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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

July 4, 2012Fayette County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2012, 2:50 AM EDT for Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 55 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: Jul 4, 2012, 2:50 AM EDT (06:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2012, 3:45 AM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA

County Fayette County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 70 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 389 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1500 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Jul 4, 1:22 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 1:22 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 7:09 PM EDT, 7 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
709 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

MDZ001-OHZ040-041-049-050-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029-031-073>076-
WVZ001>003-041-042315-
GARRETT-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-MERCER-VENANGO-
FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-
ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-GREENE-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-
FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-TUCKER-
709 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

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...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

OHZ039-048-057>059-068-069-WVZ004-012-021>023-042315-
TUSCARAWAS-COSHOCTON-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-
MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-PRESTON-
709 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN
WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:03 AM EDT, 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 4, 2:09 AM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 4, 2:23 AM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 4, 2:28 AM EDT, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 4, 2:37 AM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:50 AM EDT, 0 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
Jul 3, 8:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Clarion, Forest, Mercer, Venango	58 min
Jul 3, 8:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango	60 min
Jul 3, 9:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Clarion, Forest, Jefferson, Mercer, Venango	50 min
Jul 3, 9:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Butler, Clarion, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango	47 min
Jul 3, 10:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Jefferson	39 min
Jul 3, 10:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Jefferson	40 min
Jul 3, 10:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Butler, Lawrence	56 min
Jul 3, 10:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Lawrence, Mercer	45 min
Jul 3, 11:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Beaver	53 min
Jul 3, 11:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Armstrong, Butler, Lawrence	65 min
Jul 4, 12:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver	43 min
Jul 4, 12:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler	57 min
Jul 4, 1:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Beaver, Lawrence	58 min
Jul 4, 1:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver	51 min
Jul 4, 2:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Allegheny, Fayette, Westmoreland	42 min
Jul 4, 5:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Fayette	33 min
Jul 4, 12:07 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene and 3 more	31 hr
Jul 4, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Butler	30 min
Jul 4, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Westmoreland	33 min
Jul 4, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Westmoreland	51 min
Jul 4, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Fayette, Westmoreland	53 min
Jul 4, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Westmoreland	44 min
Jul 4, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Westmoreland	32 min
Jul 4, 6:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Westmoreland	2 hr
Jul 4, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Fayette, Westmoreland	28 min
Jul 4, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Westmoreland	19 min
Jul 4, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Westmoreland	54 min
Jul 3, 10:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Columbiana	67 min
Jul 4, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Harrison, Jefferson	28 min
Jul 4, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Harrison	35 min
Jul 4, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Noble	45 min
Jul 4, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Ohio	23 min
Jul 4, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Ohio	46 min
Jul 4, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Garrett	36 min
Jul 4, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Garrett	57 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2012 Every 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.