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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 2016, 8:06 PM EDT for Greene County, Pennsylvania; Marshall County, West Virginia. It was in force for 24 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
- Aug 28, 2016, 8:06 PM EDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2016, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Greene County, PA, Marshall County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 8:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sse Lone Oak, WV | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN BLOCKING FORK RIDGE ROAD TOWARDS ROUTE 250 |
| Aug 28, 8:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Rocklick, WV | 2 TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 891 |
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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
The text
As transmitted.
073
WFUS51 KPBZ 290006
TORPBZ
PAC059-WVC051-290030-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.TO.W.0006.160829T0006Z-160829T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
806 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
EAST CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 806 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CAMERON...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MOUNDSVILLE... MOVING EAST 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CAMERON AROUND 815 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ROCKLICK...BEELERS STATION AND GLEN EASTON.
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 3982 8066 3989 8064 3992 8047 3978 8050
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 280DEG 13KT 3987 8060
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
241 follow-up statement
028
WWUS51 KPBZ 290026
SVSPBZ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
826 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016
PAC059-WVC051-290036-
/O.EXP.KPBZ.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160829T0030Z/
GREENE PA-MARSHALL WV-
826 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL GREENE AND EAST CENTRAL
MARSHALL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3982 8066 3989 8064 3992 8047 3978 8050
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 280DEG 13KT 3986 8051
$$
24The office that day
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, 8:08 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, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 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.