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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this special weather statement at May 27, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT for Butler County, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 45 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 27, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2012, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Counties Butler County, PA, Lawrence County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 993 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1085 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 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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</html>What forecasters said that day
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 May 27, 2:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 2:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 234 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012 .SYNOPSIS... UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL PROVIDE UNSEASONABLY WARM AND HUMID WEATHER THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. DAYTIME HEATING WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EVENING HOURS. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON TUESDAY AND TRIGGER MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING ALONG THE NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSES OVER THE GREAT LAKES. WITH SURFACE CAPE OVER 3000 J/KG AND VERY LITTLE CAPPING...THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE SHOULD INCREASE. HOWEVER...SHEAR REMAINS FAIRLY LIMITED SUGGESTING MOST OF THE STORMS WILL REMAIN UNORGANIZED. THERE COULD BE A FEW STORMS THAT TILT JUST ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN THEMSELVES PROVIDING FOR A SEVERE HAIL THREAT AND SOME WIND GUSTS. WITH MANY OF THE STORMS SLOW MOVING AND PWATS WELL OVER AN INCH...HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD ALSO BE POSSIBLE. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR MEMORIAL DAY. MAINTAINED SLIGHT CHANCE WORDING FOR DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS AS THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY. QUESTION WILL BE WHETHER THERE WILL BE ENOUGH FORCING WITH THE UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVERHEAD TO ASSIST IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE FRONTAL PASSAGE PROGGED FOR LATE TUESDAY. WITH PLENTY OF INSTABILITY AND HEATING...EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT ONCE AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THUS...BROUGHT IN LIKELY WORDING BY THE AFTERNOON. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF TAKE THE COLD FRONT THROUGH QUICKLY...ENDING PRECIP BY TUESDAY NIGHT. CONTINUED TEMPERATURES NEAR MAV/MEX GUIDANCE OF 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL MEMORIAL DAY AS 850HPA TEMPERATURES INCREASE TO ALMOST 20C OVERHEAD. WITH CLOUD COVER AND PRECIPITATION CHANCES INCREASING TUESDAY...KEPT TEMPERATURES A LITTLE COOLER BUT STILL ABOUT 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVERHEAD FOR WEDNESDAY WITH TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO NORMAL AS 850HPA VALUES RETURN TO 4C. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... A DRY FORECAST THURSDAY UNDER A FLAT TROUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. AND WEAK SURFACE RIDGE WITH COOLER AND LESS HUMID CONDITIONS. BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY FRONT WILL BEGIN TO COME BACK NORTH AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY BRINGING IN SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. FOR THE WEEKEND MODELS CONTINUE TO DEPICT A STRONG UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. FOR THE BEGINNING OF JUNE WITH WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. CHANCE POPS CONTINUED INTO SATURDAY AS SURFACE LOW MOVES TO NEW ENGLAND WITH INSTABILITY SHOWERS UNDER COLD POOL ALOFT. COOL HIGH PRESSURE WILL GIVE DRY AND BELOW NORMAL CONDITIONS SUNDAY. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... WARM FRONT AND JUST NORTH OF KPIT AND SHORTWAVE IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT HAVE ALLOWED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP NORTHWEST OF KPIT. EXPECT SCATTERED COVERAGE OF STORMS FROM I-70 NORTH WITH A FEW SEVERE POSSIBLE. WENT WITH WITH VCTS NORTHERN TERMINALS FOR THE AFTERNOON AS WIDESPREAD STORMS NOT EXPECTED. GENERAL VFR OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY WITH ONLY A BIT OF MVFR HAZE AT TIMES OVERNIGHT WITH ISOLATED AFTERNOON STORMS AT BEST. WINDS WILL CONTINUE LIGHT UNTIL MIDDAY MONDAY WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW UNDER 10 KTS WILL DEVELOP. .OUTLOOK...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... GENERAL VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL MONDAY NIGHT WITH UPPER RIDGE ALOFT. ON TUESDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR RESTRICTIONS THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING GENERAL VFR WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE OHIO VALLEY WILL BRINGS SHOWERS AND RESTRICTIONS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 1:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 144 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012 OHZ039>041-049-050-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029-073-074-WVZ001-002- 281745- TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-MERCER-VENANGO- FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY- ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES- HANCOCK-BROOKE- 144 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 303 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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. MDZ001-OHZ048-057>059-068-069-PAZ031-075-076-WVZ003-004-012-021>023- 041-281745- GARRETT-COSHOCTON-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-GREENE- FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- PRESTON-TUCKER- 144 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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, May 27, 2:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
258 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012
PAZ007-013-020-271945-
BEAVER PA-LAWRENCE PA-MERCER PA-
258 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MERCER...
LAWRENCE AND NORTHEASTERN BEAVER COUNTIES...
