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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

March 28, 2016Mercer County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this special weather statement at Mar 28, 2016, 2:56 AM EDT for Mercer County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 2016, 2:56 AM EDT (06:56 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2016, 3:45 AM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA

County Mercer County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2016-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 2016-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2208 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 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 special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 28, 2:31 AM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 2:31 AM EDT, 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 2:27 AM EDT, 29 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 28, 12:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1258 AM EDT MON MAR 28 2016

OHZ048-057-058-280600-
MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-COSHOCTON-
1258 AM EDT MON MAR 28 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MUSKINGUM...COSHOCTON
AND NORTHWESTERN GUERNSEY COUNTIES...

AT 1256 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR PATASKALA TO NEAR MILLERSPORT TO
NEAR LANCASTER. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ZANESVILLE...COSHOCTON...CAMBRIDGE...NEW CONCORD...WEST LAFAYETTE...SOUTH
ZANESVILLE...NORTH ZANESVILLE...DRESDEN...FRAZEYSBURG...PHILO...WARSAW...
PLEASANT GROVE...CONESVILLE...GRATIOT...FULTONHAM...PLAINFIELD...NELLIE...
NORWICH...EAST FULTONHAM AND BRIDGEVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES  INTERSTATE 70 IN OHIO NEAR MILE MARKER 143...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 145 AND 176.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3995 8223 3995 8220 4026 8219 4045 8188
      4044 8171 4037 8171 4037 8162 4022 8162
      4022 8160 4001 8162 3977 8207 3982 8208
      3982 8217 3991 8216 3991 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 0456Z 231DEG 47KT 3994 8260 3986 8253 3972 8255

TAX
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 1:49 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
149 AM EDT MON MAR 28 2016

OHZ039>041-048-049-280645-
COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-
149 AM EDT MON MAR 28 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT TUSCARAWAS...EASTERN
COSHOCTON...WESTERN COLUMBIANA...CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES...

AT 147 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOUNT EATON TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
FARMERSTOWN TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF WEST LAFAYETTE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT
50 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW PHILADELPHIA...DOVER...SALEM...UHRICHSVILLE...CADIZ...CARROLLTON...
FREEPORT...NEWCOMERSTOWN...MINERVA...DENNISON...STRASBURG...WEST
LAFAYETTE...SUGARCREEK...AUGUSTA...SALINEVILLE...GNADENHUTTEN...MALVERN...
TUSCARAWAS...BOLIVAR AND HOPEDALE.

THIS INCLUDES  INTERSTATE 77 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 60 AND 95.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 4045 8182 4045 8167 4063 8167 4067 8146
      4065 8124 4072 8124 4073 8109 4090 8108
      4090 8090 4093 8089 4093 8083 4060 8084
      4056 8086 4056 8092 4047 8094 4043 8094
      4042 8086 4020 8088 4021 8176 4034 8183
TIME...MOT...LOC 0547Z 251DEG 40KT 4067 8172 4037 8174 4018 8174

TAX
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 1:54 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
154 AM EDT MON MAR 28 2016

OHZ048-049-058-059-068-069-WVZ004-280630-
GUERNSEY-COSHOCTON-MONROE-HARRISON-NOBLE-BELMONT-MARSHALL-
154 AM EDT MON MAR 28 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN NOBLE...
SOUTHEASTERN COSHOCTON...MONROE...GUERNSEY...BELMONT...SOUTHERN
HARRISON AND MARSHALL COUNTIES...

AT 154 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMBRIDGE TO 13
MILES NORTH OF ST. MARYS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHEELING...CAMBRIDGE...MOUNDSVILLE...MARTINS FERRY...NEW MARTINSVILLE...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE...BELLAIRE...BARNESVILLE...BETHLEHEM...WOODSFIELD...
FREEPORT...SHADYSIDE...BYESVILLE...MCMECHEN...POWHATAN POINT...GLEN DALE...
CAMERON...BRIDGEPORT...BENWOOD AND BETHESDA.

LAT...LON 4021 8176 4021 8088 4016 8088 4016 8076
      4009 8072 4008 8074 4003 8073 4003 8067
      3980 8052 3972 8052 3972 8083 3971 8083
      3969 8086 3965 8087 3958 8127 3960 8126
      3961 8128 3959 8130
TIME...MOT...LOC 0554Z 221DEG 49KT 4012 8171 3959 8129

TAX
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 2:56 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 2:27 AM EDTWind AdvisoryPBZClarion, Fayette, Forest, Jefferson, Venango, Westmoreland17 hr
Mar 28, 1:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMarshall36 min
Mar 28, 12:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZCoshocton, Muskingum62 min
Mar 28, 1:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZCarroll, Harrison, Tuscarawas56 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.