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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

July 19, 20154 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2015, 7:53 PM EDT for 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 27 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
Jul 19, 2015, 7:53 PM EDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2015, 8:20 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clarion County, PA, Forest County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Venango County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 19, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2015-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 66 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 2015-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
66 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-189 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1202 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 19, 5:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 5:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
552 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE
TONIGHT. THE NEW WORK WEEK WILL START MAINLY DRY AND SLIGHTLY
COOLER.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/...
CONVECTIVE COMPLEX CONTINUES TO MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS OHIO THIS
EVENING. THIS WAS WELL FORECAST BY THE HRRR...WHICH SUGGESTED IT
WOULD WEAKEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA. THIS IS IN
PART DUE TO WARM AIR ALOFT...AT 500MB. STILL A MARGINAL THREAT FOR
SEVERE WIND GUSTS IF THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS CAN GET A BIT MORE
ACCELERATION. HOWEVER...THE BETTER CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL
BE FURTHER NORTH WHERE SHEAR WILL BE 30-35 KNOTS. SPC HAS ISSUED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...MAINLY FOR THE NORTH AS CONVECTION
DEVELOPS IN THE HIGH CAPE...MODERATE SHEAR ENVIRONMENT.

COLD FRONT WILL BE SWEEPING THROUGH FROM THE NORTH TONIGHT. FRONT
SHOULD MAKE IT THROUGH PIT AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT LIKELY NOT MUCH
FURTHER AS IT BECOMES PARALLEL TO MIDLEVEL FLOW...AND EXPECT IT TO
STALL OUT NEAR THE MASON/DIXON LINE BY MORNING. BY THIS POINT ONLY
A FEW SHRA WILL LINGER ACROSS THE SOUTH. LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG
MAY HANG AROUND FOR A TIME BEHIND THE BOUNDARY AS
WELL...ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE HEAVIER RAIN. NOT
MAKING MAJOR CHANGES TO LOW TEMPS. ANOTHER ESPECIALLY WARM AND
MUGGY NIGHT IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
WHILE A FEW SHOWERS MAY LINGER OVER OUR SOUTHEAST...THE NEW MODEL
GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT THE BULK OF THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL
DIMINISH BY MONDAY MORNING WITH THE PASSAGE OF A WEAK BOUNDARY AND
SHORTWAVE. THIS LOOKS TO KEEP MOST OF THE REGION DRY THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AT THIS TIME...SO POPS WERE DROPPED UNTIL LATER MONDAY
NIGHT/TUESDAY MORNING AS THE STRONGER FRONT APPROACHES.

THE OVERNIGHT BOUNDARY WILL DO LITTLE TO CHANGE THE AIRMASS OVER THE
REGION ON MONDAY...BUT A 5 DEGREE DROP IN DEWPOINTS MAY MAKE IT FEEL
A TAD DRIER. TEMPS WERE KEPT AT A BLEND OF MAV/MET VALUES.

UPPER TROUGH WILL DEEPEN...PIVOTING A MORE NOTABLE COLD FRONT ACROSS
THE REGION TUESDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE GUIDANCE DOES HAVE THIS
BOUNDARY VERY CLOSE TO OUR FORECAST AREA BY MORNING...WHICH COULD
LIMIT THE STRENGTH OF ANY CONVECTION WITH MINIMAL HEATING AND
DESTABILIZATION AHEAD OF IT. REGARDLESS...CHANCE POPS WERE
MAINTAINED...BUT ADJUSTED FOR TIMING TUESDAY...WITH THE FRONT
EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF OUR RIDGE COUNTIES BY NIGHTFALL. A SURFACE
RIDGE WILL BUILD EASTWARD FOR WEDNESDAY. EXPECT LESS HUMIDITY AND
TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
DRIER AND MORE SEASONABLE AIR SETTLES IN FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.
HOWEVER...RIDGING LOOKS TO REBOUND IN THE MID-LEVELS OVER THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY THE WEEKEND. THIS LOOKS TO FORM A BUBBLE OF
MUCH HOTTER AND MORE HUMID AIR OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE
COUNTRY THAT IS SET TO MEANDER EASTWARD INTO NEXT WEEKEND. THIS
MEANS TEMPERATURES HEAD BACK TOWARD 90F BY THE WEEKEND...WITH MUCH
MORE HUMID CONDITIONS...AND A RESUMPTION OF CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

.AVIATION /22Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON...WITH SOME
SPOTTY MVFR CIGS LINGERING FOR AN HOUR OR SO. EXPECTING SOME
RESTRICTIONS FROM WEST TO EAST STARTING BY 22/23Z...AS A
CONVECTIVE COMPLEX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT.
HANDLING WITH TEMPO MVFR TSRA FOR NOW...BUT A BRIEF DROP TO IFR IS
CERTAINLY POSSIBLE AT MOST TERMINALS BETWEEN 23Z AND 05Z. TSRA
SHOULD BEGIN TO WANE AFTER THAT POINT...AND A COLD FRONT WILL
SLOWLY SINK THROUGH THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. MVFR CIG/VIS WILL
LINGER FOR A TIME BEHIND THE FRONT...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT
RECEIVE RAIN. IFR IS MOST POSSIBLE AT FKL/DUJ. THE FRONT WILL
EVENTUALLY STALL NEAR THE MASON/DIXON LINE. FOG AND LOW CLOUDS
WILL BEGIN TO BREAK BY 14Z...WITH VFR CONDITIONS DEVELOPING AT
MOST SITES BY MIDDAY. CL

OUTLOOK...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...
RESTRICTIONS CHANCES WILL INCREASE AGAIN WITH THE APPROACH AND
PASSAGE OF LOW PRESSURE ON MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. GENERAL VFR
IS ANTICIPATED FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK.

