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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 14, 2025Fayette County, Pennsylvania; Monongalia County, Preston County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2025, 5:18 PM EDT for Fayette County, Pennsylvania; Monongalia County, Preston County, West Virginia. It was in force for 31 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 14, 2025, 5:18 PM EDT (21:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2025, 5:49 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Fayette County, PA, Monongalia County, WV, Preston County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 12:00Z on 2025-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 186 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 12:00Z on 2025-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
186 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 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 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 14, 3:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 3:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 3:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
330 PM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025

PAZ007>009-013-015-016-151930-
Mercer-Venango-Forest-Lawrence-Clarion-Jefferson PA-
330 PM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

No hazards are expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

A marginal (1 out of 4) risk of flooding will continue through
Sunday with additional rain chances.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

PAZ014-021-022-073-074-077-078-151930-
Butler-Allegheny-Armstrong-Westmoreland-
Higher Elevations of Westmoreland-Indiana-
Higher Elevations of Indiana-
330 PM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Pennsylvania and
western Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

There is a slight (2 out of 4) risk of flooding with locally heavy
downpours possible during any thunderstorms that develop this
afternoon and early this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

A slight (2 out of 4) risk of flooding will continue through Sunday
from noon to 8pm with additional rounds of heavy rain possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ020-029-031-075-076-WVZ001>004-
012-021-509>514-151930-
Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Coshocton-Harrison-Jefferson OH-
Muskingum-Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Beaver-Washington-Greene-
Fayette-Higher Elevations of Fayette-Hancock-Brooke-Ohio-Marshall-
Wetzel-Marion-Monongalia-
Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-Preston-
Eastern Preston-Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker-
330 PM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

There is a marginal (1 out of 4) risk of flooding with locally heavy
downpours possible during any thunderstorms that develop this
afternoon and early this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

A slight (2 out of 4) risk of flooding will continue through Sunday
from noon to 8pm with additional rounds of heavy rain possible.

.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

Local storm report, Jun 14, 1:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 11:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZLawrence3 hr
Jun 14, 12:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZAllegheny, Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland2 hr
Jun 14, 3:06 AM EDTFlood WatchPBZAllegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Forest, Indiana and 4 more20 hr
Jun 13, 8:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMarshall, Wetzel2 hr
Jun 14, 5:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMonongalia, Preston3 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.