Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
335 PM EDT Tue Oct 2 2018

.SYNOPSIS...
Periodic showers and thunderstorms will move through the region
today and tonight as a cold front approaches. A warming trend is
expected for the remainder of the week as upper high pressure
builds.

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.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/...
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 393 has been issued to the sw of the
Tornado Watch, across ern OH and far swrn PA. Storms are
expected to develop along the advancing cold front and move into
the watch area during the next few hours. Tornado Watch 392
remains in effect. Previous discussion follows...

A low-amplitude shortwave trough will cross the Upper Ohio
Valley today. Ahead of this wave, a narrow plume of deeper
moisture will arrive preceding the system's cold front. Periodic
showers and storms can be expected throughout the day, with the
best chance during the afternoon and evening hours as the
surface boundary/upper wave near and heating will peak.

Shear and instability will be present, but cloud cover will be
the limiting factor for realizing potential instability. Breaks
in the cloud cover will offer the best chance to increase
atmospheric instability, but the duration may be insufficient
for a widespread severe weather threat.

Nevertheless, CAMs do indicate increasing storm coverage by
mid-afternoon, and any storms will mature in an environment with
strong DCAPE, a wide mid-level CAPE profile and a favorable
critical angle for sewd-moving discrete storms. Thus, all severe
weather threats are possible contingent on storm maturity.

The cold front will sag swd and will bring an end to most, if
not all, lingering showers. Modest PoPs were maintained in the
srn zones along the frontal boundary, which will stall as upper
support for its continued movement wanes.

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.SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
Shortwave ridging will limit rain potential on Wed, but
isolated showers remain possible near the stalled frontal
boundary, mainly in far-srn zones during peak heating. Any
convection will struggle as it fights a strengthening upper
ridge building nwd from the sern CONUS.

As a low-level jet strengthens and a positively-tilted upper
trough approaches Wed night, the stalled front will advance nwd.
The system's associated cold front will approach nwrn PA by Thu
morning. Given the strengthening ridge, overnight rain in the
warm sector appears unlikely despite the strong warm advection.

The cold front will cross the region on Thu and produce likely
rain showers, but may struggle to generate vigorous convection
as the nrn periphery of the upper ridge will be a detriment to
upward motion.

Temperatures thru much of the week will be warm in the upper
70s and low 80s (roughly 10F above seasonal average), owing to
the prolonged presence and amplification of the sern-CONUS H5
ridge.

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.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
With a lack of upper-air support, the Thu front will lose its
swd push and is expected to stall in the Mid-Atlantic region on
Fri. A progressive and semi-active pattern appears probable
into the weekend as the region will remain on the nrn periphery
of an upper ridge. Thereafter, rain potential will be dependent
on a fight between the increasingly-assertive upper ridge and
any shortwave troughs in the swly flow aloft.

Temperature will remain above seasonal average into next week.
Consistency among models in an anomalously-strong upper ridge in
the Mid-Atlantic region has increased for early next week, which
suggests maxima could reach well into the 80s. In fact, sounding
climatology suggests that H5 height at Pittsburgh could near
record values.

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.AVIATION /20Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
MVFR cigs and scattered showers/storms are expected through the
evening as a cold front brings impacts the region. Most of the
showers will end this evening, but low clouds look to hang
around into early Wednesday.

Outlook...
Widespread restrictions will be possible on Thursday with the
passage of another cold front.

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...None.
OH...None.
PA...None.
WV...None.

&&

Update...Kramar

Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
336 PM EDT Tue Oct 2 2018

MDZ001-WVZ021-509>514-031945-
Garrett-Marion-Monongalia-
Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-Preston-
Eastern Preston-Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker-
336 PM EDT Tue Oct 2 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western Maryland and northern
West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and
evening. The primary threat will be from damaging wind gusts, but
hail and a tornado also are possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

OHZ041-050-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029-073-074-WVZ001-002-031945-
Columbiana-Jefferson-Mercer-Venango-Forest-Lawrence-Butler-Clarion-
Beaver-Allegheny-Armstrong-Indiana-Washington-Westmoreland-
Westmoreland Ridges-Hancock-Brooke-
336 PM EDT Tue Oct 2 2018

...TORNADO WATCH 392 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, northwest
Pennsylvania, southwest Pennsylvania, west central Pennsylvania,
western 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.

   Tornado Watch.

Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and
evening. The primary threat will be from damaging wind gusts, but
hail and a tornado also are possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

OHZ039-040-048-049-057>059-068-069-PAZ031-075-076-WVZ003-004-012-
031945-
Tuscarawas-Carroll-Coshocton-Harrison-Muskingum-Guernsey-Belmont-
Noble-Monroe-Greene-Fayette-Fayette Ridges-Ohio-Marshall-Wetzel-
336 PM EDT Tue Oct 2 2018

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 393 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 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.

Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and
evening. The primary threat will be from damaging wind gusts, but
hail and a tornado also are possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

Kramar

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
610 PM EDT TUE OCT 02 2018

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

0530 PM     HAIL             NEW STANTON             40.22N  79.61W
10/02/2018  E1.00 INCH       WESTMORELAND       PA   SOCIAL MEDIA

            PICTURES POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED BY
            RADAR.

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EVENT NUMBER PBZ1803585

AMILLER

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
611 PM EDT TUE OCT 02 2018

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

0537 PM     TORNADO          BAXTER                  41.13N  79.15W
10/02/2018                   JEFFERSON          PA   911 CALL CENTER

            CALL FROM 911 OF TORNADO ON GROUND: N MT. PLEASANT RD.
            AND RT.28

&&

EVENT NUMBER PBZ1803586

MF

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
613 PM EDT TUE OCT 02 2018

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

0612 PM     HAIL             CARMICHAELS             39.90N  79.98W
10/02/2018  E1.00 INCH       GREENE             PA   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT VOLUNTEER FIRE
            DEPARTMENT.

&&

EVENT NUMBER PBZ1803587

JF

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