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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this wind advisory at Mar 1, 2016, 3:34 AM EST for 14 counties in Pennsylvania; 11 counties in Ohio; 9 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Mar 1, 2016, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2016, 3:34 AM EST (08:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2016, 6:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2016, 6:30 AM EST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
All 34 counties
Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Forest County, PA, Greene County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Preston County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Wetzel County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1414 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 328 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 371 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
912 WWUS71 KPBZ 010834 NPWPBZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 334 AM EST TUE MAR 1 2016 MDZ001-WVZ512>514-011700- /O.NEW.KPBZ.WI.Y.0003.160302T0200Z-160302T1700Z/ GARRETT-EASTERN PRESTON-WESTERN TUCKER-EASTERN TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...TERRA ALTA...ROWLESBURG... HAZELTON...PARSONS...HENDRICKS...SAINT GEORGE...DAVIS...THOMAS... CANAAN VALLEY 334 AM EST TUE MAR 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS...MIDNIGHT TO 8 AM. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND CAN DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. TREES ROOTED IN SATURATED SOIL MAY BE TOPPLED. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY OVER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS OF GREATER THAN 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
5 follow-up statements
198 WWUS71 KPBZ 011647 NPWPBZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1147 AM EST TUE MAR 1 2016 OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029- 031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021-509>511-020100- /O.EXB.KPBZ.WI.Y.0003.160301T2300Z-160302T1000Z/ TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH- MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST- LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG- INDIANA-WASHINGTON-GREENE-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES- FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION- MONONGALIA-RIDGES OF EASTERN MONONGALIA AND NORTHWESTERN PRESTON- PRESTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PHILADELPHIA...CARROLLTON...SALEM... COSHOCTON...CADIZ...STEUBENVILLE...ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE... ST. CLAIRSVILLE...CALDWELL...WOODSFIELD...GROVE CITY...FRANKLIN... TIONESTA...NEW CASTLE...BUTLER...CLARION...BROOKVILLE...BEAVER... PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...KITTANNING...INDIANA...WASHINGTON... WAYNESBURG...GREENSBURG...LATROBE...LIGONIER...DONEGAL... UNIONTOWN...CHAMPION...OHIOPYLE...WEIRTON...BETHANY...WHEELING... MOUNDSVILLE...NEW MARTINSVILLE...FAIRMONT...MORGANTOWN... COOPERS ROCK...KINGWOOD...BRUCETON MILLS 1147 AM EST TUE MAR 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS...8 PM TO 3 AM. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND CAN DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. TREES ROOTED IN SATURATED SOIL MAY BE TOPPLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF GREATER THAN 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MDZ001-WVZ512>514-020100- /O.CON.KPBZ.WI.Y.0003.160302T0200Z-160302T1700Z/ GARRETT-EASTERN PRESTON-WESTERN TUCKER-EASTERN TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...TERRA ALTA...ROWLESBURG... HAZELTON...PARSONS...HENDRICKS...SAINT GEORGE...DAVIS...THOMAS... CANAAN VALLEY 1147 AM EST TUE MAR 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS...MIDNIGHT TO 8 AM. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND CAN DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. TREES ROOTED IN SATURATED SOIL MAY BE TOPPLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF GREATER THAN 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 07
161 WWUS71 KPBZ 020129 NPWPBZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 829 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2016 OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029- 031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021-509>511-020930- /O.CON.KPBZ.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160302T1000Z/ TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH- MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST- LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG- INDIANA-WASHINGTON-GREENE-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES- FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION- MONONGALIA-RIDGES OF EASTERN MONONGALIA AND NORTHWESTERN PRESTON- PRESTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PHILADELPHIA...CARROLLTON...SALEM... COSHOCTON...CADIZ...STEUBENVILLE...ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE... ST. CLAIRSVILLE...CALDWELL...WOODSFIELD...GROVE CITY...FRANKLIN... TIONESTA...NEW CASTLE...BUTLER...CLARION...BROOKVILLE...BEAVER... PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...KITTANNING...INDIANA...WASHINGTON... WAYNESBURG...GREENSBURG...LATROBE...LIGONIER...DONEGAL... UNIONTOWN...CHAMPION...OHIOPYLE...WEIRTON...BETHANY...WHEELING... MOUNDSVILLE...NEW MARTINSVILLE...FAIRMONT...MORGANTOWN... COOPERS ROCK...KINGWOOD...BRUCETON MILLS 829 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS...8 PM TO 3 AM. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND CAN DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. TREES ROOTED IN SATURATED SOIL MAY BE TOPPLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF GREATER THAN 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MDZ001-WVZ512>514-020930- /O.CON.KPBZ.WI.Y.0003.160302T0200Z-160302T1700Z/ GARRETT-EASTERN PRESTON-WESTERN TUCKER-EASTERN TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...TERRA ALTA...ROWLESBURG... HAZELTON...PARSONS...HENDRICKS...SAINT GEORGE...DAVIS...THOMAS... CANAAN VALLEY 829 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS...MIDNIGHT TO 8 AM. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND CAN DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. TREES ROOTED IN SATURATED SOIL MAY BE TOPPLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF GREATER THAN 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
