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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 2020, 11:18 AM EDT for Fayette County, Greene County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 27 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
- Apr 13, 2020, 11:18 AM EDT (15:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2020, 11:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Fayette County, PA, Greene County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:21 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 488 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Apr 13, 10:05 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 10:05 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 3:24 AM EDT, 7 hours 54 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 324 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020 MDZ001-PAZ007>009-014>016-022-023-074-076-WVZ512>514-140730- Garrett-Mercer-Venango-Forest-Butler-Clarion-Jefferson PA-Armstrong- Indiana-Westmoreland Ridges-Fayette Ridges-Eastern Preston- Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker- 324 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western Maryland, northwest Pennsylvania, southwest Pennsylvania, western Pennsylvania and northern 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. High Wind Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Showers and isolated thunderstorms will also spread over the region today with potential for damaging wind gusts. An isolated tornado is possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. PAZ013-020-021-029-031-073-075-WVZ001>004-012-021-509>511-140730- Lawrence-Beaver-Allegheny-Washington-Greene-Westmoreland-Fayette- Hancock-Brooke-Ohio-Marshall-Wetzel-Marion-Monongalia- Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-Preston- 324 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Pennsylvania, western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia and the 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. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Showers and isolated thunderstorms will also spread over the region today with potential for damaging wind gusts. An isolated tornado is possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-140730- Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Coshocton-Harrison-Jefferson OH- Muskingum-Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe- 324 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio. .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. Wind Advisory. .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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 3:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 63 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.