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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 14, 2021Washington County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2021, 3:26 PM EDT for Washington County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 34 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 14, 2021, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 34 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 19:27 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 14, 3:35 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Washington, PA
Jun 14, 3:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Washington, PA	TREES DOWN ON INTERSTATE 79/INTERSTATE 70 JUNCTION

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 14, 11:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 28 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

855 
WUUS51 KPBZ 141926
SVRPBZ
PAC125-142000-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.SV.W.0036.210614T1926Z-210614T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
326 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Washington County in southwestern Pennsylvania...

* Until 400 PM EDT.

* At 326 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wolfdale, or
  near Washington, moving east at 45 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...
  Washington...                     Canonsburg...
  Wolfdale...                       McGovern...
  Bentleyville...                   East Washington...
  North Charleroi...                Houston...
  Ellsworth...                      Eighty Four...
  Cokeburg...                       Hickory...

This includes the following highways...
  Interstate 70 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 12 and 35.
  Interstate 79 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 24 and 45.

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 4023 8045 4032 8030 4015 7991 4001 8019
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 291DEG 37KT 4023 8030 

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

1 follow-up statement

576 
WWUS51 KPBZ 141938
SVSPBZ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
338 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021

PAC125-142000-
/O.CON.KPBZ.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-210614T2000Z/
Washington PA-
338 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY...

At 338 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near East
Washington, or near Washington, moving east at 45 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...
Washington...                     Canonsburg...
Wolfdale...                       McGovern...
Bentleyville...                   East Washington...
North Charleroi...                Houston...
Ellsworth...                      Eighty Four...
Cokeburg...                       Scenery Hill...

This includes the following highways...
  Interstate 70 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 14 and 35.
  Interstate 79 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 24 and 45.

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 4021 8033 4029 8023 4015 7991 4001 8019
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 291DEG 37KT 4018 8015 

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 11:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Venango	32 min
Jun 14, 11:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Butler, Mercer, Venango	28 min
Jun 14, 11:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Butler	29 min
Jun 14, 11:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Forest	27 min
Jun 14, 12:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Butler	37 min
Jun 14, 12:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Butler, Clarion	30 min
Jun 14, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Allegheny	28 min
Jun 14, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Beaver	36 min
Jun 14, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Butler	32 min
Jun 14, 2:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver, Washington	27 min
Jun 14, 2:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Allegheny	111 min
Jun 14, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Butler	37 min
Jun 14, 2:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Washington	36 min
Jun 14, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Allegheny	33 min
Jun 14, 2:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver	47 min
Jun 14, 3:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Washington	29 min
Jun 14, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Armstrong	27 min
Jun 14, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland	25 min
Jun 14, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Beaver	35 min
Jun 14, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Armstrong, Indiana	23 min
Jun 14, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland	31 min
Jun 14, 3:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Allegheny, Westmoreland	91 min
Jun 14, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Indiana	33 min
Jun 14, 3:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Allegheny, Washington	106 min
Jun 14, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Greene, Washington, Westmoreland	24 min
Jun 14, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Westmoreland	37 min
Jun 14, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Fayette	42 min
Jun 14, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Greene	50 min
Jun 14, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Greene, Washington	43 min
Jun 14, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Greene	27 min
Jun 14, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Fayette	26 min
Jun 14, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette	31 min
Jun 14, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Fayette	33 min
Jun 14, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Greene	30 min
Jun 14, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Greene	28 min
Jun 14, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Greene	33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.