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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

April 8, 2021Brooke County, Hancock County, West Virginia; Carroll County, Columbiana County, Jefferson County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this special weather statement at Apr 8, 2021, 5:49 PM EDT for Brooke County, Hancock County, West Virginia; Carroll County, Columbiana County, Jefferson County, Ohio. It was in force for 41 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
Apr 8, 2021, 5:49 PM EDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Counties Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 2021-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2021-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 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 Apr 8, 4:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 4:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
445 PM EDT Thu Apr 8 2021

.SYNOPSIS...
An approaching warm front will bring rain showers and isolated
storms to the region tonight.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/...
Showers and the chance for some thunderstorms have returned for
tonight as closed and broad low pressure digs toward the Upr MS
Valley and erodes the ern CONUS ridge via PVA and shortwave troughs.
Moist advection is fueling the increased rain chance with the systems
warm front, but warm mid levels are limiting instability and
inhibiting a widespread storm threat. Additionally, any thunderstorm
that does develop should be limited by weak deep layer shear that is
near parallel to flow and thus remain nonsevere.

Clouds, moisture, and warm advection will all limit temperature
spread so lows will remain about a dozen degrees above the norms.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY/...
Scattered rain showers will come to an end Friday morning as the
aforementioned warm front propagates northeastward, allowing some
clearing and the chance for instability to build. An isolated
shower/thunderstorm is possible Friday afternoon with lagging
vorticity advection, warm and moist advection.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
Long range models indicate another low pressure system will move newd
through the Great Lakes late this weekend. This could bring another
warm frontal propagation, continue above climatological warmth, and
provide another chance for showers and thunderstorms.

&&

.AVIATION /21Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
General VFR will give way to condition deterioration in rain this eve
with passage of a warm front and encroachment of upr low pres. Ceiling
will slowly lower with time, eventually reaching MVFR levels
overnight as the low levels continue to moisten. Showers will come to
an end by morning as the front moves north, with ceilings improving
back to VFR once daytime mixing commences.

Southeast wind will continue to gust to around 20 knots forecast into
tonight, with a slow veer towards the south with time.

.Outlook...
More widespread rain and restrictions are likely with low pressure
late Saturday into Sunday.

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...None.
OH...None.
WV...None.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 1:45 AM EDT, 16 hours 4 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
145 AM EDT Thu Apr 8 2021

OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029-
031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021-509>514-090545-
Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Coshocton-Harrison-Jefferson OH-
Muskingum-Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Mercer-Venango-Forest-
Lawrence-Butler-Clarion-Jefferson PA-Beaver-Allegheny-Armstrong-
Indiana-Washington-Greene-Westmoreland-
Higher Elevations of Westmoreland-Fayette-
Higher Elevations of Fayette-Hancock-Brooke-Ohio-Marshall-Wetzel-
Marion-Monongalia-
Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-Preston-
Eastern Preston-Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker-
145 AM EDT Thu Apr 8 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...Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

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, Apr 8, 5:49 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
549 PM EDT Thu Apr 8 2021

OHZ040-041-049-050-059-WVZ001>003-082230-
Jefferson OH-Harrison OH-Belmont OH-Columbiana OH-Carroll OH-
Brooke WV-Ohio WV-Hancock WV-
549 PM EDT Thu Apr 8 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN HARRISON...JEFFERSON...
COLUMBIANA...CARROLL...NORTHEASTERN BELMONT...OHIO...BROOKE AND
HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

At 547 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a broken line of
thunderstorms near Wintersville, or 7 miles southwest of
Steubenville, moving north at 40 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Weirton, Steubenville, Salem, East Liverpool, Columbiana, Wellsville,
Cadiz, Carrollton, Wellsburg, West Liberty, Clearview and Toronto.

LAT...LON 4090 8082 4090 8061 4089 8057 4014 8056
      4015 8088 4067 8124 4072 8124 4072 8120
      4073 8120 4073 8109 4090 8108 4090 8090
      4093 8089 4093 8082
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 167DEG 34KT 4029 8076

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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.