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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

July 24, 2022Forest County, Mercer County, Venango County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2022, 4:10 PM EDT for Forest County, Mercer County, Venango County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2022, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2022, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Forest County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 24, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2022-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 104 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2022-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1034 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 24, 1:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 1:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 24, 10:19 AM EDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 24, 1:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 6:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZBeaver31 min
Jul 24, 6:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZAllegheny31 min
Jul 24, 7:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGreene, Washington51 min
Jul 24, 7:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZAllegheny32 min
Jul 24, 7:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZFayette, Greene, Washington40 min
Jul 24, 7:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZArmstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland49 min
Jul 24, 7:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZFayette28 min
Jul 24, 8:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZFayette, Greene, Washington37 min
Jul 24, 8:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZFayette39 min
Jul 24, 8:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZFayette47 min
Jul 24, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZClarion, Forest, Mercer, Venango45 min
Jul 24, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZForest, Venango47 min
Jul 24, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson52 min
Jul 24, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZClarion, Forest, Jefferson, Venango36 min
Jul 24, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMercer, Venango26 min
Jul 24, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZForest, Venango41 min
Jul 24, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMercer25 min
Jul 24, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZLawrence26 min
Jul 24, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZVenango26 min
Jul 24, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBeaver, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer32 min
Jul 24, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZClarion, Forest, Mercer, Venango38 min
Jul 24, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZButler33 min
Jul 24, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZArmstrong, Butler, Venango34 min
Jul 24, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZClarion, Forest, Jefferson, Venango32 min
Jul 24, 6:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZHarrison, Jefferson24 min
Jul 24, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZBelmont34 min
Jul 24, 6:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZHancock30 min
Jul 24, 7:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZOhio29 min
Jul 24, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMarshall42 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.