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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this special weather statement at Mar 21, 2011, 5:00 AM EDT for Marion County, Preston County, Tucker County, West Virginia; Garrett County, Maryland. It was in force for 60 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
- Mar 21, 2011, 5:00 AM EDT (09:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2011, 6:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Counties Garrett County, MD, Marion County, WV, Preston County, WV, Tucker County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 124 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2690 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 448 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 21, 3:54 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 3:54 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 402 AM EDT MON MAR 21 2011 OHZ068-069-WVZ012-021-221200- NOBLE-MONROE-WETZEL-MARION- 402 AM EDT MON MAR 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MDZ001-OHZ039-040-048>050-057>059-PAZ029-031-075-076-WVZ002>004-022- 023-041-221200- GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM- GUERNSEY-BELMONT-WASHINGTON-GREENE-FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-BROOKE- OHIO-MARSHALL-MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER- 402 AM EDT MON MAR 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. OHZ041-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-073-074-WVZ001-221200- COLUMBIANA-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION- JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WESTMORELAND- WESTMORELAND RIDGES-HANCOCK- 402 AM EDT MON MAR 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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Local storm report, Mar 21, 3:52 AM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 4:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson and 2 more | 57 min |
| Mar 21, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene | 63 min |
| Mar 21, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Greene | 65 min |
| Mar 21, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Washington | 61 min |
| Mar 21, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Westmoreland | 44 min |
| Mar 21, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Westmoreland | 55 min |
| Mar 21, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Fayette | 55 min |
| Mar 21, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Westmoreland | 65 min |
| Mar 21, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 32 min |
| Mar 21, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Muskingum | 55 min |
| Mar 21, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Noble | 24 min |
| Mar 21, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Noble | 53 min |
| Mar 21, 4:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 35 min |
| Mar 21, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston | 41 min |
| Mar 21, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Garrett | 60 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2011Special Weather Statements in Maryland, 2011Every special weather statement 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.