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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 29, 2019Venango County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this special weather statement at Jun 29, 2019, 3:08 AM EDT for Venango County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 29, 2019, 3:08 AM EDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2019, 3:45 AM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA

County Venango County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 130 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1059 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

245 
WWUS81 KPBZ 290708
SPSPBZ

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
308 AM EDT Sat Jun 29 2019

PAZ008-290745-
Venango-
308 AM EDT Sat Jun 29 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WIND WILL AFFECT
NORTHWESTERN VENANGO COUNTY...

At 306 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Guys Mills, or
10 miles southeast of Meadville, moving east at 25 mph.

Wind gusts up to 55 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Oil Creek State Park...           

This storm may intensify, so monitor local radio or television
stations for additional information and possible warnings from the
National Weather Service.

Campers should consider seeking sturdy shelter until this storm
passes.

LAT...LON 4148 7966 4152 7996 4153 7994 4154 7994
      4154 7993 4155 7993 4155 7991 4156 7991
      4156 7989 4157 7989 4157 7987 4158 7987
      4160 7983 4162 7983 4162 7960 4161 7960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0706Z 271DEG 21KT 4158 7997 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Westmoreland	29 min
Jun 28, 8:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Westmoreland	35 min
Jun 28, 8:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny	26 min
Jun 28, 8:31 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Westmoreland	119 min
Jun 28, 8:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Allegheny	34 min
Jun 28, 8:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Allegheny	26 min
Jun 28, 9:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny	29 min
Jun 28, 9:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Allegheny	114 min
Jun 29, 3:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Forest	35 min
Jun 29, 10:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Jefferson	23 min
Jun 29, 11:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Indiana	26 min
Jun 29, 12:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Beaver, Butler, Lawrence	38 min
Jun 29, 12:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Butler	35 min
Jun 29, 1:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Butler	3 hr
Jun 29, 1:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Butler	36 min
Jun 29, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Butler	27 min
Jun 29, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Lawrence	30 min
Jun 29, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Butler	36 min
Jun 29, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Butler	20 min
Jun 29, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Jefferson	35 min
Jun 29, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Clarion, Jefferson	28 min
Jun 29, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Beaver	30 min
Jun 29, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler	14 min
Jun 29, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Beaver	32 min
Jun 29, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Allegheny	34 min
Jun 29, 7:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Washington	16 min
Jun 28, 10:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Carroll	3 hr
Jun 29, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Carroll	28 min
Jun 29, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Columbiana, Jefferson	30 min
Jun 29, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson	32 min
Jun 29, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Hancock	25 min
Jun 29, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Tucker	16 min

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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.