Alert archive / West Virginia / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this special weather statement at May 4, 2012, 5:21 AM EDT for Tucker County, West Virginia. It was in force for 54 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
- May 4, 2012, 5:21 AM EDT (09:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2012, 6:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
County Tucker County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 725 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1989 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 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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WWUS81 KPBZ 040921
SPSPBZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
521 AM EDT FRI MAY 4 2012
WVZ041-041015-
TUCKER WV-
521 AM EDT FRI MAY 4 2012
...HEAVY RAIN...
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY...
TUCKER...
AT 517 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 6 MILES WEST OF PLEASANT RUN...
STATIONARY.
SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE GENERATING HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL POND WATER ON
ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS
INCLUDE...
PLEASANT RUN... ELK...
CANAAN VALLEY STATE PARK... THOMAS...
SAINT GEORGE... PARSONS... HENDRICKS...
HAMBLETON... GATZMER... DAVISVILLE...
BLACKWATER FALLS...
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH
MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW SAFE PASSAGE. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
PLEASE REPORT HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.
LAT...LON 3903 7977 3910 7980 3913 7984 3922 7982
3920 7948 3918 7947 3920 7940 3919 7929
3916 7932 3909 7935 3907 7929 3898 7932
3897 7955
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Clarion | 23 min |
| May 4, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Indiana | 27 min |
| May 4, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 37 min |
| May 4, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Carroll, Tuscarawas | 33 min |
| May 4, 7:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Tucker | 55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.