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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2011, 10:48 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio; Marshall County, West Virginia. It was in force for 42 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 6, 2011, 10:48 PM EDT (02:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2011, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Counties Belmont County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Marshall County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 1195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 863 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
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 Aug 6, 10:32 PM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 10:32 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 523 AM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029-031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-070930- GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON- JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-VENANGO- FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY- ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-GREENE-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES- FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION- MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER- 523 AM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 7:07 PM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 919 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011 OHZ039-048-049-057-058-070215- COSHOCTON OH-GUERNSEY OH-HARRISON OH-MUSKINGUM OH-TUSCARAWAS OH- 919 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON... NORTHEASTERN MUSKINGUM...NORTHERN GUERNSEY...SOUTHEASTERN COSHOCTON AND SOUTHERN TUSCARAWAS COUNTIES... AT 910 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTH OF COSHOCTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE... COSHOCTON... CONESVILLE... WEST LAFAYETTE... PLAINFIELD... BODEN... NEWCOMERSTOWN... SALT FORK STATE PARK... KIMBOLTON... GILMORE... BIRMINGHAM... PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 4030 8129 4003 8136 4017 8194 4034 8189
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 10:48 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1048 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011
OHZ039-040-048>050-058-059-068-069-WVZ003-004-012-070330-
BELMONT OH-CARROLL OH-COSHOCTON OH-GUERNSEY OH-HARRISON OH-
JEFFERSON OH-MARSHALL WV-MONROE OH-NOBLE OH-OHIO WV-TUSCARAWAS OH-
WETZEL WV-
1048 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL
AFFECT BELMONT...EASTERN MONROE...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN
NOBLE...HARRISON...NORTHEASTERN COSHOCTON...NORTHEASTERN
GUERNSEY...NORTHWESTERN WETZEL...SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON...
SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL...TUSCARAWAS...WESTERN MARSHALL AND WESTERN
OHIO COUNTIES...
AT 1042 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 11 MILES WEST OF WOOSTER TO 4 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LONDONDERRY TO 5 MILES EAST OF FLY...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THERE CAN ALSO
BE A SHORT PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE WATER TO POND ON
ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. THERE CAN
ALSO BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT STAY IN
THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WOODSFIELD... SOMERTON... LONDONDERRY...
BIRMINGHAM... BENWOOD... BALTIC...
BAKERSVILLE... ANTIOCH... BARNESVILLE...
GILMORE... ROUND BOTTOM... STONE CREEK...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4045 8168 4064 8166 4066 8148 4067 8146
4066 8143 4066 8124 4043 8103 4019 8070
3974 8066 3955 8081 3959 8086 3958 8090
3960 8095 3956 8100 4013 8141 4045 8184The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 1:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Greene | 60 min |
| Aug 7, 1:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Indiana | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Guernsey | 56 min |
| Aug 6, 9:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Coshocton | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Muskingum | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Monroe, Noble | 66 min |
| Aug 7, 1:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Preston | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Wetzel | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 3:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Garrett | 3 hr |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Ohio, 2011Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 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.