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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2019, 6:13 PM EDT for Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was in force for 32 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
- Aug 2, 2019, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2019, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
County Monongalia County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 71 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1497 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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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 Aug 2, 5:44 PM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 5:44 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 331 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2019 MDZ001-PAZ009-015-016-022-023-073>076-WVZ021-509>514-031945- Garrett-Forest-Clarion-Jefferson PA-Armstrong-Indiana-Westmoreland- Westmoreland Ridges-Fayette-Fayette Ridges-Marion-Monongalia- Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-Preston- Eastern Preston-Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker- 331 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western Maryland, northwest Pennsylvania, southwest Pennsylvania, west central Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Strong, slow-moving thunderstorms will produce locally heavy rainfall that may lead to isolated flooding. Also, the stronger storms may also produce localized instances of hail or high wind. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. 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. OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007-008-013-014-020-021-029- 031-WVZ001>004-012-031945- Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Coshocton-Harrison-Jefferson OH- Muskingum-Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Mercer-Venango-Lawrence- Butler-Beaver-Allegheny-Washington-Greene-Hancock-Brooke-Ohio- Marshall-Wetzel- 331 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2019 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. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 9:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Indiana | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 10:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Indiana | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 10:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Jefferson | 54 min |
| Aug 2, 10:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Jefferson | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 11:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Indiana | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Westmoreland | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Indiana | 40 min |
| Aug 2, 2:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 119 min |
| Aug 2, 2:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Indiana | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 2:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Somerset | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 2:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Indiana | 82 min |
| Aug 2, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 3:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Fayette, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Westmoreland | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 3:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene, Washington | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 4:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 4:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland | 106 min |
| Aug 2, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Washington | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Allegheny | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 5:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Westmoreland | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 5:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Washington | 91 min |
| Aug 2, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Butler | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Washington | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Fayette | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 6:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 69 min |
| Aug 2, 1:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Preston | 88 min |
| Aug 2, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston | 40 min |
| Aug 2, 5:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Garrett | 42 min |
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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.