Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 4, 2014, 3:40 AM EST for 13 counties in Pennsylvania; Brooke County, Hancock County, Ohio County, West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Feb 4, 2014, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 16 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 4, 2014, 3:40 AM EST (08:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 4, 2014, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2014, 11:25 AM EST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
All 25 counties
Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Forest County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Ohio County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 9:05 PM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Zanesville, OH | IN 50 MINUTES |
| Feb 4, 9:07 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Blue Rock, OH | |
| Feb 4, 9:30 PM EST | SNOW 1 | 6 E Coshocton, OH | |
| Feb 4, 9:55 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Byesville, OH | |
| Feb 4, 10:02 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Follansbee, WV | |
| Feb 4, 10:03 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Uniontown, PA | |
| Feb 4, 10:03 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Wintersville, OH | |
| Feb 4, 10:04 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Masontown, PA | |
| Feb 4, 10:04 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Perryopolis, PA | |
| Feb 4, 10:04 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Scottdale, PA | |
| Feb 4, 10:05 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Zanesville, OH | |
| Feb 4, 10:09 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Farmington, PA | FREEZING RAIN HAS CHANGED TO ALL SLEET |
| Feb 4, 10:19 PM EST | SNOW 4.5 | 2 Wsw Freeland, OH | |
| Feb 4, 10:28 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Cambridge, OH | SINCE 830PM |
| Feb 4, 10:30 PM EST | SNOW 5 | South Zanesville, OH | |
| Feb 4, 10:44 PM EST | SNOW 5.3 | 2 Wsw Freeland, OH | |
| Feb 4, 10:50 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Monongahela, PA | |
| Feb 4, 10:56 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Steubenville, OH | IN THE LAST 90 MINUTES |
| Feb 4, 10:59 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Evans City, PA | |
| Feb 4, 11:02 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Scottdale, PA | SNOW AND SLEET |
| Feb 4, 11:08 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | East Liverpool, OH | SNOW AND SLEET |
| Feb 4, 11:14 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Beallsville, PA | |
| Feb 4, 11:15 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Finleyville, PA | SLEET CURRENTLY FALLING |
| Feb 4, 11:17 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Penn Hills, PA | |
| Feb 4, 11:25 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | East Liverpool, OH | |
| Feb 4, 11:40 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Monaca, PA | |
| Feb 4, 11:42 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Baden, PA | |
| Feb 4, 11:43 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Mars, PA | |
| Feb 4, 11:43 PM EST | SNOW 6 | Salesville, OH | |
| Feb 4, 11:45 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Cranberry Twp, PA | |
| Feb 4, 11:57 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Feb 4, 11:58 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Butler, PA | |
| Feb 5, 12:00 AM EST | SNOW 1 | California, PA | |
| Feb 5, 12:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.2 | Moon Township, PA | |
| Feb 5, 12:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Weirton Heights, WV | |
| Feb 5, 12:00 AM EST | SNOW 4.5 | Hendrysburg, OH | |
| Feb 5, 12:09 AM EST | SNOW 6.5 | Cambridge, OH | NOW CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN |
| Feb 5, 12:10 AM EST | SNOW 1 | 1 Sw Emsworth, PA | |
| Feb 5, 12:12 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Aliquippa, PA | |
| Feb 5, 12:12 AM EST | SNOW 6 | Wintersville, OH | |
| Feb 5, 12:13 AM EST | SNOW 1 | 4 Sw New Stanton, PA | SNOW AND SLEET |
| Feb 5, 12:14 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 6 Nne Gibsonia, PA | IN MIDDLESEX TOWNSHIP |
| Feb 5, 12:14 AM EST | SNOW 4.5 | Coshocton, OH | |
| Feb 5, 12:18 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Fredericktown, OH | |
| Feb 5, 12:22 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Feb 5, 12:25 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Mount Washington, PA | |
| Feb 5, 12:33 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Oil City, PA | |
| Feb 5, 12:44 AM EST | SNOW 3 | New Castle, PA | |
| Feb 5, 12:46 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Moon Township, PA | 1.3 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT |
| Feb 5, 12:50 AM EST | SNOW 4.2 | Cranberry Twp, PA | |
| Feb 5, 12:51 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Butler, PA | |
| Feb 5, 12:51 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Cranberry Twp, PA | |
| Feb 5, 12:51 AM EST | SNOW 5 | Valencia, PA | |
| Feb 5, 1:00 AM EST | SNOW 5 | New Concord, OH | |
| Feb 5, 1:10 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Summerville, PA | IN THE LAST TWO HOURS |
| Feb 5, 1:14 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Monongahela, PA | |
| Feb 5, 1:15 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 1 Sw Pennsbury Village, PA | SNOW AND SLEET |
| Feb 5, 1:15 AM EST | SNOW 2 | New Waterford, OH | SOME SLEET MIXED IN |
| Feb 5, 1:15 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Kittanning, PA | |
