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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 23, 2024Marion County, Monongalia County, Wetzel County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2024, 6:27 PM EDT for Marion County, Monongalia County, Wetzel County, West Virginia. It was in force for 33 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 23, 2024, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2024, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Marion County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Wetzel County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 94 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 293 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1223 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 3.4

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jun 23, 4:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 4:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 12:43 PM EDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
1243 PM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024

OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>022-029-
031-073>078-WVZ001>004-012-021-509>514-241645-
Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Coshocton-Harrison-Jefferson OH-
Muskingum-Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Mercer-Venango-Forest-
Lawrence-Butler-Clarion-Jefferson PA-Beaver-Allegheny-Armstrong-
Washington-Greene-Westmoreland-Higher Elevations of Westmoreland-
Fayette-Higher Elevations of Fayette-Indiana-
Higher Elevations of Indiana-Hancock-Brooke-Ohio-Marshall-Wetzel-
Marion-Monongalia-
Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-Preston-
Eastern Preston-Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker-
1243 PM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, western
Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

There is a Slight Risk, or risk level 2 out of 5, for severe
thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. The main hazard is
expected to be damaging wind, though isolated tornadoes are also
possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:52 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 6:01 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 6:15 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 6:21 PM EDT, 6 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 23, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Armstrong	30 min
Jun 23, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Indiana	33 min
Jun 23, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Indiana, Jefferson	34 min
Jun 23, 3:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Greene, Washington	29 min
Jun 23, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Greene	33 min
Jun 23, 4:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Greene, Washington	34 min
Jun 23, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Westmoreland	32 min
Jun 23, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Greene	28 min
Jun 23, 4:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Greene, Washington	37 min
Jun 23, 4:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Greene, Washington	24 min
Jun 23, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Westmoreland	53 min
Jun 23, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Mercer	46 min
Jun 23, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Fayette	50 min
Jun 23, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Indiana	31 min
Jun 23, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Lawrence	36 min
Jun 23, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Armstrong, Butler	44 min
Jun 23, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Beaver	24 min
Jun 23, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver, Washington	35 min
Jun 23, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Greene	36 min
Jun 23, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Allegheny	35 min
Jun 23, 7:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Fayette	33 min
Jun 23, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Ohio	36 min
Jun 23, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Marion, Wetzel	30 min
Jun 23, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia	33 min
Jun 23, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia, Preston	47 min
Jun 23, 7:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia, Preston	50 min
Jun 23, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Belmont	33 min
Jun 23, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Monroe	49 min
Jun 23, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Columbiana	23 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.