AT 256 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST
OF NEW CASTLE. THIS STORM IS NEARLY STATIONARY.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. HEAVY RAIN WILL POND WATER ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL DITCHES
AND SMALL STREAMS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PULASKI... NEW CASTLE... MCCONNELLS MILL...
HARLANSBURG... FOMBELL... ELLWOOD CITY...
BESSEMER...
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
I-376 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 14.
I-79 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 106 AND 108.
I-76 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 18.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
LAT...LON 4108 8009 4100 8017 4084 8015 4074 8020
4099 8052 4113 8045Special weather statement, May 27, 3:02 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
302 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012
PAZ007>009-015-272000-
CLARION PA-FOREST PA-MERCER PA-VENANGO PA-
302 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN MERCER...
NORTHWESTERN CLARION...VENANGO AND WESTERN FOREST COUNTIES...
AT 301 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
COOPERSTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. HEAVY RAIN WILL POND WATER ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL DITCHES
AND SMALL STREAMS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COOPERSTOWN... POLK... SUGARCREEK...
FRANKLIN... OIL CREEK STATE PARK...
OIL CITY... PLEASANTVILLE... WEST HICKORY...
VAN... TIONESTA... SENECA...
KNOX...
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
I-79 IN PENNSYLVANIA NEAR MILE MARKER 136.
I-80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 51 AND 52.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
LAT...LON 4161 7916 4118 7958 4148 8017 4149 8016
4150 8001 4158 7989 4158 7987 4163 7982Local storm report, May 27, 3:19 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
319 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0255 PM HAIL 1 NNE COALTOWN 41.05N 80.34W
05/27/2012 E1.00 INCH LAWRENCE PA PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER PBZ1200443
TGREENLocal storm report, May 27, 3:41 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
341 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0329 PM TSTM WND DMG CRANBERRY 41.35N 79.72W
05/27/2012 VENANGO PA 911 CALL CENTER
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
&&
EVENT NUMBER PBZ1200444
TGREENLocal storm report, May 27, 3:44 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
344 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 PM HAIL HARRISVILLE 41.14N 80.01W
05/27/2012 E1.00 INCH BUTLER PA PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER PBZ1200445
XXSpecial weather statement, May 27, 4:00 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
400 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012
OHZ041-PAZ007-013-014-020>022-073-272045-
ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-BEAVER PA-BUTLER PA-COLUMBIANA OH-
LAWRENCE PA-MERCER PA-WESTMORELAND PA-
400 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BUTLER...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN
WESTMORELAND...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MERCER...LAWRENCE...NORTHEASTERN
ALLEGHENY...NORTHEASTERN COLUMBIANA...NORTHERN BEAVER AND WEST
CENTRAL ARMSTRONG COUNTIES...
AT 357 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF BESSEMER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. HEAVY RAIN WILL POND WATER ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL DITCHES
AND SMALL STREAMS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BESSEMER... NEW CASTLE... DARLINGTON...
HARLANSBURG... ELLWOOD CITY... MCCONNELLS MILL...
SLIPPERY ROCK... BEAVER FALLS... MORAINE STATE PARK...
FOMBELL... WEXFORD... SAXONBURG...
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
I-376 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 31.
I-79 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 110.
I-76 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 39.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
LAT...LON 4073 7942 4058 8005 4090 8062 4091 8061
4091 8053 4098 8053 4110 8037 4112 8000The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Beaver | 45 min |
| May 27, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence | 46 min |
| May 27, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Butler | 59 min |
| May 27, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Lawrence | 47 min |
| May 27, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Venango | 58 min |
| May 27, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Lawrence, Mercer | 54 min |
| May 27, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Mercer, Venango | 50 min |
| May 27, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Forest, Jefferson, Venango | 45 min |
| May 27, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Jefferson | 47 min |
| May 27, 4:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Clarion, Venango | 3 hr |
| May 27, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Clarion, Indiana, Jefferson | 47 min |
| May 27, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Beaver | 41 min |
| May 27, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Armstrong, Indiana | 39 min |
| May 27, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland | 64 min |
| May 27, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland | 59 min |
| May 27, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland | 63 min |
| May 27, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 18 min |
| May 27, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 35 min |
| May 27, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Westmoreland | 34 min |
| May 27, 6:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 78 min |
| May 27, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Fayette | 44 min |
| May 27, 7:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Fayette, Westmoreland | 2 hr |
| May 27, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Fayette | 42 min |
| May 27, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Tucker | 51 min |
| May 27, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Tucker | 47 min |
| May 26, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Garrett | 39 min |
| May 27, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Garrett | 40 min |
| May 27, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Garrett | 48 min |
| May 27, 3:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Garrett | 3 hr |
| May 27, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Garrett | 112 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.