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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 18, 2018Harrison County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this special weather statement at Jun 18, 2018, 5:03 PM EDT for Harrison County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2018, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2018, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA

County Harrison County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 12:00Z on 2018-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 521 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 12:00Z on 2018-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
521 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1108 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 18, 3:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 3:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
333 PM EDT Mon Jun 18 2018

.SYNOPSIS...
An approaching front will bring better rain chances areawide
beginning tonight and into the middle of the week. Slightly
cooler air will follow.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
Except for an isolated shower in the ridges, the bulk of any
precipitation this afternoon has been along a lake breeze
boundary that moved off Lake Erie. As the boundary has moved
farther away from the lake, coverage of showers and
thunderstorms has dropped. SPC has a marginal risk of severe
storms along and north of the I-80 corridor, primarily for a
threat of damaging winds. Although shower/thunderstorm coverage
will continue to drop across that line, additional showers and
thunderstorms will move into the region from the northwest this
evening with the approach of a cold front. Tonight will be
another warm night, with lows only dropping into the upper 60s
and 70s.

The cold front will continue to shift south on Tuesday, with
likely pops continuing south of Pittsburgh. SPC has shifted the
marginal severe storm risk so that it barely clips the
southernmost reaches of the forecast area. The greater threat
will be for excessive rainfall primarily south of Interstate 70.
Although overall rainfall totals are broadly forecast around
half an inch on Tuesday, repeated showers and thunderstorms
could allow for locally heavier rainfall. With widespread cloud
cover and cooler air behind the front, highs will be in the 80s
everywhere on Tuesday.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
The front will move little through this part of the forecast,
and rain will continue particularly across southern locations.
While overall rainfall coverage will diminish Tuesday night, a
reinforcing wave of low pressure will bring back rainfall on
Wednesday, and have bumped up pops to the categorical range
south of Interstate 70. The slight risk for excessive rainfall
will continue south of Pittsburgh on Wednesday as well. Behind
the wave of low pressure, it appears that the front will finally
slide south of the forecast area, at least temporarily, on
Thursday, bringing a break to rainfall. Highs will continue to
be around the 80 degree mark.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
While the front will remain south of the forecast area at the
beginning of the extended forecast, a more substantial low
pressure system is expected to move along the front over the
weekend, bringing a renewed chance of rain to all locations on
Saturday. Yet another wave will move along the front Sunday into
Monday before high pressure finally begins to build in from the
Great Lakes. Temperatures will remain seasonal.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
VFR conditions will persist this evening, marred only by a
passing shower or thunderstorm associated with the Lake Erie
lake breeze boundary north of I-80. The ridge shifts southward
this evening/overnight as a cold front approaches from the N.
The front will bring more widespread shower/tstm chances from
N-S. MVFR cigs are expected to develop overnight with moisture
pooling along the front. Did not trend the ceilings as low as
guidance wants to take it.

Gusty west wind will shift to northwesterly tonight behind the
front. There is a low, but non-zero llws possibility early
Tuesday, but confidence was too low for inclusion at this time.

OUTLOOK...
Periodic restrictions are possible through Fri as the front
stalls and wavers across the OH Valley region.

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...None.
OH...Heat Advisory until 8 PM EDT this evening for OHZ039-040-048-
     049-057>059-068-069.
PA...None.
WV...Heat Advisory until 8 PM EDT this evening for WVZ004-012.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 4:19 AM EDT, 12 hours 44 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, 3:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
358 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

            TREES DOWN ON NORTH RIVERVIEW DR.

&&
Local storm report, Jun 18, 4:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 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, 59 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, 31 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZClarion34 min
Jun 18, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZArmstrong, Clarion, Jefferson26 min
Jun 18, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZArmstrong, Clarion, Indiana, Jefferson45 min
Jun 18, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZArmstrong, Indiana, Jefferson16 min
Jun 18, 3:20 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryPBZBelmont, Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Monroe and 3 more16 hr

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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.