| Feb 5, 1:15 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Leetsdale, PA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1067 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 83 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
126 WWUS41 KPBZ 040840 WSWPBZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 340 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 PAZ007>009-015-016-041645- /O.UPG.KPBZ.WS.A.0002.140205T0000Z-140206T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPBZ.WS.W.0003.140205T0000Z-140206T0000Z/ MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GROVE CITY...FRANKLIN...TIONESTA... CLARION...BROOKVILLE 340 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ZERO NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WITH UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. * SNOW AND ICE BEGINNING...THIS EVENING. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW AND ICE...MIDNIGHT TO DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AND ICE ENDING...LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...MID TO UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT AT ALL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057-058-PAZ013-014-020>023-029-073-074- 076-WVZ001-002-041645- /O.UPG.KPBZ.WS.A.0002.140205T0000Z-140206T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPBZ.WS.W.0003.140205T0000Z-140205T1800Z/ GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON- JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY- ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES- FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...NEW PHILADELPHIA... CARROLLTON...SALEM...COSHOCTON...CADIZ...STEUBENVILLE... ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE...NEW CASTLE...BUTLER...BEAVER... PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...KITTANNING...INDIANA...WASHINGTON... GREENSBURG...LATROBE...LIGONIER...DONEGAL...CHAMPION...OHIOPYLE... WEIRTON...BETHANY 340 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES...HIGHEST TOTALS NORTH OF PITTSBURGH. * SNOW AND ICE BEGINNING...THIS EVENING. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW AND ICE...MIDNIGHT TO DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AND ICE ENDING...LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...MID TO UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ059-WVZ003-041645- /O.NEW.KPBZ.WS.W.0003.140205T0000Z-140205T1800Z/ BELMONT-OHIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLAIRSVILLE...WHEELING 340 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * SNOW AND ICE BEGINNING...THIS EVENING. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW AND ICE...MIDNIGHT TO DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AND ICE ENDING...LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...MID TO UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ WVZ023-041-041645- /O.UPG.KPBZ.WS.A.0002.140205T0000Z-140206T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPBZ.WW.Y.0008.140205T0000Z-140205T1800Z/ PRESTON-TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINGWOOD...PARSONS 340 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 2 INCHES. * SNOW AND ICE BEGINNING...THIS EVENING. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW OR ICE...MIDNIGHT TO DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AND ICE ENDING...LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ACCUMULATION OF A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ068-069-PAZ031-075-WVZ004-041645- /O.NEW.KPBZ.WW.Y.0008.140205T0000Z-140205T1800Z/ NOBLE-MONROE-GREENE-FAYETTE-MARSHALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALDWELL...WOODSFIELD...WAYNESBURG... UNIONTOWN...MOUNDSVILLE 340 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 2 INCHES. * SNOW/ICE BEGINNING...THIS EVENING. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW OR ICE...MIDNIGHT TO DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AND ICE ENDING...LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ACCUMULATION OF A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$
6 follow-up statements
505 WWUS41 KPBZ 041530 WSWPBZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1030 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 PAZ007>009-015-016-042330- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0003.140205T0000Z-140206T0000Z/ MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GROVE CITY...FRANKLIN...TIONESTA... CLARION...BROOKVILLE 1030 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ZERO NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WITH UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. * SNOW AND ICE BEGINNING...THIS EVENING. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW AND ICE...MIDNIGHT TO DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AND ICE ENDING...LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...MID TO UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT AT ALL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-PAZ013-014-020>023-029-073-074- 076-WVZ001>003-042330- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0003.140205T0000Z-140205T1800Z/ GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON- JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-BEAVER- ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND- WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...NEW PHILADELPHIA... CARROLLTON...SALEM...COSHOCTON...CADIZ...STEUBENVILLE... ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE...ST. CLAIRSVILLE...NEW CASTLE...BUTLER... BEAVER...PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...KITTANNING...INDIANA... WASHINGTON...GREENSBURG...LATROBE...LIGONIER...DONEGAL... CHAMPION...OHIOPYLE...WEIRTON...BETHANY...WHEELING 1030 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH. ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE WHERE FREEZING RAIN IS PREDOMINATE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES...HIGHEST TOTALS NORTH OF PITTSBURGH. * SNOW AND ICE BEGINNING...THIS EVENING. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW AND ICE...MIDNIGHT TO DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AND ICE ENDING...LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...MID TO UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ068-069-PAZ031-075-WVZ004-023-041-042330- /O.CON.KPBZ.WW.Y.0008.140205T0000Z-140205T1800Z/ NOBLE-MONROE-GREENE-FAYETTE-MARSHALL-PRESTON-TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALDWELL...WOODSFIELD...WAYNESBURG... UNIONTOWN...MOUNDSVILLE...KINGWOOD...PARSONS 1030 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 2 INCHES. * SNOW/ICE BEGINNING...THIS EVENING. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW OR ICE...MIDNIGHT TO DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AND ICE ENDING...LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ACCUMULATION OF A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$
811 WWUS41 KPBZ 041921 WSWPBZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 221 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 PAZ007>009-015-016-050330- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0003.140205T0000Z-140206T0000Z/ MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GROVE CITY...FRANKLIN...TIONESTA... CLARION...BROOKVILLE 221 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ZERO NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WITH UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. * SNOW AND ICE BEGINNING...THIS EVENING. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW AND ICE...10 PM TONIGHT TO 8 AM WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AND ICE ENDING...EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...MID TO UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT AT ALL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-PAZ013-014-020>023-029-073-074- 076-WVZ001>003-050330- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0003.140205T0000Z-140205T1800Z/ GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON- JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-BEAVER- ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND- WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...NEW PHILADELPHIA... CARROLLTON...SALEM...COSHOCTON...CADIZ...STEUBENVILLE... ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE...ST. CLAIRSVILLE...NEW CASTLE...BUTLER... BEAVER...PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...KITTANNING...INDIANA... WASHINGTON...GREENSBURG...LATROBE...LIGONIER...DONEGAL... CHAMPION...OHIOPYLE...WEIRTON...BETHANY...WHEELING 221 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH. ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE WHERE FREEZING RAIN IS PREDOMINATE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES...HIGHEST TOTALS NORTH OF PITTSBURGH. * SNOW AND ICE BEGINNING...THIS EVENING. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW AND ICE...10 PM TONIGHT TO 6 AM WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AND ICE ENDING...LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING VARIABLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...MID TO UPPER 20S...RISING INTO THE LOWER 30S WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ068-069-PAZ031-075-WVZ004-023-041-050330- /O.CON.KPBZ.WW.Y.0008.140205T0000Z-140205T1800Z/ NOBLE-MONROE-GREENE-FAYETTE-MARSHALL-PRESTON-TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALDWELL...WOODSFIELD...WAYNESBURG... UNIONTOWN...MOUNDSVILLE...KINGWOOD...PARSONS 221 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 2 INCHES. * SNOW/ICE BEGINNING...THIS EVENING. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW OR ICE...MIDNIGHT TO DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AND ICE ENDING...MID MORNING WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING VARIABLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ACCUMULATION OF A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$
873 WWUS41 KPBZ 050025 WSWPBZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 725 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 PAZ007>009-050830- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140206T0000Z/ MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GROVE CITY...FRANKLIN...TIONESTA 725 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A GLAZING POSSIBLE AFTER SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ENDS ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW BEGINNING...9 TO 10 PM THIS EVENING. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW...10 PM TONIGHT TO 8 AM WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ENDING...EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY AS A PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT AT ALL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ MDZ001-OHZ049-050-057>059-PAZ020>023-029-073-074-076-WVZ001>003- 050830- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/ GARRETT-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-BEAVER- ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND- WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...CADIZ...STEUBENVILLE... ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE...ST. CLAIRSVILLE...BEAVER... PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...KITTANNING...INDIANA...WASHINGTON... GREENSBURG...LATROBE...LIGONIER...DONEGAL...CHAMPION...OHIOPYLE... WEIRTON...BETHANY...WHEELING 725 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH....LOCALLY UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN GARRETT COUNTY...AS WELL AS BETWEEN THE CHESTNET AND LAUREL RIDGES IN WESTMORELAND AND FAYETTE COUNTIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES...EXPECT 2 TO 4 INCHES FROM MUSKINGUM TO BEAVER COUNTIES. * SNOW AND ICE BEGINNING...THIS EVENING. