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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

March 18, 2021Marion County, Wetzel County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this special weather statement at Mar 18, 2021, 4:55 PM EDT for Marion County, Wetzel County, West Virginia. It was in force for 35 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: Mar 18, 2021, 4:55 PM EDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Counties Marion County, WV, Wetzel County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 109 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: 555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 18, 1:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 1:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 3:23 AM EDT, 13 hours 32 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
323 AM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021

OHZ057>059-068-069-PAZ031-075-076-WVZ004-012-021-509>514-190730-
Muskingum-Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Greene-Fayette-
Higher Elevations of Fayette-Marshall-Wetzel-Marion-Monongalia-
Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-Preston-
Eastern Preston-Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker-
323 AM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, southwest
Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia and the northern panhandle of
West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Isolated thunderstorms with strong wind gusts are possible this
afternoon.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.

OHZ039>041-048>050-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029-073-074-WVZ001>003-
190730-
Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Coshocton-Harrison-Jefferson OH-Mercer-
Venango-Forest-Lawrence-Butler-Clarion-Jefferson PA-Beaver-Allegheny-
Armstrong-Indiana-Washington-Westmoreland-
Higher Elevations of Westmoreland-Hancock-Brooke-Ohio-
323 AM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, northwest
Pennsylvania, southwest Pennsylvania, western Pennsylvania,
northern West Virginia and the northern panhandle of West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 18, 4:55 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
455 PM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021

WVZ012-021-509-182130-
Marion-Monongalia-Wetzel-
455 PM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN MONONGALIA...
EASTERN WETZEL AND MARION COUNTIES...

At 455 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Jacksonburg, or
13 miles west of Mannington, moving northeast at 30 mph.

Locations impacted include...
Mannington...                     Barrackville...
Pine Grove...                     Fairview...
Hundred...                        Jacksonburg...
Rivesville...                     Grant Town...
Farmington...                     Smithfield...
Grangeville...                    Folsom...

LAT...LON 3944 8056 3943 8058 3945 8058 3944 8061
      3947 8065 3946 8067 3948 8067 3947 8069
      3947 8071 3951 8074 3953 8077 3972 8040
      3972 8026 3953 8008 3944 8033 3947 8049
      3946 8051 3943 8052 3943 8054
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 240DEG 28KT 3949 8059

RACKLEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 18, 7:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Washington and 1 more	2 hr
Mar 18, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Marion	37 min
Mar 18, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia	20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.