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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2012, 3:20 PM EDT for Greene County, Washington County, Pennsylvania; 5 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 40 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
- Jun 1, 2012, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Counties Greene County, PA, Washington County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Wetzel County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 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 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 798 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
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 Jun 1, 3:08 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:08 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 308 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION BY LATER THIS EVENING. IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT, THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON..SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL THEN STALL THIS WEEKEND NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES, WHICH WILL KEEP COOL SHOWERY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY INTO MONDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... PREFRONTAL BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS EVENING. HAVE INCLUDED THE MENTION OF GUSTY WINDS WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF TORNADOES IN THE MOUNTAINS SOUTH AND EAST OF PITTSBURGH. WITH THE COLD FRONT PUSHING EAST OF THE RIDGES LATER THIS EVENING SHOWERS AND ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL STALL OVER CENTRAL ONTARIO PROVINCE SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE SLOWLY EXITING EAST THROUGH NEW YORK STATE LATE SUNDAY. THIS SCENARIO WILL CAUSE COOL SHOWERY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY THIS WEEKEND. ACCORDINGLY, TEMPERATURES UNDER THIS PATTERN CAN BE 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND, AS INDICATED BY BLEND OF GFS AND NAM MOS. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED AS A CLOSED UPPER LOW SLOWLY SHIFTS EASTWARD OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL PERSIST FOR THE EACH DAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WHILE MOST OF THE HOURS OF THE DAY WILL BE DRY...WITH THE HEATING OF THE DAY AND UPPER LEVEL COLD POOLS PERSISTING SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. TEMPERATURES UNDER THE EXITING NORTHEASTERN CONUS TROF ARE FORECAST ABOUT 5 DEGREES UNDER THE SEASONAL AVERAGES. && .AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK NORTHWARD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT EASTWARD ACROSS THE TERMINALS THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. LINES OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS THE REGION AHEAD OF THE FRONT THROUGH 00Z. BRIEF IFR RESTRICTIONS ARE LIKELY IN HEAVIER RAIN WITH STORMS. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING...AND MVFR CEILINGS ARE FORECAST TO LINGER THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. .OUTLOOK...SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A CLOSED UPPER LOW WILL MEANDER SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST EARLY NEXT WEEK. RESTRICTIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGH TUESDAY. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 1:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 140 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029- 031-WVZ001>004-012-021-022-021745- 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-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION- MONONGALIA- 140 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND A CHANCE OF LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. 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-PAZ073>076-WVZ023-041-021745- GARRETT-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES- PRESTON-TUCKER- 140 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 ...TORNADO WATCH 332 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN 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. TORNADO WATCH. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL WITH A CHANCE OF ISOLATED TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. 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
Local storm report, Jun 1, 2:51 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
251 PM EDT FRI JUN 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0249 PM HEAVY RAIN NEW PHILADELPHIA 40.49N 81.45W
06/01/2012 M1.00 INCH TUSCARAWAS OH TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER PBZ1200490
RGSpecial weather statement, Jun 1, 3:20 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
320 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
OHZ050-059-PAZ020-021-029-031-WVZ001>004-012-021-022-012000-
ALLEGHENY PA-BEAVER PA-BELMONT OH-BROOKE WV-GREENE PA-HANCOCK WV-
JEFFERSON OH-MARION WV-MARSHALL WV-MONONGALIA WV-OHIO WV-
WASHINGTON PA-WETZEL WV-
320 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
...A LINE OF GUSTY SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT
BROOKE...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BELMONT...HANCOCK...
MARSHALL...NORTHWESTERN MARION...NORTHWESTERN
MONONGALIA...OHIO...SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON...SOUTHERN
BEAVER...WASHINGTON...WESTERN ALLEGHENY...WESTERN GREENE AND WETZEL
COUNTIES...
AT 316 PM EDT...A LINE OF GUSTY SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM WEIRTON SOUTH
TO MOUNDSVILLE...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHWESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS. BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN COULD POND WATER ON ROADS AND COULD QUICKLY FILL DITCHES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINDSOR HEIGHTS... WHEELING... WEST LIBERTY...
WELLSBURG... WARWOOD... VALLEY GROVE...
TRIADELPHIA... SHERRARD... ROCKLICK...
MOUNDSVILLE... MCMECHEN... LONE OAK...
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
I-279 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 13.
I-470 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 3.
I-376 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 39 AND 66.
I-70 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.
I-70 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 24.
I-79 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 21 AND 49.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
LAT...LON 3949 8031 3960 8086 4061 8058 4070 8023
4058 8001
98The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Butler | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 5:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Jefferson | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Indiana | 34 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2012Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
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.