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW AND ICE...10 PM TONIGHT TO 6 AM WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AND ICE ENDING...SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVERNIGHT...THEN LIKELY END AS PLAIN RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ039>041-048-PAZ013-014-050830- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/ TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-LAWRENCE-BUTLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PHILADELPHIA...CARROLLTON...SALEM... COSHOCTON...NEW CASTLE...BUTLER 725 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * SNOW AND ICE BEGINNING...THIS EVENING. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW AND ICE...10 PM TONIGHT TO 6 AM WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AND ICE ENDING...LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ PAZ015-016-050830- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140206T0000Z/ CLARION-JEFFERSON PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARION...BROOKVILLE 725 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 7 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW AND ICE BEGINNING...THIS EVENING. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW AND ICE...10 PM TONIGHT TO 8 AM WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AND ICE ENDING...EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT AT ALL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ068-069-PAZ031-075-WVZ004-023-041-050830- /O.CON.KPBZ.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/ NOBLE-MONROE-GREENE-FAYETTE-MARSHALL-PRESTON-TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALDWELL...WOODSFIELD...WAYNESBURG... UNIONTOWN...MOUNDSVILLE...KINGWOOD...PARSONS 725 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE INCH. * SNOW/ICE BEGINNING...THIS EVENING. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW OR ICE...MIDNIGHT TO DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AND ICE ENDING...MID MORNING WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ACCUMULATION OF A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$
576 WWUS41 KPBZ 050314 WSWPBZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1014 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 PAZ007>009-051115- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140206T0000Z/ MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GROVE CITY...FRANKLIN...TIONESTA 1014 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A GLAZING POSSIBLE AFTER SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ENDS ON WEDNESDAY. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW...10 PM TONIGHT TO 8 AM WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ENDING...EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY AS A PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT AT ALL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ MDZ001-OHZ049-050-057>059-PAZ020>023-029-073-074-076-WVZ001>003- 051115- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/ GARRETT-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-BEAVER- ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND- WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...CADIZ...STEUBENVILLE... ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE...ST. CLAIRSVILLE...BEAVER... PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...KITTANNING...INDIANA...WASHINGTON... GREENSBURG...LATROBE...LIGONIER...DONEGAL...CHAMPION...OHIOPYLE... WEIRTON...BETHANY...WHEELING 1014 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH....LOCALLY UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN GARRETT COUNTY... AS WELL AS BETWEEN THE CHESTNET AND LAUREL RIDGES IN WESTMORELAND AND FAYETTE COUNTIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES...EXPECT 3 TO 6 INCHES FROM MUSKINGUM TO BEAVER COUNTIES. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW AND ICE...10 PM TONIGHT TO 6 AM WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AND ICE ENDING...SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVERNIGHT...THEN LIKELY END AS PLAIN RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ039>041-048-PAZ013-014-051115- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/ TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-LAWRENCE-BUTLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PHILADELPHIA...CARROLLTON...SALEM... COSHOCTON...NEW CASTLE...BUTLER 1014 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 7 INCHES...EXCEPT 3 TO 6 IN BUTLER COUNTY. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW AND ICE...10 PM TONIGHT TO 6 AM WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AND ICE ENDING...LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ PAZ015-016-051115- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140206T0000Z/ CLARION-JEFFERSON PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARION...BROOKVILLE 1014 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW AND ICE BEGINNING...THIS EVENING. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW AND ICE...10 PM TONIGHT TO 8 AM WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AND ICE ENDING...EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT AT ALL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ068-069-PAZ031-075-WVZ004-023-041-051115- /O.CON.KPBZ.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/ NOBLE-MONROE-GREENE-FAYETTE-MARSHALL-PRESTON-TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALDWELL...WOODSFIELD...WAYNESBURG... UNIONTOWN...MOUNDSVILLE...KINGWOOD...PARSONS 1014 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE INCH. * SNOW/ICE BEGINNING...THIS EVENING. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW OR ICE...MIDNIGHT TO DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AND ICE ENDING...MID MORNING WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ACCUMULATION OF A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$
