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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

July 24, 20166 counties in Pennsylvania; 7 counties in West Virginia; 11 counties in Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this heat advisory at Jul 24, 2016, 1:47 AM EDT for 6 counties in Pennsylvania; 7 counties in West Virginia; 11 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Jul 24, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 24, 2016, 1:47 AM EDT (05:47 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 24, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 24, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA

All 24 counties

Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Greene County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Wetzel County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 274 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1336 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1367 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -5 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 heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 24, 12:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 12:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 2:21 AM EDT, 23 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
221 AM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-049-050-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029-031-073>076-
WVZ001>003-021-509>514-240630-
GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-HARRISON-JEFFERSON-MERCER-
VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-
INDIANA-WASHINGTON-GREENE-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE-
FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARION-MONONGALIA-
RIDGES OF EASTERN MONONGALIA AND NORTHWESTERN PRESTON-PRESTON-
EASTERN PRESTON-WESTERN TUCKER-EASTERN TUCKER-
221 AM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

OHZ048-057>059-068-069-WVZ004-012-240630-
COSHOCTON-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MARSHALL-WETZEL-
221 AM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

   HEAT ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL APPROACH 100 DEGREES SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONAL HEAT ADVISORIES MAY BE NECESSARY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 8:10 PM EDT, 5 hours 37 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
Jul 24, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Beaver, Butler, Lawrence	28 min
Jul 24, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler	46 min
Jul 24, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Beaver	47 min
Jul 24, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango	46 min
Jul 24, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Butler, Westmoreland	48 min
Jul 24, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver, Washington	41 min
Jul 24, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Butler, Clarion	32 min
Jul 24, 4:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Butler, Lawrence	3 hr
Jul 24, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Clarion, Indiana, Jefferson	38 min
Jul 24, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Indiana, Westmoreland	50 min
Jul 24, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson, Westmoreland	46 min
Jul 24, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Indiana, Westmoreland	52 min
Jul 24, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Greene	42 min
Jul 24, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Washington	28 min
Jul 24, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Greene	41 min
Jul 24, 6:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Greene	18 min
Jul 24, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Fayette	45 min
Jul 24, 7:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Greene	3 hr
Jul 23, 8:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Marshall	35 min
Jul 24, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Marshall	46 min
Jul 24, 2:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Columbiana	50 min
Jul 24, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Carroll	33 min
Jul 24, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Belmont	42 min
Jul 24, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Monroe, Noble	57 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.