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Snow Squall Warning 13, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

January 29, 20255 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this snow squall warning at Jan 29, 2025, 11:13 AM EST for 5 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 47 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: Jan 29, 2025, 11:13 AM EST (16:13 UTC)
Expired: Jan 29, 2025, 12:00 PM EST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clarion County, PA, Forest County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:16 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 snow squall 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 snow squall warning went out at Jan 28, 2:58 PM EST, 20 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 2:58 PM EST, 20 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 28, 1:48 PM EST, 21 hours 25 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
Jan 29, 10:07 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Forest, Venango	23 min
Jan 29, 10:26 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	PBZ	Clarion, Forest, Mercer, Venango	49 min
Jan 29, 11:58 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Jefferson, Venango	62 min
Jan 29, 12:56 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Butler, Clarion, Jefferson	34 min
Jan 29, 1:15 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	PBZ	Clarion, Jefferson, Venango	39 min
Jan 29, 1:21 PM EST	Flood Watch	PBZ	Fayette, Westmoreland	63 hr
Jan 29, 1:32 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Armstrong, Butler, Jefferson	58 min
Jan 29, 1:48 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Indiana, Jefferson	27 min
Jan 29, 2:12 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Indiana, Jefferson, Venango	63 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.