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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 10, 20206 counties in Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2020, 8:24 PM EDT for 6 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 51 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
Jun 10, 2020, 8:24 PM EDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2020, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 10, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 86 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2020-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1006 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2020-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1006 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1383 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
8.4

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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 Jun 10, 7:35 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 7:35 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
735 PM EDT Wed Jun 10 2020

.SYNOPSIS...
A cold front will support scattered thunderstorms this evening.
Some storms may be severe. Dry weather will return Thursday under
building high pressure, with temperature returning to near average
through the end of the week.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
Severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for almost the entire area
until 05Z. Evening PoPs have been updated to reflect current radar
trends and the latest hires model guidance. Line has slowed a bit
from previous forecast, so this was the main change. Post-frontal
PoPs were adjusted as well. Overnight lows were updated as well as
cloud cover.

Previous discussion...
Effective shear and instability will increase as the associated
negatively tilted trough tracks east this evening and a line of
storms capable of producing damaging wind will cross this evening
ahead of the cold front.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
Dry conditions return on Thursday with building high pressure behind
the front. It will be noticeably more comfortable with dewpoints
back down into the 50s and daytime highs in the upper 70s. A weak
front is progged to drop south over the area later on Friday but
conditions should remain largely dry with limited moisture...mainly
just resulting in increased cloud coverage.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
A persistent upper trough/low is expected to remain across most of
the Eastern CONUS through the long term period. A sfc ridge under
the trough/low should maintain mainly dry weather through much of
the period, though slight to low rain chances are possible on
occasion as waves rotate around the low. Cooler than average
temperatures should recover to seasonable levels toward mid week.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
Expect VFR conditions with a period of MVFR cigs and vis as a line of
storms pass through the region during the evening hours, generally
from 00Z through 06Z. Behind the convection, lingering MVFR cigs can
be expected for an hour or two before a return to VFR. A second
front will approach the area around dawn. This boundary will bring a
period of restrictive MVFR cigs which will hang around through much
of the morning hours. A return to VFR is expected during the
afternoon.

Gusty surface winds through a couple of hours after FROPA. No
substantial wind direction shift is expected until Thursday
afternoon.

.Outlook...
VFR will largely prevail through the next several days.

&&

.CLIMATE...
Record high temperature for June 10:

PIT...94F (1911)
ZZV...95F (1911)
MGW...98F (1933)
DUJ...87F (2012, 1984)
HLG...94F (1936)
PHD...93F (1999)

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...None.
OH...None.
PA...None.
WV...None.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 1:05 PM EDT, 7 hours 19 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
105 PM EDT Wed Jun 10 2020

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029-031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021-509>514-111715-
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-
105 PM EDT Wed Jun 10 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western Maryland, east
central Ohio, northwest Pennsylvania, southwest Pennsylvania,
western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia and the northern
panhandle of West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

There is a slight risk of severe storms this evening with the
approach and passage of a cold front. Damaging winds will be the
primary threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Hazardous weather is not 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

Local storm report, Jun 10, 7:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
708 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0634 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 NNE NORTH BELLE VERNO 40.14N  79.86W
06/10/2020                   WESTMORELAND       PA   911 CALL CENTER

            MULTIPLE TREES/ POWER LINES DOWN.

&&

EVENT NUMBER PBZ2001054

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 9:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBeaver23 min
Jun 10, 9:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBeaver, Lawrence, Mercer, Washington37 min
Jun 10, 9:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZAllegheny29 min
Jun 10, 9:34 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZBeaver26 min
Jun 10, 9:47 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZBeaver7 min
Jun 10, 9:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango38 min
Jun 10, 10:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZArmstrong, Butler, Clarion, Mercer, Venango27 min
Jun 10, 10:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZForest16 min
Jun 10, 11:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZFayette51 min
Jun 10, 11:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZAllegheny3 hr
Jun 11, 12:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZIndiana23 min
Jun 10, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Monroe, Noble33 min
Jun 10, 8:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZBelmont, Jefferson, Monroe42 min
Jun 10, 9:13 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZColumbiana17 min
Jun 10, 10:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZWetzel24 min
Jun 11, 1:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZTucker45 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.