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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 13, 2021Marion County, Monongalia County, Preston County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2021, 3:13 PM EDT for Marion County, Monongalia County, Preston County, West Virginia. It was in force for 47 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: Jun 13, 2021, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Marion County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Preston County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 13, 12:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 108 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1001 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 944 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

227 
WUUS51 KPBZ 131913
SVRPBZ
WVC049-061-077-132000-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.SV.W.0022.210613T1913Z-210613T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
313 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Monongalia County in northern West Virginia...
  West central Preston County in northeastern West Virginia...
  Eastern Marion County in northern West Virginia...

* Until 400 PM EDT.

* At 313 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Barrackville,
  or near Fairmont, moving southeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts to 60 mph and quarter-size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind 
           damage to trees and power lines, resulting in some power 
           outages.

* Locations impacted include...
  Fairmont...                       Pleasant Valley...
  Winfield...                       Barrackville...
  Monongah...                       Rivesville...
  Grant Town...                     Farmington...
  Everettville...                   Baxter...
  Bentons Ferry...                  Crown...

This includes Interstate 79 in West Virginia between mile markers 131
and 146.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Please report severe weather by calling 412-262-1988, posting to 
the NWS Pittsburgh Facebook page, or using Twitter @NWSPITTSBURGH. 

&&

LAT...LON 3941 8011 3940 8012 3939 8019 3953 8027
      3963 8008 3941 7982 3939 7989 3944 7989
      3945 7994 3942 8001 3940 8003 3939 8009
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 325DEG 21KT 3952 8012 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

2 follow-up statements

301 
WWUS51 KPBZ 131936
SVSPBZ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
336 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

WVC049-061-077-132000-
/O.CON.KPBZ.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210613T2000Z/
Monongalia WV-Preston WV-Marion WV-
336 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MONONGALIA...WEST CENTRAL PRESTON AND EASTERN
MARION COUNTIES...

At 336 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Grafton, moving
southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts to 60 mph and quarter-size hail.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind 
         damage to trees and power lines, resulting in some power 
         outages.

Locations impacted include...
Fairmont...                       Pleasant Valley...
Winfield...                       Barrackville...
Monongah...                       Rivesville...
Grant Town...                     Farmington...
Everettville...                   Baxter...
Bentons Ferry...                  Crown...

This includes Interstate 79 in West Virginia between mile markers 131
and 146.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Please report severe weather by calling 412-262-1988, posting to 
the NWS Pittsburgh Facebook page, or using Twitter @NWSPITTSBURGH. 

&&

LAT...LON 3953 8027 3963 8008 3953 7996 3941 7983
      3939 7989 3944 7989 3945 7994 3942 8001
      3940 8003 3939 8009 3941 8011 3940 8012
      3939 8019
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 325DEG 21KT 3941 8002 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

581 
WWUS51 KPBZ 131950
SVSPBZ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
350 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

WVC049-061-077-132000-
/O.EXP.KPBZ.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210613T2000Z/
Monongalia WV-Preston WV-Marion WV-
350 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MONONGALIA...
WEST CENTRAL PRESTON AND EASTERN MARION COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 400
PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for
northern and northeastern West Virginia.

LAT...LON 3953 8027 3963 8008 3953 7996 3941 7983
      3939 7989 3944 7989 3945 7994 3942 8001
      3940 8003 3939 8009 3941 8011 3940 8012
      3939 8019
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 325DEG 21KT 3935 7997 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 11:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Preston	24 min
Jun 13, 12:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Ohio	29 min
Jun 13, 12:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Preston, Tucker	25 min
Jun 13, 1:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monongalia, Preston	24 min
Jun 13, 1:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Preston, Tucker	49 min
Jun 13, 1:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia, Preston	38 min
Jun 13, 1:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia	20 min
Jun 13, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia	33 min
Jun 13, 2:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Monongalia, Preston	2 hr
Jun 13, 2:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Preston, Tucker	118 min
Jun 13, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marion, Wetzel	35 min
Jun 13, 3:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia	64 min
Jun 13, 3:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia	50 min
Jun 13, 4:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Preston	48 min
Jun 13, 5:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker	117 min
Jun 13, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marshall, Ohio	39 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.