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Freezing Rain Advisory 2, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

January 22, 20126 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this freezing rain advisory at Jan 22, 2012, 7:37 PM EST for 6 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jan 22, 2012, 11:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 22, 2012, 7:37 PM EST (00:37 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 22, 2012, 11:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 23, 2012, 10:00 AM EST
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Counties Clarion County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Forest County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Venango County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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 freezing rain advisory 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 freezing rain advisory went out at Jan 22, 7:25 PM EST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 7:25 PM EST, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 22, 4:09 AM EST, 15 hours 28 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
Jan 23, 4:12 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver, Washington	33 min
Jan 23, 5:13 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Armstrong, Clarion, Forest, Indiana, Jefferson, Westmoreland	47 min
Jan 23, 2:50 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Guernsey, Harrison	25 min
Jan 23, 2:56 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Tuscarawas	34 min
Jan 23, 3:12 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Harrison, Jefferson	33 min
Jan 23, 3:17 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Harrison, Jefferson	28 min
Jan 23, 3:27 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Carroll, Columbiana	33 min
Jan 23, 3:43 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Belmont, Jefferson	32 min

Nearby

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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.