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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

April 5, 2023Beaver County, Washington County, Pennsylvania; 4 counties in West Virginia; 6 counties in Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2023, 6:57 PM EDT for Beaver County, Washington County, Pennsylvania; 4 counties in West Virginia; 6 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 63 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: Apr 5, 2023, 6:57 PM EDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Belmont County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Noble County, OH, Beaver County, PA, Washington County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Ohio County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 5, 2:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

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 Apr 5, 6:18 PM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 6:18 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 6:11 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 5, 6:49 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 6:54 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 6:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Beaver, Lawrence, Washington	66 min
Apr 5, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Washington	32 min
Apr 5, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Westmoreland	26 min
Apr 5, 7:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver, Greene, Washington	46 min
Apr 5, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble, Tuscarawas	54 min
Apr 5, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas	39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2023 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2023 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2023 Every severe thunderstorm warning 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.