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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

July 9, 2020Washington County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2020, 10:04 PM EDT for Washington County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 26 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: Jul 9, 2020, 10:04 PM EDT (02:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2020, 10:30 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Washington County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 9, 9:47 PM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 9:47 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 7:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 9, 8:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 9, 9:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 9, 9:07 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 9, 9:16 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 9, 9:24 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 9:51 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 9:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Washington	24 min
Jul 9, 10:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Allegheny	36 min
Jul 9, 10:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Washington	29 min
Jul 10, 2:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Beaver, Lawrence	4 hr
Jul 10, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Lawrence	31 min
Jul 10, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Lawrence	50 min
Jul 10, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Butler, Lawrence, Mercer	25 min
Jul 10, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Butler, Mercer, Venango	42 min
Jul 10, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Washington	41 min
Jul 10, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver, Washington	38 min
Jul 10, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette	33 min
Jul 10, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Clarion	31 min
Jul 10, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Greene	29 min
Jul 10, 5:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Fayette	2 hr
Jul 10, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Washington	47 min
Jul 10, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland	51 min
Jul 10, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland	33 min
Jul 10, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette and 4 more	45 min
Jul 10, 6:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland	36 min
Jul 10, 6:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Allegheny	32 min
Jul 10, 6:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Indiana, Lawrence and 2 more	18 min
Jul 10, 7:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette and 4 more	107 min
Jul 10, 12:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Columbiana	26 min
Jul 10, 12:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Columbiana	16 min
Jul 10, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Jefferson	38 min
Jul 10, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Muskingum	36 min
Jul 10, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Columbiana	26 min
Jul 10, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Muskingum	45 min
Jul 10, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Monroe	43 min
Jul 10, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Noble	39 min
Jul 10, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Monroe	23 min
Jul 10, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monroe, Noble	32 min
Jul 10, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Tuscarawas	34 min
Jul 10, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Monroe	48 min
Jul 10, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Guernsey	10 min
Jul 10, 4:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Carroll, Harrison	37 min
Jul 10, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Columbiana	35 min
Jul 10, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Hancock	30 min
Jul 10, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Hancock	35 min
Jul 10, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Tucker	24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.