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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2013, 4:51 PM EDT for Armstrong County, Clarion County, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 39 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
- May 10, 2013, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2013, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Armstrong County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Jefferson County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 949 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 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 May 10, 2:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 2:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 244 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2013 .SYNOPSIS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT AS IT APPROACHES AND PASSES THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY. MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... LEAD IMPULSE MOVING ACROSS KENTUCKY WITH LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING FOLLOWED BY MAIN COLD FRONT LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS. JUST ENOUGH DAYTIME WARMING TO CREATE CAPE VALUES NEAR 1000 J/KG AND WHILE A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OVER 40KTS THIS EVENING NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. FRONT WILL PUSH EAST OF THE RIDGES DURING THE DAY SATURDAY WITH TEMPERATURES NOT MOVING MUCH FROM MORNING LOWS. SHOWERS WILL DECREASE WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY DRIER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND FRONT. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS REGION SATURDAY NIGHT WITH CHANCE POPS FOR SHOWERS. BEHIND THIS FRONT SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT. HAVE KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE NORTH SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN COLD FLOW OF THE LAKES AND COLD POOL ALOFT. SURFACE RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD IN ACROSS REGION BY SUNDAY NIGHT CLEARING SKIES AND ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO FALL WELL INTO THE 30S. FROST OR FREEZE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT AND WILL HIGHLIGHT IN HWO. OVERALL TEMPERATURES JUST A BIT UNDER MODEL MOS. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... MDL ENSEMBLES AND HPC CHARTS SHOW HIGH PRES IN CTRL ERLY IN THE WEEK. A WRMFNT WL APRCH AND PASS E THRU THE AREA WED INTO WED NGT. MDLS INDICATE SOME LMTD INSTAB WITH THE FNT SO INCLUDED CHC POPS FOR SHWRS/TSTMS. MDL SOLNS DIFFER LATE IN THE PD...HOWEVER PREFERED THE SLOWER ENSEMBLE SOLNS BRINGING A CDFNT SLOWLY THRU THE AREA FRI. KEPT LOW CHC POPS ATTM DUE TO TIMING UNCERTAINTIES. EXP COOL TEMPS ERLY IN THE WEEK...WITH ABV SEASONAL AVG READINGS RETURNING BY WED. && .AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... VFR CONDS THIS AFTN WL DROP TO MVFR AS SHWRS/TSTMS MOVE IN AHD OF AN APRCHG CDFNT. MENTIONED A PD OF TSTMS LT THIS AFTN...ALTHOUGH WHERE INSTAB IS LESS N OF I 80 KEPT VCTS AS TSTM COVG SHOULD BE MORE QUESTIONABLE THERE. CIGS SHOULD CONT TO LWR TNGT THRU MVFR TO IFR OVRNGT. EXP FROPA AND A WSHFT TO THE WNW SAT MRNG WITH CIGS GRDLY LIFTG BACK TO MVFR. .OUTLOOK.../SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... RESTRNS ARE PSBL WITH A SECONDARY CDFNT SAT EVE...THEN VFR CONDS EXPD WITH BLDG HIGH PRES INTO ERLY NXT WK. RESTRNS PSBL WED AS A WRMFNT APRCHS. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 2:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 252 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2013 OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029- 031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-111900- 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- 252 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2013 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. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. FROST IS POSSIBLE AT DAWN MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH CANADIAN AIR BUILDING INTO THE AREA. THOSE WITH SENSITIVE PLANTS NEED TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS TO DETERMINE IF ACTION IS REQUIRED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MDZ001-WVZ041-111900- GARRETT-TUCKER- 252 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 10, 2:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
243 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2013
OHZ039-040-049-050-058-059-068-069-WVZ002>004-012-101945-
BELMONT OH-BROOKE WV-CARROLL OH-GUERNSEY OH-HARRISON OH-JEFFERSON OH-
MARSHALL WV-MONROE OH-NOBLE OH-OHIO WV-TUSCARAWAS OH-WETZEL WV-
243 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BELMONT...GUERNSEY...HARRISON...
MARSHALL...NORTH CENTRAL WETZEL...NORTHEASTERN NOBLE...NORTHERN
MONROE...OHIO...SOUTHEASTERN TUSCARAWAS...SOUTHERN BROOKE...SOUTHERN
JEFFERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTIES...
AT 241 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 3 MILES
WEST OF CAMBRIDGE TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF WOODSFIELD TO 5 MILES EAST
OF FAIRVIEW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PROCTOR... FAIRVIEW... WOODSFIELD...
SENECAVILLE... SENECA LAKE PARK... ROUND BOTTOM...
CLARINGTON... CAMERON... BYESVILLE...
WOODLANDS... CAMBRIDGE... SOMERTON...
HIGHWAYS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
I-470 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 3.
I-470 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 6.
I-70 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 14.
I-70 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 171 AND 225.
I-77 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 37 AND 65.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING
TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER
@NWSPITTSBURGH.
LAT...LON 4009 8172 4050 8138 4027 8068 4025 8052
3982 8052 3968 8065 3975 8112 3995 8173
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Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 10, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Washington | 61 min |
| May 10, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Beaver, Butler, Lawrence | 38 min |
| May 10, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Jefferson, Lawrence, Mercer and 1 more | 65 min |
| May 10, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Venango | 47 min |
| May 10, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Westmoreland | 40 min |
| May 10, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Indiana, Jefferson | 37 min |
| May 10, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Harrison | 62 min |
| May 10, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble | 58 min |
| May 10, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Belmont, Harrison, Jefferson | 29 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.