225 WWUS41 KPBZ 050831 WSWPBZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 331 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014 PAZ007>009-051645- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140206T0000Z/ MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GROVE CITY...FRANKLIN...TIONESTA 331 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW...THROUGH 8 AM. * SNOW ENDING...EARLY AFTERNOON AS A PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE. * WINDS...EAST AROUND 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...MID TO UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT AT ALL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ MDZ001-OHZ049-050-057>059-PAZ020>023-029-073-074-076-WVZ001>003- 051645- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/ GARRETT-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-BEAVER- ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND- WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...CADIZ...STEUBENVILLE... ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE...ST. CLAIRSVILLE...BEAVER... PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...KITTANNING...INDIANA...WASHINGTON... GREENSBURG...LATROBE...LIGONIER...DONEGAL...CHAMPION...OHIOPYLE... WEIRTON...BETHANY...WHEELING 331 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE ICE...THROUGH 8 AM. * ICE ENDING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL LIKELY END AS PLAIN RAIN LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...LOW TO MID 30S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ039>041-048-PAZ013-014-051645- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/ TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-LAWRENCE-BUTLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PHILADELPHIA...CARROLLTON...SALEM... COSHOCTON...NEW CASTLE...BUTLER 331 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW AND ICE...THROUGH 8AM. * SNOW AND ICE ENDING...LATE THIS MORNING. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ PAZ015-016-051645- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140206T0000Z/ CLARION-JEFFERSON PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARION...BROOKVILLE 331 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL TRACE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW AND ICE...THROUGH 8 AM. * SNOW AND ICE ENDING...EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ068-069-PAZ031-075-WVZ004-023-041-051645- /O.CON.KPBZ.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/ NOBLE-MONROE-GREENE-FAYETTE-MARSHALL-PRESTON-TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALDWELL...WOODSFIELD...WAYNESBURG... UNIONTOWN...MOUNDSVILLE...KINGWOOD...PARSONS 331 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE ICE...THROUGH 6AM. * ICE ENDING...MID MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 30S. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ACCUMULATION OF A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$
134 WWUS41 KPBZ 051625 WSWPBZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1125 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-PAZ013-014-020>023-029-073-074- 076-WVZ001>003-051730- /O.CAN.KPBZ.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/ GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON- JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-BEAVER- ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND- WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...NEW PHILADELPHIA... CARROLLTON...SALEM...COSHOCTON...CADIZ...STEUBENVILLE... ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE...ST. CLAIRSVILLE...NEW CASTLE...BUTLER... BEAVER...PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...KITTANNING...INDIANA... WASHINGTON...GREENSBURG...LATROBE...LIGONIER...DONEGAL... CHAMPION...OHIOPYLE...WEIRTON...BETHANY...WHEELING 1125 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS EXITED THE REGION THIS MORNING. LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING BUT SHOULD CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ PAZ007>009-015-016-051730- /O.CAN.KPBZ.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140206T0000Z/ MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GROVE CITY...FRANKLIN...TIONESTA... CLARION...BROOKVILLE 1125 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS EXITED THE REGION THIS MORNING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ OHZ068-069-PAZ031-075-WVZ004-023-041-051730- /O.CAN.KPBZ.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/ NOBLE-MONROE-GREENE-FAYETTE-MARSHALL-PRESTON-TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALDWELL...WOODSFIELD...WAYNESBURG... UNIONTOWN...MOUNDSVILLE...KINGWOOD...PARSONS 1125 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS EXITED THE REGION THIS MORNING. LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED...THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ 34
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 4, 1:32 AM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 1:32 AM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
132 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
ANOTHER STORM WILL BRING MIXED PRECIPITATION TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/...
