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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2013, 11:42 AM EDT for Belmont County, Guernsey County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 2013, 11:42 AM EDT (15:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2013, 12:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Belmont County, OH, Guernsey County, OH
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 842 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 28, 11:19 AM EDT, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 11:19 AM EDT, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1119 AM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A BROAD UPPER-LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LINGER OVER THE GREAT LAKES INTO NEXT WEEK. PERIODIC DISTURBANCES WILL SUPPORT DAILY ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... CLDS BCMG BKN ATTM...LEADING TO PARTIAL INSOLATION OF A VERY MOIST AND WKLY-CAPPED AMS. A PLUME OF STEEPER MID-LVL LAPSE RATES IS SPREADING ACRS SRN HALF OF FCST AREA...SUPPLEMENTED FURTHER BY H5 COLD POOL MOVG SEWD FROM MI IN ASSOCIATION WITH APRCHG SHRTWV TROF. THIS COLD POOL WILL AID IN DVLPMT OF TWO FOCUSED AREAS OF CNVCTN. ONE CLUSTER HAS BCM MORE VIGOROUS AS OF 15Z IN VCTY OF KERI. THESE TSTMS WILL MOVE EWD AND WILL RMN GENLY ELEVATED OWING TO COOL LOW-LVL TEMPS. A FEW OF THESE TSTMS MAY GRAZE NRN ZONES. SECOND CLUSTER IS SHOWING SIGNS OF DVLPMT IN SERN OH AND NRN WV... ONLY SLGTLY AHD OF THEIR DVLPMT IN HI-RES MODELS. THIS CNVCTN IS LOCATED IN PLUME OF STEEPER LAPSE RATES...HIGHER BNDRY-LYR MSTR AND BETTER INSOLATION. GIVEN AMPLE BULK SHEAR FOR ORGANIZED UPDRAFTS...THIS CLUSTER XPCD TO POSE GREATER THREAT OF SVR WX THIS AFTN AS HEATING CONTS. STRAIGHT-LINE HODOGRAPHS SUGGEST VERY LOW RISK OF TORNADOES...BUT ENVIRONMENTAL CONDS FAVOR DMGG WIND GUSTS AND HAIL. PCPN WILL SPREAD SEWD THIS EVE. RENEWED SHWRS MAY DVLP LATE TNGT VCTY KCLE AND KERI AND COULD IMPACT NWRN ZONES. CLD CVR WILL LMT COOLING A BIT...BUT MINIMA SHOULD APRCH DEWPT TEMPS OVNGT. A BIT OF FOG THUS WILL BE PSBL. LOW-LVL AMS WILL NOT CHG ON SAT...BUT LAPSE RATES XPCD TO BE WKR. THUS...WEAKER INSTBY WILL NOT FAVOR SVR WX TMW. BUT TSTMS STILL LKLY TO DVLP...SPCLY ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BNDRY FROM NR KERI- KAKR. POPS WERE INCRD TO LKLY CATEGORY IN NWRN-WRN ZONES AS A RESULT. MAXIMA WILL BE IN THE 70S AREAWIDE. UPDATE...KRAMAR && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... UPPER LEVEL CUT OFF LOW CONTINUES UNUSUAL RETROGRESSION SOUTHWEST THROUGH THIS PERIOD. SURFACE LOW FOLLOWS SUIT...SLIDING OVER OHIO VALLEY. COLD POOL ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH H5 LOW OF -12C TO -14C DRIFTS SOUTHWEST AS WELL. THIS WILL AID IN DIURNAL CLOUDS AND PRECIP. WENT WITH DIURNAL TREND IN POPS. ANY LINGERING PRECIP IN EVENING TO BE SHOWERS AND WITH ADDED DAYTIME INSTABILITY BROUGHT IN CHANCE THUNDER. MODELS AGREE ON SOUTHWEST RETROGRESSION OF THE H5 LOW BUT PINPOINTING HIGHEST POPS AT THIS TIME DIFFICULT. BOTH NAM AND GFS SUGGESTING LIKELY POPS LATE AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. HOWEVER...POSITIONING OF LIKELY POPS DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON MODEL. OPTED TO KEEP POPS IN THE HIGH CHC CATEGORY DUE TO UNCERTAINTY. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... SAME OLE-SAME OLE WITH H5 LOW CONTINUING OVER CENTRAL OHIO VALLEY. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FIELD IN PLACE AND...WITH CONTINUED COOL POOL ALOFT...EXPECT MORE DIURNAL ENHANCEMENT OF PRECIP. IN FACT...SURE LOOKS LIKE WE NEVER EXPERIENCE AN AIR MASS CHANGE. UPPER LOW GRADUALLY FILLS AND MOVES NORTHWARD BY END OF PERIOD AND EXTENSION OF BERMUDA HIGH THEN EXTENDS WESTWARD. CONTINUED CHANCE SHOWERS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF AFTERNOON OR EVENING THUNDERSTORM. && .AVIATION /15Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... MAINLY IFR CONDS WITH EITHER LOW CIGS OR LOW VIS ACRS THE RGN THIS MRNG. CONDS ARE EPXD TO GRDLY IMPROVE TO MVFR LATER THIS MRNG...AND VFR BY AFTN. SCT SHWRS/TSTMS ARE EXPD ONCE AGAIN TDA. MENTIONED VCSH IN THE TAFS...BUT DUE TO QNABLE COVG AND TIMING OF CNVCTN...LEFT OUT MENTION OF TSTMS ATTM. PCPN SHOULD GRDLY DMNSH THIS EVE...WITH MVFR TO IFR BR/FG DVLPG AGAIN LT TNGT. OUTLOOK.../SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... RESTRNS IN SHWRS AND TSTMS ARE EXPD THRU THE PD AS SEVERAL DISTURBANCES MOVE ACRS THE RGN. