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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

May 31, 2015Indiana County, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2015, 7:39 PM EDT for Indiana County, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 36 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: May 31, 2015, 7:39 PM EDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2015, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA

The radar

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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 May 31, 3:32 PM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 3:32 PM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 3:38 PM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
338 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015

PAZ007>009-013>016-022-023-011945-
MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-ARMSTRONG-
INDIANA-
338 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND
WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.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.

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ020-021-029-031-073>076-
WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-011945-
GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-
JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-BEAVER-
ALLEGHENY-WASHINGTON-GREENE-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE-
FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-
PRESTON-TUCKER-
338 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 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...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

07

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 6:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 6:42 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 6:45 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 31, 7:11 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 7:30 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 31, 7:35 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 8:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Lawrence, Mercer	26 min
May 31, 11:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Clarion, Forest, Jefferson	25 min
May 31, 11:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Clarion, Forest, Jefferson	30 min
May 31, 1:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Butler, Clarion, Venango	34 min
May 31, 2:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Greene	41 min
May 31, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Forest	25 min
May 31, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Clarion, Jefferson	35 min
May 31, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Beaver	30 min
May 31, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Beaver, Butler, Lawrence	31 min
May 31, 4:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Mercer	6 hr
May 31, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Greene, Washington	27 min
May 31, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Clarion	64 min
May 31, 6:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Clarion, Jefferson	55 min
May 31, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Allegheny	45 min
May 31, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Armstrong, Jefferson	45 min
May 31, 7:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Columbiana	27 min
May 31, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Preston	63 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.