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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 20, 2021Mercer County, Venango County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2021, 6:14 PM EDT for Mercer County, Venango County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 17 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 20, 2021, 6:14 PM EDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2021, 6:31 PM EDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1056 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2021-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
1056 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

604 
WUUS51 KPBZ 202214
SVRPBZ
PAC085-121-202245-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.SV.W.0055.210620T2214Z-210620T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
614 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Mercer County in northwestern Pennsylvania...
  Southwestern Venango County in northwestern Pennsylvania...

* Until 645 PM EDT.

* At 614 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles southeast
  of Greenville, or 11 miles east of Hermitage, moving east at 25
  mph.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts to 60 mph.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines, resulting in some 
           power outages.

* Locations impacted include...
  Franklin...                       Mercer...
  Stoneboro...                      Polk...
  Sandy Lake...                     Clintonville...
  Fredonia...                       Jackson Center...
  Barkeyville...                    Maurice K Goddard State Park...

This includes the following highways...
  Interstate 79 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 119 and 130.
  Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 23 and 35.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Seek shelter indoors and stay away from windows.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4117 7986 4117 7993 4122 8026 4138 8025
      4142 7987
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 270DEG 20KT 4129 8023 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
576 
WWUS51 KPBZ 202225
SVSPBZ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
625 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

PAC085-121-202245-
/O.CON.KPBZ.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-210620T2245Z/
Mercer PA-Venango PA-
625 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL MERCER AND SOUTHWESTERN VENANGO COUNTIES...

At 625 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles north of
Grove City, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts to 60 mph.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines, resulting in some 
         power outages.

Locations impacted include...
Franklin...                       Mercer...
Stoneboro...                      Polk...
Sandy Lake...                     Clintonville...
Fredonia...                       Jackson Center...
Barkeyville...                    Maurice K Goddard State Park...

This includes the following highways...
  Interstate 79 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 119 and 130.
  Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 23 and 35.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Seek shelter indoors and stay away from windows.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4117 7986 4117 7993 4122 8026 4138 8025
      4142 7987
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 270DEG 20KT 4129 8014 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
698 
WWUS51 KPBZ 202231
SVSPBZ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
631 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

PAC085-121-202241-
/O.CAN.KPBZ.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-210620T2245Z/
Mercer PA-Venango PA-
631 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MERCER AND
SOUTHWESTERN VENANGO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4117 7986 4117 7993 4122 8026 4138 8025
      4142 7987
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 270DEG 20KT 4129 8009 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 9:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBeaver, Lawrence29 min
Jun 19, 10:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZBeaver30 min
Jun 19, 10:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZBeaver30 min
Jun 19, 11:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZAllegheny30 min
Jun 19, 11:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMercer23 min
Jun 19, 11:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMercer30 min
Jun 19, 11:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMercer33 min
Jun 20, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMercer22 min
Jun 20, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZVenango27 min
Jun 20, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZVenango24 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.