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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 2014, 8:39 PM EDT for Fayette County, Greene County, Washington County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 51 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
- Aug 20, 2014, 8:39 PM EDT (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2014, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fayette County, PA, Greene County, PA, Washington County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Aug 20, 8:12 PM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 8:12 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 356 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029-031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-210800- GARRETT-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-TUCKER- 356 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. IF ANY LOCATION GETS HIT BY REPEATED THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED FLOODING PROBLEMS MAY DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING ISSUES WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY...AS A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL PRODUCE MORE PRECIPITATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 20, 4:24 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Forest | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Fayette | 41 min |
| Aug 20, 9:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Jefferson | 41 min |
| Aug 20, 9:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Mercer | 36 min |
| Aug 21, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Jefferson | 51 min |
| Aug 21, 3:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 5 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 5 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Aug 21, 5:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 3 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.