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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

April 12, 202415 counties in Pennsylvania; 9 counties in West Virginia; 11 counties in Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this wind advisory at Apr 12, 2024, 3:13 AM EDT for 15 counties in Pennsylvania; 9 counties in West Virginia; 11 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Apr 12, 2024, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 38 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2024, 3:13 AM EDT (07:13 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 12, 2024, 4:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 13, 2024, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
38 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
All 35 counties

Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Forest County, PA, Greene County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Preston County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Wetzel County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 25 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2024-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2024-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
673 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 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 wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Apr 11, 7:43 PM EDT, 7 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 7:43 PM EDT, 7 hours 30 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 9:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZAllegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana and 1 more4 hr
Apr 11, 9:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZArmstrong, Butler, Clarion, Forest, Lawrence, Mercer and 1 more3 hr
Apr 12, 12:36 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZAllegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene and 4 more25 hr
Apr 12, 12:43 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZArmstrong, Butler, Clarion, Forest, Lawrence, Mercer and 1 more31 hr
Apr 12, 4:41 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPBZAllegheny36 hr
Apr 12, 5:50 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPBZAllegheny30 hr
Apr 12, 5:50 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPBZBeaver39 hr
Apr 12, 9:52 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPBZClarion, Forest, Jefferson13 hr
Apr 12, 11:17 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPBZBeaver45 hr
Apr 12, 5:50 AM EDTRiver Flood WatchPBZHancock41 hr
Apr 12, 5:50 AM EDTRiver Flood WatchPBZBrooke44 hr
Apr 12, 5:50 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPBZMarshall67 hr
Apr 12, 5:50 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPBZOhio66 hr
Apr 12, 5:50 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPBZMarshall62 hr
Apr 12, 5:50 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPBZOhio62 hr
Apr 12, 5:50 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPBZTyler, Wetzel61 hr
Apr 12, 11:17 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPBZHancock46 hr
Apr 12, 11:17 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPBZBrooke56 hr
Apr 12, 11:17 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPBZBrooke35 hr
Apr 11, 8:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe, Noble4 hr
Apr 12, 5:50 AM EDTRiver Flood WatchPBZColumbiana44 hr
Apr 12, 11:17 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPBZColumbiana47 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2024Wind Advisories in Ohio, 2024Wind Advisories in West Virginia, 2024Every wind advisory in 2024

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.