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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 13, 2021Marshall County, Ohio County, West Virginia; Greene County, Washington County, Pennsylvania; Belmont County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2021, 6:21 PM EDT for Marshall County, Ohio County, West Virginia; Greene County, Washington County, Pennsylvania; Belmont County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 2021, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Belmont County, OH, Greene County, PA, Washington County, PA, Marshall County, WV, Ohio County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 13, 6:25 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	3 Se Martins Ferry, WV
Jun 13, 6:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Forest Hills, WV	TREES DOWN ACROSS POWER LINES ALONG SECONDARY STREETS IN WHEELING, WV.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 64 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

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The text

As transmitted.

446 
WUUS51 KPBZ 132221
SVRPBZ
OHC013-PAC059-125-WVC051-069-132300-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.SV.W.0030.210613T2221Z-210613T2300Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Belmont County in east central Ohio...
  Southwestern Washington County in southwestern Pennsylvania...
  Northwestern Greene County in southwestern Pennsylvania...
  Ohio County in northern West Virginia...
  Marshall County in northern West Virginia...

* Until 700 PM EDT.

* At 621 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Warwood,
  moving southeast at 20 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...
  Wheeling...                       Moundsville...
  Martins Ferry...                  Bellaire...
  Warwood...                        Bethlehem...
  Triadelphia...                    Clearview...
  Valley Grove...                   Shadyside...
  McMechen...                       Glen Dale...

This includes the following highways...
  Interstate 70 in Ohio between mile markers 222 and 225.
  Interstate 70 in West Virginia between mile markers 0 and 14.
  Interstate 70 in Pennsylvania near mile marker 0.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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 4008 8083 4016 8066 4003 8034 3981 8068
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 321DEG 18KT 4010 8067 

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

DS

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, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia, Preston	47 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, 8:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Westmoreland	36 min
Jun 13, 8:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Armstrong, Westmoreland	71 min
Jun 13, 8:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Armstrong, Indiana	103 min
Jun 13, 9:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Westmoreland	13 min
Jun 13, 9:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Fayette	36 min
Jun 13, 10:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Fayette	33 min
Jun 13, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Butler, Lawrence, Mercer	35 min
Jun 13, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Beaver, Butler, Lawrence	37 min
Jun 13, 5:29 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Westmoreland	3 hr
Jun 13, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Westmoreland	27 min
Jun 13, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Indiana, Westmoreland	47 min
Jun 13, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Clarion, Forest, Venango	17 min
Jun 13, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland	46 min
Jun 13, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Forest	33 min
Jun 13, 6:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland	2 hr
Jun 13, 6:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Washington	47 min
Jun 13, 7:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Washington	100 min
Jun 13, 7:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Fayette	34 min
Jun 13, 12:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Guernsey	25 min
Jun 13, 12:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Guernsey, Noble, Tuscarawas	34 min
Jun 13, 12:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Guernsey, Noble	34 min
Jun 13, 1:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Guernsey, Monroe, Noble	34 min
Jun 13, 1:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Monroe, Noble	40 min
Jun 13, 1:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Muskingum	47 min
Jun 13, 3:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Muskingum	26 min
Jun 13, 3:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Guernsey, Noble	56 min
Jun 13, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Tuscarawas	25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.