130AM UPDATE HOLDS CLOUD COVER OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN
COUNTIES...WHICH HAS PREVENTED TEMPERATURES FROM FALLING OFF VERY
MUCH. MADE SOME TEMPERATURE MODIFICATIONS...BOTTOMING OUT
TEMPERATURES AROUND WASHINGTON AS WELL. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION
FOLLOWS.
THE LINE OF CLEARING CONTINUES TO DROP VERY SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD
THIS EVENING ON FOG IMAGERY. PREVIOUSLY...THE BACK EDGE OF SNOW
COVER FROM THIS MORNING'S WINTER STORM ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN
HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA WAS REVEALED ON VISIBLE IMAGERY PRIOR TO
SUNDOWN. WITH CONTINUED ERADICATION OF THE REMNANT CLOUDS AND LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AND ACCOMPANYING
SUBSIDENCE BUILDS IN...THE STAGE IS SET FOR RAPID RADIATIONAL
COOLING OVER THE PORTIONS OF THE AREA WITH NEW SNOW COVER. LOWS
IN THESE AREAS GENERALLY LOOK TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS...WHILE TEENS WILL BE COMMON ELSEWHERE. HOWEVER...IN THE
FAR SOUTHEAST...CLEARING MAY NOT BE RAPID ENOUGH TO FACILIATE
QUITE THE TEMPERATURE DROPS PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED. IN THESE
AREAS...TEMPERATURES WERE NUDGED UP SLIGHTLY...HOWEVER A COLD
NIGHT STILL LOOKS TO BE IN STORE.
STATUS QUO CONTINUES FOR THE UPCOMING WINTER STORM HEADLINES FOR
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS 18Z MODEL GUIDANCE FAILED TO
INCREASE ANY CONFIDENCE IN PLACEMENT OF A RAIN/ICE/SNOW FIELD
ACROSS THE AREA RELATIVE TO ITS 12Z COUNTERPARTS. AS SUCH...THE
WINTER STORM WATCHES WILL CONTINUE WITH DETAILS DISCUSSED IN THE
SHORT TERM SECTION OF THIS PRODUCT. FRIES
&&
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
SHORT TERM BEGINS WITH A RELATIVELY QUIET PERIOD AS A SHORT LIVE
HIGH MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES. TEMPERATURES TUESDAY
SHOULD BE NEAR NORMAL AS CLOUDS WILL FILL IN AHEAD OF THE NEXT
WINTER STORM SET TO IMPACT THE CWA TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PUSHES OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TUESDAY
EVENING...GULF MOISTURE WILL BOOST PW VALUES TO NEAR 1". THIS WILL
TRANSLATE INTO RELATIVELY HIGH QPF VALUES FOR A FEB SYSTEM. UP TO
THIS POINT SFC TRACKS FROM THE SUITE OF NUMERICAL MODELS HAVE VARIED
WILDLY...MAKING THE PTYPE FORECASTS ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT. THE 12Z
NAM IS STILL KEEPING THE TRACK OF THE LOW A BIT FURTHER WEST PASSING
THROUGH SW PA...THIS IS A EASTWARD TREND FROM THE EARLIER 06Z RUN
THAT PULLED IT THROUGH OHIO. THIS IS IMPORTANT AS THE NAM IS NOW
COMING MORE IN LINE WITH THE GFS/ECMWF SOLNS. A LOW PROGRESSING
THROUGH WV AND ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC WOULD SUPPRESS THE OVERALL
ABILITY TO PULL UP THE WARMER TEMPERATURES EAST OF THE APPALACHIANS.
