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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

May 29, 2018Marion County, Marshall County, Wetzel County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2018, 5:12 PM EDT for Marion County, Marshall County, Wetzel County, West Virginia. It was in force for 31 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 29, 2018, 5:12 PM EDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2018, 5:43 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Wetzel County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 283 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2018-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2018-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1266 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZFayette34 min
May 29, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGreene, Washington29 min
May 29, 7:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZClarion26 min
May 29, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZHarrison27 min
May 29, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMonongalia36 min
May 29, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMarshall34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.