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Winter Weather Advisory 2, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

January 2, 20216 counties in Pennsylvania; Preston County, Tucker County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 2, 2021, 3:35 PM EST for 6 counties in Pennsylvania; Preston County, Tucker County, West Virginia. It took effect at Jan 3, 2021, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 2, 2021, 3:35 PM EST (20:35 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 3, 2021, 3:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 3, 2021, 1:00 PM EST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Counties Clarion County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Forest County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Venango County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Preston County, WV, Tucker County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory 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 winter weather advisory went out at Jan 2, 1:45 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 1:45 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.