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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

July 10, 2013Fayette County, Greene County, Pennsylvania; 4 counties in West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2013, 7:28 PM EDT for Fayette County, Greene County, Pennsylvania; 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 47 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 10, 2013, 7:28 PM EDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2013, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fayette County, PA, Greene County, PA, Marion County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Preston County, WV, Tucker County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jul 10, 12:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 94 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: 434 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 2.9

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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 10, 7:20 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 7:20 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 1:06 PM EDT, 6 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
106 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

MDZ001-PAZ009-015-016-022-023-031-073>076-WVZ004-012-021>023-041-
111715-
GARRETT-FOREST-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-GREENE-
WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-MARSHALL-
WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER-
106 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...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.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS A VERY MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN THE REGION. SOME STORMS WILL BECOME
SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY
THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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.

OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007-008-013-014-020-021-029-
WVZ001>003-111715-
TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-
MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-VENANGO-LAWRENCE-
BUTLER-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-WASHINGTON-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-
106 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 406 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
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.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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.

KRAMAR

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 10, 7:03 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 10, 7:14 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 10, 7:16 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 10, 7:24 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 10, 7:25 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 10, 7:26 PM EDT, 2 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 9, 8:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Allegheny	37 min
Jul 9, 8:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Butler	50 min
Jul 10, 5:44 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Allegheny	3 hr
Jul 10, 6:49 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver, Washington	7 hr
Jul 10, 6:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Clarion, Mercer	91 min
Jul 10, 8:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Beaver	32 min
Jul 10, 8:38 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Washington	6 hr
Jul 10, 8:43 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Westmoreland	3 hr
Jul 10, 8:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Beaver	23 min
Jul 10, 9:05 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Westmoreland	115 min
Jul 10, 9:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Beaver	40 min
Jul 10, 10:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Westmoreland	48 min
Jul 10, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Mercer	30 min
Jul 10, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Mercer	24 min
Jul 10, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Mercer, Venango	50 min
Jul 10, 3:29 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Mercer	4 hr
Jul 10, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Mercer, Venango	38 min
Jul 10, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Mercer	41 min
Jul 10, 4:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Venango	4 hr
Jul 10, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Lawrence	42 min
Jul 10, 4:07 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Allegheny	6 hr
Jul 10, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Clarion, Forest, Venango	49 min
Jul 10, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Lawrence	47 min
Jul 10, 4:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Lawrence	6 hr
Jul 10, 4:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Lawrence	32 min
Jul 10, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Butler, Clarion	40 min
Jul 10, 4:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Butler, Lawrence	30 min
Jul 10, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Butler	40 min
Jul 10, 4:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Butler	5 hr
Jul 10, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Venango	44 min
Jul 10, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Washington	38 min
Jul 10, 5:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Beaver	4 hr
Jul 10, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Butler, Clarion	45 min
Jul 10, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Butler	26 min
Jul 10, 5:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Clarion	4 hr
Jul 10, 5:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver, Washington	18 min
Jul 10, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Greene, Washington	42 min
Jul 10, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Clarion, Jefferson	38 min
Jul 10, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Lawrence and 2 more	47 min
Jul 10, 6:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Washington	4 hr
Jul 10, 6:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Jefferson	4 hr
Jul 10, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Indiana, Jefferson	49 min
Jul 10, 6:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Indiana	4 hr
Jul 10, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Fayette, Greene, Washington, Westmoreland	47 min
Jul 10, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Greene	46 min
Jul 10, 6:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Westmoreland	3 hr
Jul 10, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Greene	43 min
Jul 10, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Indiana, Westmoreland	49 min
Jul 10, 7:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Greene, Washington, Westmoreland	28 min
Jul 9, 10:05 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	PBZ	Coshocton	38 hr
Jul 9, 10:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Coshocton, Muskingum	85 min
Jul 9, 10:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Guernsey, Noble	83 min
Jul 9, 11:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Monroe	6 hr
Jul 10, 10:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	25 hr
Jul 10, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Muskingum, Tuscarawas	45 min
Jul 10, 4:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Coshocton	3 hr
Jul 10, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas	51 min
Jul 10, 4:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Tuscarawas	33 min
Jul 10, 4:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Tuscarawas	36 min
Jul 10, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Muskingum, Tuscarawas	47 min
Jul 10, 5:01 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Harrison, Tuscarawas	29 min
Jul 10, 5:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	3 hr
Jul 10, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe, Muskingum and 1 more	49 min
Jul 10, 5:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson	27 min
Jul 10, 5:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Muskingum	4 hr
Jul 10, 5:41 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Guernsey, Noble	4 hr
Jul 10, 6:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Monroe	4 hr
Jul 10, 7:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	12 hr
Jul 9, 8:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Preston	73 min
Jul 9, 8:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia	3 hr
Jul 9, 11:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia	6 hr
Jul 10, 12:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Monongalia, Preston	2 hr
Jul 10, 10:55 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Hancock	3 hr
Jul 10, 7:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Monongalia	3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2013 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2013 Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.