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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

August 28, 2016Marion County, Monongalia County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2016, 9:01 PM EDT for Marion County, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was in force for 23 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
Aug 28, 2016, 9:01 PM EDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2016, 9:24 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Marion County, WV, Monongalia County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 00:00Z on 2016-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 900 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 00:00Z on 2016-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
900 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1408 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 Aug 28, 8:57 PM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 8:57 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
857 PM EDT Sun Aug 28 2016

.SYNOPSIS...
Thunderstorm chances will continue through the evening as a weak
boundary crosses the region. Warm but less humid conditions will
be introduced under building high pressure through midweek.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/...
Line of storms and heavy rain continues to slowly drift to the
south and east. Needed to make major changes to the evening hours
in line with the latest radar trends and hires model guidance.
Expect the activity to be gone later tonight. Temperatures have
been updated with a blend of hires guidance.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
Newest model guidance pushes the aforementioned boundary south of
the region by Monday afternoon as reinforcing shortwaves help
deepen a trough over the Northeast U.S. through midweek. The surface
front may continue to provide focus for diurnally- enhanced
convection over the mountains in WV, but building surface high
under northwest flow should suppress precip by Tuesday. A second
and more notable boundary, as far as temperatures change, will
approach on Wednesday. At this time, it appears that instability
and moisture will be rather meager with this fronts passage so
very low pops were kept, based on a blend of guidance and timing
differences through Wednesday. Temperatures should moderate to
near normal with northwest flow/cool advection by Wednesday.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
Troughing over the eastern CONUS will result in cooler
temperatures the remainder of the week before ridging builds back
in this weekend. Dry conditions are forecast under dry
northwesterly flow and ridging later in the period.

&&

.AVIATION /01Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
Showers and thunderstorms are firing along and ahead of a weak
cold front which is sinking south through the area. A highly
unstable airmass is in place in front of it, and numerous outflow
boundaries are also providing support for upward motion. The
result is many slow-moving and heavy thunderstorms. Have IFR
TEMPOS at several sites to account for this.  These will plague
most terminals through 03Z or so, before the loss of daytime
heating helps to decrease coverage and intensity significantly.
Areas of MVFR/IFR fog are then expected to develop overnight,
especially in areas that received rain. Fog will lift by 13Z on
Monday, with VFR conditions expected by midday areawide. Still
could see an isolated storm in the MGW area Monday afternoon, but
too early to include.

.OUTLOOK /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
Restrictions are possible with another cold front on Wednesday.

&&

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

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 28, 3:24 PM EDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
324 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016

MDZ001-OHZ048-057>059-068-069-PAZ031-075-076-WVZ003-004-012-021-
509>514-291930-
GARRETT-COSHOCTON-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-GREENE-
FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-
RIDGES OF EASTERN MONONGALIA AND NORTHWESTERN PRESTON-PRESTON-
EASTERN PRESTON-WESTERN TUCKER-EASTERN TUCKER-
324 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016

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.

OHZ039>041-049-050-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029-073-074-WVZ001-002-
291930-
TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-HARRISON-JEFFERSON-MERCER-VENANGO-
FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-
WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-
324 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED STRONG STORMS WITH GUSTY WIND AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN
ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.

.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.

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZFayette40 min
Aug 28, 8:06 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZGreene24 min
Aug 28, 8:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZAllegheny52 min
Aug 28, 8:11 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZArmstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland3 hr
Aug 28, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZFayette, Westmoreland42 min
Aug 28, 8:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZIndiana69 min
Aug 28, 8:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZFayette, Westmoreland36 min
Aug 28, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZArmstrong40 min
Aug 28, 8:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZFayette36 min
Aug 28, 9:32 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZIndiana, Westmoreland118 min
Aug 29, 1:45 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZFayette3 hr
Aug 28, 8:03 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZMarshall, Ohio117 min
Aug 28, 8:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMonongalia35 min
Aug 28, 8:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMonroe37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.