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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2017, 3:22 PM EDT for Monroe County, Ohio; 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2017, 3:22 PM EDT (19:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2017, 4:03 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Monroe County, OH, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Wetzel County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 972 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 19, 1:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 1:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 3:18 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 318 PM EDT Fri May 19 2017 MDZ001-OHZ041-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-073>076-WVZ511>514-201930- Garrett-Columbiana-Mercer-Venango-Forest-Lawrence-Butler-Clarion- Jefferson-Beaver-Allegheny-Armstrong-Indiana-Westmoreland- Westmoreland Ridges-Fayette-Fayette Ridges-Preston-Eastern Preston- Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker- 318 PM EDT Fri May 19 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western Maryland, east central Ohio, northwest Pennsylvania, southwest Pennsylvania, west central Pennsylvania, western Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. OHZ039-040-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ029-031-WVZ001>004-012-021-509- 510-201930- Tuscarawas-Carroll-Coshocton-Harrison-Jefferson-Muskingum-Guernsey- Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Washington-Greene-Hancock-Brooke-Ohio-Marshall- Wetzel-Marion-Monongalia- Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston- 318 PM EDT Fri May 19 2017 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 247 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, southwest Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia and northern panhandle of West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 19, 9:38 AM EDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, May 19, 11:05 AM EDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1105 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0403 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 E STEUBENVILLE 40.37N 80.62W
05/18/2017 JEFFERSON OH BROADCAST MEDIA
*** 3 INJ *** TREES DOWN ON HIGHLAND AVENUE AND ONE
TREE LANDED ON A HOUSE AND INJURED THREE PEOPLE
&&
EVENT NUMBER PBZ1701489Special weather statement, May 19, 2:30 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
230 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017
OHZ069-WVZ004-012-191900-
Monroe-Marshall-Wetzel-
230 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND GUSTY WIND
WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN MONROE...NORTHWESTERN WETZEL AND SOUTHWESTERN
MARSHALL COUNTIES...
At 229 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 9 miles northwest of
Sistersville, or 10 miles south of Woodsfield, moving east at 25 mph.
Wind gusts up to 45 mph and hail up to the size of nickels are
possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
New Martinsville... Sardis...
Fly... Antioch...
Graysville... Proctor...
Hannibal... Rinard Mills...
Laings...
This storm may intensify, so monitor local radio or television
stations for additional information and possible warnings from the
National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 3957 8104 3957 8105 3958 8125 3970 8125
3974 8081 3956 8081 3955 8082 3958 8083
3959 8085 3960 8085 3958 8089 3961 8094
3954 8104
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 269DEG 20KT 3961 8116
FriesSpecial weather statement, May 19, 3:02 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
302 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017
OHZ069-WVZ004-012-191930-
Monroe-Marshall-Wetzel-
302 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND GUSTY WIND
WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN MONROE...NORTHWESTERN WETZEL AND
SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES...
At 301 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Paden City, or
7 miles west of New Martinsville, moving east at 20 mph.
Wind gusts up to 55 mph and hail up to the size of nickels are
possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
New Martinsville... Pine Grove...
Sardis... Clarington...
Fly... Antioch...
Wileyville... Proctor...
Reader... Lynn Camp...
Porters Falls... Hannibal...
This storm may intensify, so monitor local radio or television
stations for additional information and possible warnings from the
National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 3955 8079 3956 8081 3956 8082 3958 8083
3958 8085 3960 8085 3958 8089 3961 8094
3954 8104 3957 8104 3957 8107 3970 8110
3980 8070 3954 8063 3953 8078
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 258DEG 19KT 3963 8099
FriesThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Fayette | 28 min |
| May 19, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Westmoreland | 48 min |
| May 18, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Muskingum | 30 min |
| May 19, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Monroe | 30 min |
| May 19, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Monroe | 28 min |
| May 19, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas | 26 min |
| May 19, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Muskingum | 51 min |
| May 19, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Muskingum, Noble | 57 min |
| May 19, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Guernsey | 25 min |
| May 19, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Monroe | 48 min |
| May 19, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Ohio | 27 min |
| May 19, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 37 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2017Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2017Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2017
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.