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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

July 19, 2013Marion County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2013, 1:49 PM EDT for Marion County, West Virginia. It was in force for 41 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 19, 2013, 1:49 PM EDT (17:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2013, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Marion County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 101 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2013-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1582 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2013-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1582 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1008 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 19, 12:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 12:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 11:42 AM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1142 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

MDZ001-PAZ008-009-015-016-022-023-073>076-WVZ023-041-201545-
GARRETT-VENANGO-FOREST-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-
WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-PRESTON-
TUCKER-
1142 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. A
FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.

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

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND
LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION LIKELY WILL BE NEEDED ON SATURDAY.

OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007-013-014-020-021-029-031-
WVZ001>004-012-021-022-201545-
TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-
MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-
BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-WASHINGTON-GREENE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-
WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-
1142 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...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.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. A
FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.

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

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND
LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION LIKELY WILL BE NEEDED ON SATURDAY.

KRAMAR

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 19, 12:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 12:58 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 1:47 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
147 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

WVZ021-022-191815-
MARION WV-MONONGALIA WV-
147 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MARION AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MONONGALIA COUNTIES...

AT 146 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM
FARMINGTON TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WORTHINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE PENNY SIZE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN WILL POND WATER
ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

  LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FESTUS...             FARMINGTON...         WORTHINGTON...
  GRANT TOWN...         MONONGAH...           BARRACKVILLE...
  RIVESVILLE...         FAIRMONT...           BENTONS FERRY...

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING
TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER
@NWSPITTSBURGH.

LAT...LON 3943 8027 3944 8034 3945 8039 3956 8026
      3956 8002 3939 8021

KRAMAR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 1:48 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryPBZAllegheny, Beaver, Butler, Greene, Lawrence, Mercer and 1 more16 hr
Jul 19, 12:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZGreene32 min
Jul 19, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZWashington35 min
Jul 19, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZWestmoreland39 min
Jul 19, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Beaver, Washington35 min
Jul 19, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Beaver, Butler29 min
Jul 19, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Beaver, Butler31 min
Jul 19, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMonroe32 min
Jul 19, 4:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMonroe3 hr
Jul 19, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZHarrison, Tuscarawas41 min
Jul 19, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMuskingum26 min
Jul 19, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZGuernsey28 min
Jul 19, 5:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMonroe, Noble3 hr
Jul 19, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont, Guernsey41 min
Jul 19, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont, Harrison, Jefferson30 min
Jul 19, 6:56 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZMonroe3 hr
Jul 19, 7:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZMonroe, Noble6 hr
Jul 19, 1:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMarion28 min
Jul 19, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMonongalia33 min
Jul 19, 2:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZMarion, Monongalia3 hr
Jul 19, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZPreston26 min
Jul 19, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMonongalia, Preston51 min
Jul 19, 2:30 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZMarion, Monongalia3 hr
Jul 19, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZPreston25 min
Jul 19, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZHancock32 min

Nearby

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