Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
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.
- 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
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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</html>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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</html>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
KRAMARThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 1:48 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Greene, Lawrence, Mercer and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 19, 12:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Greene | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Washington | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Westmoreland | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Washington | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Butler | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Butler | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 4:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Harrison, Tuscarawas | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Guernsey | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 5:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monroe, Noble | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Harrison, Jefferson | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 6:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Monroe, Noble | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marion | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Monongalia | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 2:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 51 min |
| Jul 19, 2:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 32 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.