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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this special weather statement at Jun 14, 2021, 4:18 PM EDT for Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 42 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 14, 2021, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
County Fayette County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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NWS Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 14, 12:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 12:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 1234 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021 .SYNOPSIS... Thunderstorms, some strong to severe, are expected again today as a cold front sinks across the area. Another crossing disturbance will maintain lower shower and thunderstorm chances Tuesday. High pressure will then provide dry and cooler weather for Wednesday and Thursday. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... Events are moving a couple hours more quickly than previous anticipated. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has already been issued for most of the CWA. Storms are already firing ahead of a mid-level shortwave, which will dig from the Great Lakes to the Central Appalachians tonight. This will be preceded by a weak surface boundary, sinking from north to south, where storms are already firing. While instability is less than yesterday due to warm air aloft hindering lapse rates, there is still 1000-1500 J/kg of MLCAPE to work with. In combination with 50-60 knots of 0-6km shear and dry mid-level air, there is still plenty of potential from damaging wind gusts from either isolated cells producing downbursts, or from storms congealing into a line/QLCS with time. Hail is expected to be a lesser threat from what few isolated cells there are. The overall tornado threat is low, outside of an eventual isolated threat from balanced/slightly shear dominant areas of any eventual QLCS. PoPs were constructed to follow convection south, but they may need to be sped up slightly in any future updates. Expect most of the activity to slide south and east of the region between 00Z and 02Z this evening, with a generally quiet overnight period expected with the loss of instability and the passage of the front. A slightly cooler Tuesday morning is expected. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... Another shortwave rotating through the main northeast CONUS trough will fire off a few showers and thunderstorms on Tuesday. Coverage will be more sporadic with less upper support, and severe weather is not expected as instability and shear will be more subdued. Activity will end Tuesday evening as the shortwave departs. Surface high pressure digging into the Great Lakes will then spread its influence over our area, bringing dry and cooler weather through Wednesday night. Low temperatures in the 40s will make a return appearance. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... Dry weather will continue through at least Thursday night as the high remains in control. The next shortwave trough is then expected to advance from the Upper Midwest, with shower and thunderstorm chances returning late Friday and into Saturday as it approaches and crosses the region. Low, shortwave-dependent shower chances will then continue into Monday, with seasonable temperatures overall. && .AVIATION /16Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... VFR is expected throughout much of the day, until a building cu field this afternoon with thunderstorms that develop nw of BVI around 18z. These storms will generally move sely through the early evening hours and could result in damaging wind and hail at the surface. After rain and storms, terminals will struggle to improve with plenty of moisture lingering. .Outlook... Periodic rain chances from passing shortwaves within a developing eastern U.S. trough may also create intermittent restrictions through Tuesday. VFR under high pressure is expected mid-week. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...None. OH...None. WV...None. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 12:21 PM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 1221 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021 OHZ039>041-049-050-058-059-068-069-PAZ008-009-013>016-020>023-029- 031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021-509>512-151630- Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Harrison-Jefferson OH-Guernsey-Belmont- Noble-Monroe-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- 1221 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 269 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... 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...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. 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. OHZ048-057-PAZ007-WVZ513-514-151630- Coshocton-Muskingum-Mercer-Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker- 1221 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, northwest Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and early evening. The main hazard is expected to be damaging wind, though large hail is also possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. 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.
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 14, 11:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Venango | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 11:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler, Mercer, Venango | 28 min |
| Jun 14, 11:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Butler | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 11:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Forest | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 12:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Butler | 37 min |
| Jun 14, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Clarion | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 1:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Allegheny | 28 min |
| Jun 14, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Beaver | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Butler | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Washington | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 2:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Allegheny | 111 min |
| Jun 14, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Butler | 37 min |
| Jun 14, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Washington | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Allegheny | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 2:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver | 47 min |
| Jun 14, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Armstrong | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland | 25 min |
| Jun 14, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Beaver | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Armstrong, Indiana | 23 min |
| Jun 14, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 34 min |
| Jun 14, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 3:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Allegheny, Westmoreland | 91 min |
| Jun 14, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 3:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Allegheny, Washington | 106 min |
| Jun 14, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene, Washington, Westmoreland | 24 min |
| Jun 14, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Westmoreland | 37 min |
| Jun 14, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Greene | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene, Washington | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Fayette | 26 min |
| Jun 14, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Fayette | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 28 min |
| Jun 14, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marshall | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 16 min |
| Jun 14, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Wetzel | 40 min |
| Jun 14, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 6:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 111 min |
| Jun 14, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marion | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Wetzel | 22 min |
| Jun 14, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 39 min |
| Jun 14, 7:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion | 72 min |
| Jun 14, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Carroll, Jefferson | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Jun 14, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Noble | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Noble | 24 min |
| Jun 14, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Monroe | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.