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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 18, 20184 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2018, 9:00 PM EDT for 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 60 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
Jun 18, 2018, 9:00 PM EDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2018, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clarion County, PA, Forest County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Venango County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2018-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1170 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2018-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1170 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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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 Jun 18, 8:06 PM EDT, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 8:06 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 4:19 AM EDT, 16 hours 41 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
419 AM EDT Mon Jun 18 2018

MDZ001-OHZ050-PAZ029-031-075-076-WVZ002-003-021-509>514-190830-
Garrett-Jefferson-Washington-Greene-Fayette-Fayette Ridges-Brooke-
Ohio-Marion-Monongalia-
Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-Preston-
Eastern Preston-Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker-
419 AM EDT Mon Jun 18 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western Maryland, east
central Ohio, southwest Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia and
northern panhandle of West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Locally heavy rainfall is expected along a slow-moving front Tuesday
and Tuesday night, with possible isolated flooding issues.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.

OHZ039-040-048-049-057>059-068-069-WVZ004-012-190830-
Tuscarawas-Carroll-Coshocton-Harrison-Muskingum-Guernsey-Belmont-
Noble-Monroe-Marshall-Wetzel-
419 AM EDT Mon Jun 18 2018

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, northern
West Virginia and northern panhandle of 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.

   Heat Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Locally heavy rainfall is expected near a slow-moving front Tuesday
and Tuesday night, with possible isolated flooding issues.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.

PAZ007>009-015-016-190830-
Mercer-Venango-Forest-Clarion-Jefferson-
419 AM EDT Mon Jun 18 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Pennsylvania and
west central Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

There is a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms this afternoon and
evening, with a damaging wind gust or two possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

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.

OHZ041-PAZ013-014-020>023-073-074-WVZ001-190830-
Columbiana-Lawrence-Butler-Beaver-Allegheny-Armstrong-Indiana-
Westmoreland-Westmoreland Ridges-Hancock-
419 AM EDT Mon Jun 18 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, southwest
Pennsylvania, west central Pennsylvania, western Pennsylvania and
northern West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

The threat of widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 18, 4:03 PM EDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
403 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0325 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SSW STRATTANVILLE     41.14N 79.36W
06/18/2018                   CLARION            PA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN ON EAST REIDSBURG RD.

&&
Local storm report, Jun 18, 4:04 PM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
404 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0307 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FOXBURG                 41.14N 79.68W
06/18/2018                   ARMSTRONG          PA   911 CALL CENTER

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM
            FOXBURG. TREES DOWN ON NORTH RIVERVIEW DR. /
            POWER LINES DOWN.

&&
Local storm report, Jun 18, 4:32 PM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 8:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZClarion, Forest, Venango40 min
Jun 18, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMercer30 min
Jun 18, 9:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZVenango34 min
Jun 18, 9:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZClarion, Forest, Jefferson, Mercer, Venango63 min
Jun 18, 9:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZClarion, Jefferson33 min
Jun 18, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZClarion, Jefferson34 min
Jun 18, 10:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZArmstrong, Butler, Clarion, Jefferson45 min
Jun 18, 11:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZArmstrong36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2018Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2018

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.