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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

July 27, 2014Monroe County, Noble County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2014, 4:02 PM EDT for Monroe County, Noble County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 2014, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2014, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Counties Monroe County, OH, Noble County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 2014-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 787 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 2014-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
787 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
530 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 27, 2:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 2:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 1:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
149 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029-031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-281800-
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-
149 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

...TORNADO WATCH 447 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

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...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.

   TORNADO WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

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, Jul 27, 3:28 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
328 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

OHZ039-040-049-050-272015-
CARROLL OH-HARRISON OH-JEFFERSON OH-TUSCARAWAS OH-
328 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL JEFFERSON...CENTRAL
TUSCARAWAS...HARRISON AND SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTIES...

AT 326 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM NEW
PHILADELPHIA TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLENDENING...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAIN WILL
POND WATER ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL SMALL STREAMS.  INTENSE
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS WHEN A
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES.

  LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  UHRICHSVILLE...       TIPPECANOE...         NEW PHILADELPHIA...
  GNADENHUTTEN...       DENNISON...           CLENDENING...
  TAPPAN...             CADIZ...              BOWERSTON...
  SCIO...               JEWETT...             SHERRODSVILLE...

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH
FACEBOOK PAGE OR BY USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH.

LAT...LON 4062 8106 4035 8062 4020 8122 4046 8165

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 3:49 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
349 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

PAZ013-014-022-272030-
ARMSTRONG PA-BUTLER PA-LAWRENCE PA-
349 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BUTLER...EAST CENTRAL
LAWRENCE AND NORTHERN ARMSTRONG COUNTIES...

AT 345 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM MORAINE
STATE PARK TO FORD CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAIN WILL
POND WATER ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL SMALL STREAMS.

  LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MORAINE STATE PARK... MCCONNELLS MILL...    BUTLER...
  FORD CITY...          KITTANNING...         CHICORA...
  HOOKER...             MUFF...               BRADYS BEND...

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH
FACEBOOK PAGE OR BY USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH.

LAT...LON 4091 7921 4071 7961 4095 8030 4113 7984
      4106 7966 4106 7967 4104 7963 4104 7960
      4101 7961 4100 7958 4098 7963 4097 7961
      4098 7958 4098 7950 4100 7948

07
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 4:02 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
402 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

OHZ068-069-272045-
MONROE OH-NOBLE OH-
402 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL NOBLE AND MONROE
COUNTIES...

AT 400 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SARAHSVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

  LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SARAHSVILLE...        SUMMERFIELD...        LEWISVILLE...
  WOODSFIELD...         ANTIOCH...            ROUND BOTTOM...
  CAMERON...            BENWOOD...

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH
FACEBOOK PAGE OR BY USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH.

LAT...LON 3984 8087 3962 8091 3975 8151 3988 8147

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 10:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZWashington46 min
Jul 27, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZArmstrong, Butler41 min
Jul 27, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZAllegheny, Washington63 min
Jul 27, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZArmstrong, Butler, Clarion31 min
Jul 27, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZVenango50 min
Jul 27, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZClarion, Forest, Jefferson26 min
Jul 27, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZArmstrong43 min
Jul 27, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZVenango40 min
Jul 27, 5:37 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZMercer, Venango8 hr
Jul 27, 7:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZWestmoreland33 min
Jul 27, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton, Tuscarawas39 min
Jul 27, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZCarroll, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas47 min
Jul 27, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMonroe41 min
Jul 27, 5:07 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZMarion, Monongalia, Wetzel23 min
Jul 27, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMarion, Preston39 min
Jul 27, 6:16 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZMarion, Monongalia, Preston3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.