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Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

March 4, 2015Fayette County, Pennsylvania; Monroe County, Ohio; Marion County, Wetzel County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this winter storm warning at Mar 4, 2015, 3:47 AM EST for Fayette County, Pennsylvania; Monroe County, Ohio; Marion County, Wetzel County, West Virginia. It took effect at Mar 4, 2015, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 2015, 3:47 AM EST (08:47 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 4, 2015, 4:00 PM EST
Expired
Mar 5, 2015, 3:50 PM EST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Counties Monroe County, OH, Fayette County, PA, Marion County, WV, Wetzel County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 271 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2015-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2015-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 904 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
909 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
89 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
904 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1059 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 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 Mar 4, 12:10 AM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 12:10 AM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 7:25 PM EST, 8 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
725 PM EST TUE MAR 3 2015

OHZ039>041-048-PAZ007>009-013-015-016-050030-
TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-
LAWRENCE-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-
725 PM EST TUE MAR 3 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

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-OHZ057>059-068-069-PAZ021-023-029-031-073>076-WVZ002>004-012-
021>023-041-050030-
GARRETT-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-ALLEGHENY-INDIANA-
WASHINGTON-GREENE-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE-
FAYETTE RIDGES-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-PRESTON-
TUCKER-
725 PM EST TUE MAR 3 2015

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.
   WINTER STORM WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

OHZ049-050-PAZ014-020-022-WVZ001-050030-
HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-BUTLER-BEAVER-ARMSTRONG-HANCOCK-
725 PM EST TUE MAR 3 2015

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

.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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 8:11 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZArmstrong, Indiana, Jefferson12 hr
Mar 3, 9:11 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPBZFayette, Washington, Westmoreland54 hr
Mar 3, 9:11 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPBZAllegheny, Washington, Westmoreland54 hr
Mar 3, 10:33 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZFayette, Greene14 hr
Mar 4, 3:47 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZAllegheny, Fayette, Greene, Washington, Westmoreland32 hr
Mar 4, 6:58 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningPBZWestmoreland12 hr
Mar 4, 8:01 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningPBZWashington9 hr
Mar 4, 8:46 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningPBZGreene9 hr
Mar 4, 10:58 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningPBZFayette18 hr
Mar 4, 10:58 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningPBZAllegheny, Westmoreland20 hr
Mar 4, 12:35 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZFayette6 hr
Mar 4, 3:05 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPBZFayette, Greene20 hr
Mar 4, 3:05 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPBZFayette, Greene20 hr
Mar 4, 3:10 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPBZAllegheny27 hr
Mar 4, 8:08 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningPBZBelmont9 hr
Mar 4, 8:59 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningPBZNoble12 hr
Mar 4, 12:28 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZMonroe5 hr
Mar 3, 9:11 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPBZPreston35 hr
Mar 4, 4:47 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningPBZMonongalia12 hr
Mar 4, 5:46 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningPBZMarshall14 hr
Mar 4, 7:49 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningPBZMarion6 hr
Mar 4, 8:44 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningPBZPreston12 hr
Mar 4, 9:08 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningPBZHancock9 hr
Mar 4, 10:11 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZMonongalia3 hr
Mar 4, 10:32 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningPBZMonongalia6 hr
Mar 4, 1:37 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZMarion3 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in West Virginia, 2015Winter Storm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2015Winter Storm Warnings in Ohio, 2015Every winter storm warning in 2015

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.