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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this wind advisory at Apr 26, 2019, 2:50 PM EDT for Fayette County, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; Preston County, Tucker County, West Virginia. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2019, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2019, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Counties Fayette County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Preston County, WV, Tucker County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 355 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Apr 26, 2:32 PM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 2:32 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 4:01 AM EDT, 10 hours 49 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 401 AM EDT Fri Apr 26 2019 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029-031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021-509>514-270815- Garrett-Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Coshocton-Harrison- Jefferson OH-Muskingum-Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Mercer-Venango- Forest-Lawrence-Butler-Clarion-Jefferson PA-Beaver-Allegheny- Armstrong-Indiana-Washington-Greene-Westmoreland-Westmoreland Ridges- Fayette-Fayette Ridges-Hancock-Brooke-Ohio-Marshall-Wetzel-Marion- Monongalia-Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston- Preston-Eastern Preston-Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker- 401 AM EDT Fri Apr 26 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western Maryland, east central Ohio, northwest Pennsylvania, southwest Pennsylvania, west central Pennsylvania, western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia and northern panhandle of West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today 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... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 11:11 AM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 1111 AM EDT Fri Apr 26 2019 PAZ020-021-029-261545- Beaver-Washington-Allegheny- 1111 AM EDT Fri Apr 26 2019 ...A SHOWER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WIND WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...SOUTHERN BEAVER AND WEST CENTRAL ALLEGHENY COUNTIES... At 1108 AM EDT, a line of showers were located near Imperial, or 9 miles southwest of Moon Township, moving east at 30 mph. Isolated damaging wind gusts of up to 55 mph will be possible along this line of showers as it continues east. Locations impacted include... Upper St. Clair... Robinson Township... Kennedy Township... Bridgeville... Imperial... McDonald... Sturgeon-Noblestown... Oakdale... Burgettstown... Collier Township... Enlow... South Fayette Township... This includes the following highways... Interstate 79 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 52 and 55, and between mile markers 58 and 63. Interstate 376 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 54 and 63. This shower may intensify, so monitor local radio or television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. LAT...LON 4039 8041 4049 8040 4048 8010 4032 8011 TIME...MOT...LOC 1508Z 276DEG 17KT 4042 8035
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 11:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Washington | 34 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.