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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this special weather statement at Mar 18, 2021, 5:38 PM EDT for Marion County, West Virginia. It was in force for 37 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, 5:38 PM EDT (21:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2021, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
County Marion County, WV
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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, 5:21 PM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 5:21 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
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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, 43 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
RACKLEYSpecial weather statement, Mar 18, 5:38 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>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, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marion, Wetzel | 35 min |
| Mar 18, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 20 min |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.