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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
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.
- 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
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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Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 40 min |
| Aug 28, 8:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Greene | 24 min |
| Aug 28, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Allegheny | 52 min |
| Aug 28, 8:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Westmoreland | 42 min |
| Aug 28, 8:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Indiana | 69 min |
| Aug 28, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Westmoreland | 36 min |
| Aug 28, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Armstrong | 40 min |
| Aug 28, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Fayette | 36 min |
| Aug 28, 9:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 118 min |
| Aug 29, 1:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 8:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 117 min |
| Aug 28, 8:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Monongalia | 35 min |
| Aug 28, 8:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Monroe | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.