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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

May 29, 2016Monroe County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2016, 4:13 PM EDT for Monroe County, Ohio. It was in force for 32 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
May 29, 2016, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2016, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA

County Monroe County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 231 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2016-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 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
231 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1300 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

964 
WWUS81 KPBZ 292013
SPSPBZ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
413 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016

OHZ059-068-069-292045-
MONROE-NOBLE-BELMONT-
413 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN MONROE...
NORTHEASTERN NOBLE AND SOUTHWESTERN BELMONT COUNTIES...

AT 412 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST
OF WOODSFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUMMERFIELD...LEWISVILLE...SOMERTON...STAFFORD...BATESVILLE AND
MILTONSBURG.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

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

LAT...LON 3995 8136 3995 8123 3989 8107 3970 8127
      3979 8144
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 203DEG 8KT 3982 8130 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 9:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZFayette3 hr
May 28, 10:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZIndiana, Westmoreland3 hr
May 29, 1:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZAllegheny3 hr
May 29, 1:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZAllegheny, Washington3 hr
May 29, 3:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZFayette, Indiana, Westmoreland3 hr
May 29, 4:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBeaver3 hr
May 29, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZLawrence34 min
May 29, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMuskingum30 min
May 29, 5:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMuskingum3 hr

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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.