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 8:52 AM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 852 AM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ020-021-023-029-031- 073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-291300- GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON- JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-BEAVER- ALLEGHENY-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-GREENE-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES- FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION- MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER- 852 AM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE STRONGER STORMS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. PAZ007>009-013>016-022-291300- MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-ARMSTRONG- 852 AM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING THURSDAY HAS LEFT SOIL CONDITIONS SATURATED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS WOULD LEAD TO A LOCALIZED FLASH FLOOD RISK THROUGH THIS EVENING. .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. MANNING
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDT, 33 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 12:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Washington | 35 min |
| Jun 28, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene | 49 min |
| Jun 28, 12:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 47 min |
| Jun 28, 12:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Washington | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene | 50 min |
| Jun 28, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland | 63 min |
| Jun 28, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 68 min |
| Jun 28, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 57 min |
| Jun 28, 1:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 46 min |
| Jun 28, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Westmoreland | 26 min |
| Jun 28, 2:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 55 min |
| Jun 28, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Jefferson | 43 min |
| Jun 28, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 55 min |
| Jun 28, 2:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Butler, Lawrence | 44 min |
| Jun 28, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler, Lawrence | 67 min |
| Jun 28, 3:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong | 41 min |
| Jun 28, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Washington | 47 min |
| Jun 28, 4:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Indiana | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Indiana | 45 min |
| Jun 28, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 62 min |
| Jun 28, 5:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Allegheny | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Westmoreland | 47 min |
| Jun 28, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Muskingum | 42 min |
| Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Guernsey | 36 min |
| Jun 28, 11:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Muskingum | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 12:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Noble | 25 min |
| Jun 28, 12:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Muskingum | 37 min |
| Jun 28, 12:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont | 24 min |
| Jun 28, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 35 min |
| Jun 28, 12:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Belmont | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Guernsey, Noble | 56 min |
| Jun 28, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Jefferson | 61 min |
| Jun 28, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Coshocton, Tuscarawas | 51 min |
| Jun 28, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Guernsey | 24 min |
| Jun 28, 11:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Tucker | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 12:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke | 29 min |
| Jun 28, 12:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marshall | 51 min |
| Jun 28, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Wetzel | 61 min |
| Jun 28, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 70 min |
| Jun 28, 2:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion | 83 min |
| Jun 28, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 34 min |
| Jun 28, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 23 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.