WITH THIS IN MIND...AM KEEPING A SLIGHT DIURNAL TREND GOING INTO
TUES NIGHT...BUT DO NOT CARRY THAT TREND INTO WEDNESDAY.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO HOVER NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING IN
ESTRN OHIO...NRN PA COUNTIES AND SHELTERED VALLEYS...BUT SHOULD BE
AT OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING IN NRN WV AND UP THE WRN SLOPES OF THE
RIDGES. THIS KEEPS THE RAIN/SNOW/MIX LINE DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT.
THERE IS HIGH CONFIDENCE OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS OUR NRN ZONES AND FZRA
IN OUR SHELTERED VALLEYS OF THE EASTERN RIDGES. HAVE EXPANDED THE
WATCH TO INCLUDE THE ESTRN RIDGES AND HAVE INCLUDED ANOTHER TIER OF
COUNTIES TO THE SOUTH OF THE ORIGINAL WATCH TO ACCOUNT FOR HEAVY
SNOW/MIX.
IN ADDITION TO THE WINTER WEATHER CONCERNS...THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE
AVAILABLE FOR THIS SYSTEM IS IMPRESSIVE. ONE MORE CONCERN IS THAT
IN LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE PRIMARILY RAIN...RUNOFF COULD POTENTIALLY
LEAD TO THE CREATION OF ICE JAMS ON LOCAL RIVERS.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
LONG TERM FORECAST WAS CONSTRUCTED USING WPC GUIDANCE WHICH WAS
BASED ON A FULL ENSEMBLE MEAN...AND WHICH WAS TWEAKED USING LATEST
DETERMINISTIC TRENDS. GIVEN THE PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE
PATTERN...POPS DURING THE PD WERE MAXED NR CLIMO NMBRS WHILE TEMPS
WERE TRENDED COLDER THAN THE AVGS WITH FORECAST OF A PERSISTENT
HUDSON BAY TO GREAT LAKES TROUGH AND PHASING SRN STREAM AS DEPICTED
BY NAEFS AND OP GFS AND ECMWF.
&&
.AVIATION /07Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
MVFR STRATOCU ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER NR MGW UNTIL INCRSG SBSDNC
DISSIPATES IT TWD DAWN. OTHERWISE HIGH PRES WL SPPRT VFR THROUGH
TDA...HOWEVER...RAPIDLY ADVNG LOW PRES WL QUICKLY DETERIORTATE
CONDITIONS TO IFR TNGT.
.OUTLOOK..../TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
THE NXT CHC FOR WIDESPREAD RESTRICTIONS WL COME WITH A SERIES OF
WEEKEND DISTURBANCES.
&&
.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR MDZ001.
OH...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR OHZ039>041-048>050-057-058.
PA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029-073-074-076.
WV...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR WVZ001-002-023-041.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 1:34 PM EST, 14 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 134 PM EST MON FEB 3 2014 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057-058-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029-073- 074-076-WVZ001-002-023-041-041845- GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON- JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE- BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA- WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK- BROOKE-PRESTON-TUCKER- 134 PM EST MON FEB 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. OHZ059-068-069-PAZ031-075-WVZ003-004-012-021-022-041845- BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-GREENE-FAYETTE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION- MONONGALIA- 134 PM EST MON FEB 3 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN LATER TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 3:40 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 32 hr |
| Feb 4, 7:45 AM EST | Flood Watch | PBZ | Fayette, Greene, Washington | 28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.