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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this special weather statement at Sep 29, 2016, 12:21 PM EDT for Columbiana County, Ohio. It was in force for 24 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
- Sep 29, 2016, 12:21 PM EDT (16:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2016, 12:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
County Columbiana County, OH
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Sep 29, 12:15 PM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 29, 12:15 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 29, 10:01 AM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1001 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2016 PAZ023-073>076-WVZ510-511-301415- INDIANA-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES- RIDGES OF EASTERN MONONGALIA AND NORTHWESTERN PRESTON-PRESTON- 1001 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THIS MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING AND RISES ON SMALL STREAMS. STRONG SOUTHEAST WIND WILL INCREASE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE RIDGES AS WELL AS IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST IN THE DOWNSLOPE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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. PAZ007>009-013>016-022-301415- MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON-ARMSTRONG- 1001 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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. MDZ001-WVZ512>514-301415- GARRETT-EASTERN PRESTON-WESTERN TUCKER-EASTERN TUCKER- 1001 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND NORTHERN 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. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. IN ADDITION...STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND WILL INCREASE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL BECOME COMMON OVER THE RIDGES AS WELL AS OVER DOWNSLOPE AREAS IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ020-021-029-031-WVZ001>004-012- 021-509-301415- TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON-MUSKINGUM- GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-WASHINGTON-GREENE- HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- 1001 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH PRIMARY THREATS COMING FROM DAMAGING GUSTS. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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. 15
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 29, 12:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1221 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2016
OHZ040-041-050-291645-
COLUMBIANA-JEFFERSON-CARROLL-
1221 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2016
...A THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN COLUMBIANA... NORTHWESTERN
JEFFERSON AND NORTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTIES...
AT 1220 PM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF
WELLSVILLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 45 MPH.
WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SALEM...AUGUSTA...SALINEVILLE...BERGHOLZ...HANOVERTON...IRONDALE...
SUMMITVILLE...HAMMONDSVILLE...MECHANICSTOWN...WINONA...NEW GARDEN...
NORTH GEORGETOWN...GUILFORD LAKE STATE PARK...HOMEWORTH AND EAST
ROCHESTER.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4055 8066 4049 8088 4076 8109 4090 8108
4090 8090 4093 8090 4093 8087
TIME...MOT...LOC 1620Z 151DEG 38KT 4060 8083
24The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 1:39 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | PBZ | Fayette, Westmoreland | 17 hr |
| Sep 29, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene, Washington | 62 min |
| Sep 29, 3:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Washington | 29 min |
| Sep 29, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene, Washington | 27 min |
| Sep 29, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 46 min |
| Sep 29, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 32 min |
| Sep 29, 9:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 12 hr |
| Sep 29, 2:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 29 min |
| Sep 29, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 48 min |
| Sep 29, 2:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 25 min |
| Sep 29, 4:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Marshall, Ohio | 2 hr |
| Sep 29, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 23 min |
| Sep 29, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont | 22 min |
| Sep 29, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Jefferson | 57 min |
| Sep 29, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana | 55 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.