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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 25, 20234 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2023, 8:21 PM EDT for 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 24 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: Jun 25, 2023, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2023, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Armstrong County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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 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 Jun 25, 6:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 6:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 5:00 AM EDT, 15 hours 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 7:59 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 8:11 PM EDT, 10 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
Jun 25, 8:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Westmoreland	34 min
Jun 25, 8:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Indiana, Westmoreland	35 min
Jun 25, 8:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Indiana, Jefferson	47 min
Jun 25, 8:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Forest	45 min
Jun 25, 9:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Cambria	13 min
Jun 25, 9:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Jefferson	29 min
Jun 26, 8:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Clarion, Forest, Jefferson	47 min
Jun 26, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Beaver	26 min
Jun 26, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Butler	35 min
Jun 26, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Allegheny	36 min
Jun 26, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Washington	32 min
Jun 26, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Washington	28 min
Jun 26, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette	19 min

Nearby

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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.