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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT for Brooke County, Hancock County, Ohio County, West Virginia; Harrison County, Jefferson County, Ohio; Allegheny County, Beaver County, Washington County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 30 min. 6 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 21, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2021, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Washington County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Ohio County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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 21, 3:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Steubenville, OH | TREE DOWN ON PARKED CARS ALONG SUNSET BLVD IN STEUBENVILLE. |
| Jun 21, 3:07 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Marland Heights, WV | NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. |
| Jun 21, 3:09 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Steubenville, OH | TREE FELL ON CAR; DAMAGE WAS DONE TO A BILLBOARD. |
| Jun 21, 3:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Weirton, WV | TREES DOWN ON GREENBRIER ROAD |
| Jun 21, 3:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Weirton, WV | TREE DOWN ON OAK STREET |
| Jun 21, 3:17 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Beech Bottom, WV | POWER LINES DOWN ON PARK AVE |
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 21, 12:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 31 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 931 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted.
134
WUUS51 KPBZ 211900
SVRPBZ
OHC067-081-PAC003-007-125-WVC009-029-069-211930-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.SV.W.0065.210621T1900Z-210621T1930Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
300 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021
The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
East central Harrison County in east central Ohio...
Jefferson County in east central Ohio...
Southwestern Beaver County in western Pennsylvania...
Northwestern Washington County in southwestern Pennsylvania...
West central Allegheny County in southwestern Pennsylvania...
Ohio County in northern West Virginia...
Brooke County in northern West Virginia...
Hancock County in northern West Virginia...
* Until 330 PM EDT.
* At 300 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near New Cumberland to Wintersville to 6 miles east
of Cadiz, moving east at 40 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...
Weirton... Steubenville...
Cadiz... Wellsburg...
West Liberty... Avella...
Robinson Township... Cecil-Bishop...
Kennedy Township... Toronto...
Wintersville... Mingo Junction...
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 79 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 60 and 62.
Interstate 376 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 52 and 63.
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 4047 8010 4035 8013 4014 8040 4023 8100
4039 8079 4058 8071
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 273DEG 37KT 4050 8072 4039 8074 4028 8088
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
680
WWUS51 KPBZ 211917
SVSPBZ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
317 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021
OHC067-211926-
/O.CAN.KPBZ.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-210621T1930Z/
Harrison OH-
317 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning has moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
east central Ohio...western and southwestern Pennsylvania...and
northern West Virginia.
LAT...LON 4047 8010 4035 8013 4014 8040 4020 8077
4039 8066 4056 8058
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 273DEG 37KT 4049 8052 4038 8054 4027 8068
$$
OHC081-PAC003-007-125-WVC009-029-069-211930-
/O.CON.KPBZ.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-210621T1930Z/
Jefferson OH-Beaver PA-Washington PA-Allegheny PA-Ohio WV-Brooke WV-
Hancock WV-
317 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON...SOUTHWESTERN BEAVER...NORTHWESTERN
WASHINGTON...WEST CENTRAL ALLEGHENY...OHIO...BROOKE AND HANCOCK
COUNTIES...
At 316 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near New Cumberland to near Weirton to near Wellsburg,
moving east at 45 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...
Weirton... Steubenville...
Wellsburg... West Liberty...
Avella... Robinson Township...
Cecil-Bishop... Kennedy Township...
Toronto... Wintersville...
Mingo Junction... Follansbee...
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 79 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 60 and 62.
Interstate 376 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 52 and 63.
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 4047 8010 4035 8013 4014 8040 4020 8077
4039 8066 4056 8058
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 273DEG 37KT 4049 8052 4038 8054 4027 8068
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 1:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marion | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 22 min |
| Jun 21, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 23 min |
| Jun 21, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 46 min |
| Jun 21, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Marshall, Ohio | 37 min |
| Jun 21, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Wetzel | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 29 min |
| Jun 21, 5:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Marshall | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Wetzel | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 23 min |
| Jun 21, 6:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 6:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Marshall, Ohio | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 6:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Wetzel | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Columbiana | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Tuscarawas | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Tuscarawas | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Carroll, Coshocton, Tuscarawas | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Harrison, Jefferson | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 8:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Armstrong | 20 min |
| Jun 21, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Mercer, Venango | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Forest, Venango | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 2:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Butler | 9 min |
| Jun 21, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Westmoreland | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 2:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Butler | 17 min |
| Jun 21, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Indiana, Westmoreland | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Westmoreland | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson, Westmoreland | 23 min |
| Jun 21, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Washington | 28 min |
| Jun 21, 3:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Allegheny, Westmoreland | 111 min |
| Jun 21, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Clarion, Jefferson | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland | 25 min |
| Jun 21, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene, Washington, Westmoreland | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Westmoreland | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene, Washington, Westmoreland | 49 min |
| Jun 21, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 5:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Greene | 6 min |
| Jun 21, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Fayette | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 7:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
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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.