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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

December 28, 202415 counties in Pennsylvania; 9 counties in West Virginia; 11 counties in Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this wind advisory at Dec 28, 2024, 1:10 PM EST for 15 counties in Pennsylvania; 9 counties in West Virginia; 11 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Dec 29, 2024, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 28, 2024, 1:10 PM EST (18:10 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 29, 2024, 10:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 30, 2024, 4:00 AM EST
In force
18 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 18:13 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 309 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2024-12-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2024-12-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.