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High Wind Watch 2, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

March 30, 20236 counties in Pennsylvania; 6 counties in West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this high wind watch at Mar 30, 2023, 1:45 PM EDT for 6 counties in Pennsylvania; 6 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Apr 1, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2023, 1:45 PM EDT (17:45 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 1, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 31, 2023, 1:32 PM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Counties Allegheny County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Greene County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Wetzel County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 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 high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Mar 30, 12:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 12:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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High Wind Watches in Pennsylvania, 2023High Wind Watches in West Virginia, 2023Every high wind watch in 2023

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.