4149 8013 4149 8001

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 4:36 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 4:46 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:13 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
513 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2011

PAZ007-162200-
MERCER PA-
513 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY...

AT 510 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST
OF GREENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GREENVILLE...         FREDONIA...           STONEBORO...
  MAURICE K GODDARD STATE PARK...

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 4149 8041 4148 8014 4149 8013 4149 8001
      4129 8000 4125 8053 4149 8053 4149 8052
      4149 8046 4150 8045

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Mercer	47 min
Jun 16, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Jefferson	39 min
Jun 16, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Mercer	47 min
Jun 16, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Jefferson	53 min
Jun 16, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Indiana, Westmoreland	52 min
Jun 16, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Jefferson	53 min
Jun 16, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Venango	58 min
Jun 16, 6:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Indiana, Jefferson	3 hr
Jun 16, 7:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Indiana	26 min
Jun 16, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Muskingum	63 min
Jun 16, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Guernsey	50 min
Jun 16, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Belmont	44 min
Jun 16, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monroe	40 min
Jun 16, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Monroe	27 min
Jun 16, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Wetzel	37 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.