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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2013, 8:31 PM EDT for Armstrong County, Clarion County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 29 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
- Jul 4, 2013, 8:31 PM EDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2013, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Armstrong County, PA, Clarion County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Jul 4, 7:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 7:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 325 AM EDT THU JUL 4 2013 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029-031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-051200- GARRETT-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-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES- FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION- MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER- 325 AM EDT THU JUL 4 2013 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE FLOODING IN AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY MAY CAUSE FLOODING IN AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 9:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Allegheny | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 1:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 49 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013
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.