Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 4:23 PM EDT for Brooke County, Hancock County, West Virginia; Harrison County, Jefferson County, Ohio; Beaver County, Washington County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 22 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
- May 26, 2021, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 22 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, Beaver County, PA, Washington County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
971
WUUS51 KPBZ 262023
SVRPBZ
OHC067-081-PAC007-125-WVC009-029-262045-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.SV.W.0007.210526T2023Z-210526T2045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
423 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Harrison County in east central Ohio...
Central Jefferson County in east central Ohio...
Southwestern Beaver County in western Pennsylvania...
Northwestern Washington County in southwestern Pennsylvania...
Brooke County in northern West Virginia...
Hancock County in northern West Virginia...
* Until 445 PM EDT.
* At 422 PM EDT, a cluster of showers with gusty wind was centered
near Wintersville, or 7 miles southwest of Steubenville, moving
northeast at 50 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... Avella...
Toronto... Wintersville...
Mingo Junction... Follansbee...
Midland... Hooverson Heights...
Industry... New Cumberland...
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 8078 4037 8089 4067 8037 4031 8035
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 242DEG 45KT 4031 8077
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
236
WWUS51 KPBZ 262037
SVSPBZ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
437 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
OHC067-081-PAC007-125-WVC009-029-262047-
/O.EXP.KPBZ.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210526T2045Z/
Harrison OH-Jefferson OH-Beaver PA-Washington PA-Brooke WV-
Hancock WV-
437 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HARRISON...
CENTRAL JEFFERSON...SOUTHWESTERN BEAVER...NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...
BROOKE AND HANCOCK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
east central Ohio...western and southwestern Pennsylvania...and
northern West Virginia.
LAT...LON 4021 8078 4037 8089 4067 8037 4031 8035
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 242DEG 45KT 4038 8059
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 27 min |
| May 26, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Harrison | 32 min |
| May 26, 11:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Westmoreland | 35 min |
| May 26, 12:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Westmoreland | 31 min |
| May 26, 12:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Westmoreland | 26 min |
| May 26, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 17 min |
| May 26, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 51 min |
| May 26, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Venango | 37 min |
| May 26, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Westmoreland | 26 min |
| May 26, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Greene | 30 min |
| May 26, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Allegheny | 26 min |
| May 26, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 24 min |
| May 26, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 12 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.