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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 28, 2013Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2013, 4:58 PM EDT for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 62 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, 4:58 PM EDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2013, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Allegheny County, PA

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 28, 1:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

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, 3:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 3:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 3:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
319 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ013-014-020>023-029-031-
073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-291930-
GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-
JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-
BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-GREENE-WESTMORELAND-
WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-
MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER-
319 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 386 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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...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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

PLEASE RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN PITTSBURGH.

PAZ007>009-015-016-291930-
MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-
319 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND
WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING ON THURSDAY HAS LEFT SOIL
CONDITIONS SATURATED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

PLEASE RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN PITTSBURGH.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 28, 4:22 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:22 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 28, 4:23 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 28, 4:44 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 28, 4:52 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 28, 4:55 PM EDT, 3 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
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, 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, 11:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Guernsey	48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.