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 3:23 PM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
323 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029-073-074-
WVZ001>003-201930-
TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-
MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-
CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-
WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-
323 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 443 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
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.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MDZ001-OHZ068-069-PAZ031-075-076-WVZ004-012-021>023-041-201930-
GARRETT-NOBLE-MONROE-GREENE-FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-MARSHALL-WETZEL-
MARION-MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER-
323 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST
CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND
NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
430 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

OHZ057-192115-
MUSKINGUM-
430 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MUSKINGUM COUNTY...

AT 429 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR HARBOR HILLS...OR NEAR
HEATH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ZANESVILLE...SOUTH ZANESVILLE...NORTH ZANESVILLE...DRESDEN...
FRAZEYSBURG...PHILO...PLEASANT GROVE...GRATIOT...FULTONHAM...EAST
FULTONHAM...DRAKE...CANNELVILLE...DUNCAN FALLS AND DILLON STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES  INTERSTATE 70 IN OHIO NEAR MILE MARKER 143...AND
BETWEEN MILE
  MARKERS 145 AND 161.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3995 8223 3995 8220 4017 8219 4016 8190
      3976 8187 3977 8207 3982 8208 3982 8217
      3991 8216 3991 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 268DEG 25KT 3997 8236

33
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
514 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

OHZ057-058-068-192145-
MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-NOBLE-
514 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN NOBLE...EASTERN
MUSKINGUM AND WESTERN GUERNSEY COUNTIES...

AT 514 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF NEW CONCORD TO MCCONNELSVILLE.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAMBRIDGE...CALDWELL...NEW CONCORD...BYESVILLE...DUDLEY...PHILO...
PLEASANT CITY...CUMBERLAND...BELLE VALLEY...SARAHSVILLE...DEXTER
CITY...ADAMSVILLE...NORWICH...CHANDLERSVILLE...RURALDALE...HIGH
HILL...OTSEGO...BRIDGEVILLE...DUNCAN FALLS AND BODEN.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
  INTERSTATE 70 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 159 AND 184.
  INTERSTATE 77 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 18 AND 57.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 4020 8149 3965 8146 3964 8147 3958 8147
      3959 8159 3966 8159 3967 8164 3975 8164
      3977 8192 3993 8193 3993 8194 3994 8193
      4008 8194
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 263DEG 18KT 4002 8185 3967 8183

33
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
544 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

OHZ058-059-068-069-192215-
GUERNSEY-MONROE-NOBLE-BELMONT-
544 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN NOBLE...
SOUTHEASTERN GUERNSEY...NORTHWESTERN MONROE AND SOUTHWESTERN BELMONT
COUNTIES...

AT 544 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BYESVILLE...OR 9 MILES
NORTH OF CALDWELL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAMBRIDGE...BARNESVILLE...WOODSFIELD...BYESVILLE...QUAKER CITY...
SENECAVILLE...PLEASANT CITY...LORE CITY...SUMMERFIELD...BELLE
VALLEY...LEWISVILLE...SARAHSVILLE...SALESVILLE...SOMERTON...
FAIRVIEW...STAFFORD...BATESVILLE...MILTONSBURG...SENECA LAKE PARK AND
WOLF RUN STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
  INTERSTATE 70 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 179 AND 184...AND
  BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 198 AND 204.
  INTERSTATE 77 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28 AND 44.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3978 8159 4000 8159 4008 8112 3966 8112
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 269DEG 23KT 3988 8150

33
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
630 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

PAZ008-009-192315-
VENANGO-FOREST-
630 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN VENANGO AND NORTHERN
FOREST COUNTIES...

AT 629 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM TITUSVILLE TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEADVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TIONESTA...PLEASANTVILLE...KELLETTVILLE...WEST HICKORY...EAST
HICKORY...STARR AND OIL CREEK STATE PARK.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO OCCUR AS THESE STORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME
AREA.  LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
THROUGH FLOODED ROADS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4159 7896 4146 7949 4153 7994 4160 7983
      4162 7983 4162 7895
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 278DEG 35KT 4164 7969 4158 8004

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 7:15 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZForest45 min
Jul 19, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZForest, Venango28 min
Jul 19, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZAllegheny30 min
Jul 19, 7:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZClarion, Forest, Jefferson, Venango2 hr
Jul 19, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMuskingum45 min
Jul 19, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZGuernsey31 min
Jul 19, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZNoble31 min

Nearby

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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.