Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2013, 1:09 AM EDT for Marion County, Monongalia County, Preston County, West Virginia. It was in force for 66 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
- Jun 13, 2013, 1:09 AM EDT (05:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2013, 2:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Marion County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Preston County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 11:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 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
- 1421 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1057 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 10.1
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 Jun 13, 12:06 AM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 12:06 AM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1217 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013
OHZ049-050-058-059-130515-
BELMONT OH-GUERNSEY OH-HARRISON OH-JEFFERSON OH-
1217 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EXTREME NORTHEASTERN GUERNSEY...
NORTHERN BELMONT...SOUTHERN HARRISON AND SOUTHERN JEFFERSON
COUNTIES...
AT 1213 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PIEDMONT...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. HEAVY RAIN WILL POND WATER ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL DITCHES
AND SMALL STREAMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PIEDMONT... CLENDENING... FLUSHING...
CADIZ... NEW ATHENS... HOPEDALE...
ADENA... NEWELL... SMITHFIELD...
DILLONVALE... JUG RUN... YORKVILLE...
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING
TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER
@NWSPITTSBURGH.
LAT...LON 4035 8123 4036 8064 4025 8064 4023 8066
4020 8067 4013 8072 4014 8124Special weather statement, Jun 13, 12:45 AM EDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1245 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013
WVZ021>023-130530-
MARION WV-MONONGALIA WV-PRESTON WV-
1245 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL PRESTON...SOUTH CENTRAL
MONONGALIA AND SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTIES...
AT 1241 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WORTHINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WORTHINGTON... MONONGAH... FESTUS...
FARMINGTON... BENTONS FERRY... BARRACKVILLE...
FAIRMONT... COLFAX... VALLEY FALLS...
WINFIELD... BROWNS CHAPEL... GLADESVILLE...
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING
TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER
@NWSPITTSBURGH.
LAT...LON 3930 7990 3943 7990 3944 7995 3940 8002
3938 8007 3940 8010 3939 8020 3943 8027
3944 8032 3952 8033 3953 7958 3927 7958Special weather statement, Jun 13, 12:46 AM EDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1246 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013
WVZ041-130530-
TUCKER WV-
1246 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN TUCKER COUNTY...
AT 1245 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF
PLEASANT RUN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PLEASANT RUN... ELK...
CANAAN VALLEY STATE PARK... LANEVILLE...
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING
TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER
@NWSPITTSBURGH.
LAT...LON 3897 7940 3897 7951 3902 7974 3904 7978
3905 7978 3909 7933 3907 7929 3898 7933
3896 7935Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:08 AM EDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 108 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 OHZ050-059-PAZ029-WVZ002>004-130615- BELMONT OH-BROOKE WV-JEFFERSON OH-MARSHALL WV-OHIO WV-WASHINGTON PA- 108 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN BELMONT... NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL...OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON...SOUTHERN BROOKE AND SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 104 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF DILLONVALE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BRIDGEPORT... MARTINS FERRY... YORKVILLE... WHEELING... TILTONSVILLE... RAYLAND... WARWOOD... CLEARVIEW... BETHLEHEM... WINDSOR HEIGHTS... TRIADELPHIA... WEST LIBERTY... PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. LAT...LON 4021 8033 3998 8051 4006 8089 4024 8071
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 1:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Washington | 52 min |
| Jun 13, 2:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Beaver | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 3:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler, Lawrence, Mercer | 57 min |
| Jun 13, 3:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Washington | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 3:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Forest, Mercer, Venango | 54 min |
| Jun 13, 4:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Westmoreland | 57 min |
| Jun 13, 4:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene, Washington | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 4:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington, Westmoreland | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 4:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson, Westmoreland | 77 min |
| Jun 13, 4:57 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Washington, Westmoreland | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 8:16 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Allegheny, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Coshocton | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Tuscarawas | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Guernsey | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 8:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 9:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Guernsey, Noble | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Monroe, Noble | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 10:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Monroe | 51 min |
| Jun 12, 10:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Coshocton | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Monroe | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 10:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Tuscarawas | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 11:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Tuscarawas | 67 min |
| Jun 12, 11:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 11:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas | 64 min |
| Jun 12, 11:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Tuscarawas | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 12:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Harrison | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 1:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas | 8 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Monroe and 3 more | 68 min |
| Jun 13, 2:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas | 68 min |
| Jun 12, 11:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Wetzel | 50 min |
| Jun 13, 12:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marion, Preston | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 12:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Tucker | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 1:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Ohio | 67 min |
| Jun 13, 2:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Tucker | 53 min |
| Jun 13, 6:25 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Ohio | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 9:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marion, Preston | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 10:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 11:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Tucker | 42 min |
| Jun 13, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 49 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.