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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Sep 29, 2016, 3:31 PM EDT for Brooke County, Marshall County, Ohio County, West Virginia; Washington County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 29 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 29, 2016, 3:31 PM EDT (19:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Washington County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Ohio County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 3:35 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Sse Point Mills, WV | NEAR I-70 AND DALLAS PIKE |
| Sep 29, 3:36 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Valley Grove, WV | TREES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 50 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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WFUS51 KPBZ 291931
TORPBZ
PAC125-WVC009-051-069-292000-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.TO.W.0013.160929T1931Z-160929T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
331 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
EASTERN OHIO COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN BROOKE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT..
* AT 331 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VALLEY GROVE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
VALLEY GROVE AROUND 335 PM EDT.
WEST LIBERTY AROUND 350 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
DALLAS...WEST ALEXANDER...BETHANY AND WEST FINLEY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 70 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 14.
INTERSTATE 70 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 5.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CALLING 4 1 2...2 6 2...1 9 8 8...
POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER
@NWSPITTSBURGH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3998 8044 4000 8058 4022 8061 4021 8042
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 197DEG 24KT 4003 8051
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
241 follow-up statement
464
WWUS51 KPBZ 291954
SVSPBZ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
354 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2016
WVC051-292004-
/O.CAN.KPBZ.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160929T2000Z/
MARSHALL WV-
354 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4006 8043 4009 8059 4022 8061 4021 8042
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 180DEG 12KT 4016 8051
$$
PAC125-WVC009-069-292000-
/O.CON.KPBZ.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160929T2000Z/
WASHINGTON PA-OHIO WV-BROOKE WV-
354 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND SOUTHEASTERN BROOKE
COUNTIES...
AT 354 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST LIBERTY...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND SOUTHEASTERN BROOKE
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: WEST ALEXANDER AND
BETHANY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 70 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 14.
INTERSTATE 70 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 5.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CALLING 4 1 2...2 6 2...1 9 8 8...
POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER
@NWSPITTSBURGH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4006 8043 4009 8059 4022 8061 4021 8042
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 180DEG 12KT 4016 8051
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
24The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 9:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 12 hr |
| Sep 29, 1:39 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 17 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, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 62 min |
| Sep 29, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 27 min |
| Sep 29, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 46 min |
| Sep 29, 4:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Marshall, Ohio | 2 hr |
| Sep 29, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke | 32 min |
| Sep 29, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 23 min |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.