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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 9, 2021Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this special weather statement at Jun 9, 2021, 3:21 PM EDT for Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 24 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
Jun 9, 2021, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA

County Armstrong County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 2021-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 45 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2021-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
45 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
927 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

277 
WWUS81 KPBZ 091921
SPSPBZ

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
321 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021

PAZ015-022-091945-
Armstrong-Clarion-
321 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021

...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WIND 
AND HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT CENTRAL ARMSTRONG AND SOUTHERN CLARION 
COUNTIES...

At 320 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm cluster was centered 7 miles 
south of Rimersburg, moving east at 10 mph.

Very heavy rainfall and wind gusts of 40 to 50 are possible with 
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Rimersburg...                     New Bethlehem...
East Brady...                     Templeton...
Distant...                        

Torrential rainfall also is occurring with this storm and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 4086 7964 4104 7965 4108 7930 4082 7928
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 274DEG 7KT 4093 7945 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 8:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZGreene55 min
Jun 9, 12:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZVenango22 min
Jun 9, 1:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZForest23 min
Jun 9, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZJefferson14 min
Jun 9, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZButler35 min
Jun 9, 7:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZLawrence24 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.