173 WWUS71 KPBZ 020928 NPWPBZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 428 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016 OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029- 031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021-509>511-021030- /O.CON.KPBZ.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160302T1000Z/ TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH- MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST- LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG- INDIANA-WASHINGTON-GREENE-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES- FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION- MONONGALIA-RIDGES OF EASTERN MONONGALIA AND NORTHWESTERN PRESTON- PRESTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PHILADELPHIA...CARROLLTON...SALEM... COSHOCTON...CADIZ...STEUBENVILLE...ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE... ST. CLAIRSVILLE...CALDWELL...WOODSFIELD...GROVE CITY...FRANKLIN... TIONESTA...NEW CASTLE...BUTLER...CLARION...BROOKVILLE...BEAVER... PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...KITTANNING...INDIANA...WASHINGTON... WAYNESBURG...GREENSBURG...LATROBE...LIGONIER...DONEGAL... UNIONTOWN...CHAMPION...OHIOPYLE...WEIRTON...BETHANY...WHEELING... MOUNDSVILLE...NEW MARTINSVILLE...FAIRMONT...MORGANTOWN... COOPERS ROCK...KINGWOOD...BRUCETON MILLS 428 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS...THROUGH 5 AM. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND CAN DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. TREES ROOTED IN SATURATED SOIL MAY BE TOPPLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF GREATER THAN 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MDZ001-WVZ512>514-021700- /O.CON.KPBZ.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160302T1700Z/ GARRETT-EASTERN PRESTON-WESTERN TUCKER-EASTERN TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...TERRA ALTA...ROWLESBURG... HAZELTON...PARSONS...HENDRICKS...SAINT GEORGE...DAVIS...THOMAS... CANAAN VALLEY 428 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS...THROUGH 8 AM. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND CAN DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. TREES ROOTED IN SATURATED SOIL MAY BE TOPPLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF GREATER THAN 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
305 WWUS71 KPBZ 020956 NPWPBZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 456 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016 OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029- 031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021-509>511-021100- /O.EXP.KPBZ.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160302T1000Z/ TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH- MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST- LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG- INDIANA-WASHINGTON-GREENE-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES- FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION- MONONGALIA-RIDGES OF EASTERN MONONGALIA AND NORTHWESTERN PRESTON- PRESTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PHILADELPHIA...CARROLLTON...SALEM... COSHOCTON...CADIZ...STEUBENVILLE...ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE... ST. CLAIRSVILLE...CALDWELL...WOODSFIELD...GROVE CITY...FRANKLIN... TIONESTA...NEW CASTLE...BUTLER...CLARION...BROOKVILLE...BEAVER... PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...KITTANNING...INDIANA...WASHINGTON... WAYNESBURG...GREENSBURG...LATROBE...LIGONIER...DONEGAL... UNIONTOWN...CHAMPION...OHIOPYLE...WEIRTON...BETHANY...WHEELING... MOUNDSVILLE...NEW MARTINSVILLE...FAIRMONT...MORGANTOWN... COOPERS ROCK...KINGWOOD...BRUCETON MILLS 456 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNRISE...WITH DIMINISHING STRENGTH THEREAFTER. THUS...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ MDZ001-WVZ512>514-021700- /O.CON.KPBZ.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160302T1700Z/ GARRETT-EASTERN PRESTON-WESTERN TUCKER-EASTERN TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...TERRA ALTA...ROWLESBURG... HAZELTON...PARSONS...HENDRICKS...SAINT GEORGE...DAVIS...THOMAS... CANAAN VALLEY 456 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS...THROUGH 8 AM. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND CAN DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. TREES ROOTED IN SATURATED SOIL MAY BE TOPPLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF GREATER THAN 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
307 WWUS71 KPBZ 021130 NPWPBZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 630 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016 MDZ001-WVZ512>514-021230- /O.CAN.KPBZ.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160302T1700Z/ GARRETT-EASTERN PRESTON-WESTERN TUCKER-EASTERN TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...TERRA ALTA...ROWLESBURG... HAZELTON...PARSONS...HENDRICKS...SAINT GEORGE...DAVIS...THOMAS... CANAAN VALLEY 630 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND GUSTS HAVE DECREASED TO 30 MPH OR LESS FOR THE MOST PART. GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE MORNING. $$
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.