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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

February 17, 2025Beaver County, Pennsylvania; Columbiana County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this special weather statement at Feb 17, 2025, 1:21 AM EST for Beaver County, Pennsylvania; Columbiana County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 17, 2025, 1:21 AM EST (06:21 UTC)
Expired: Feb 17, 2025, 2:00 AM EST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Counties Columbiana County, OH, Beaver County, PA

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Feb 16, 6:46 PM EST, 6 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 6:46 PM EST, 6 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 3:05 PM EST, 10 hours 16 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
Feb 16, 10:47 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer	73 min
Feb 17, 12:01 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Lawrence	44 min
Feb 17, 12:39 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Butler, Lawrence	81 min
Feb 17, 1:59 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Butler	31 min
Feb 17, 2:01 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Beaver	29 min
Feb 17, 2:29 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Mercer	46 min
Feb 17, 2:54 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	PBZ	Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Fayette, Forest, Indiana and 2 more	31 hr
Feb 17, 2:57 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Butler	33 min
Feb 17, 4:47 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Lawrence	28 min
Feb 17, 5:19 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Butler	41 min
Feb 17, 5:59 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Fayette, Greene, Washington	31 min
Feb 17, 6:07 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Venango	23 min
Feb 17, 6:30 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Greene	30 min
Feb 17, 8:24 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Washington	36 min
Feb 17, 9:27 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Butler, Lawrence	78 min
Feb 17, 4:54 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Hancock	66 min
Feb 17, 4:56 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Ohio	64 min
Feb 16, 7:17 PM EST	River Flood Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	16 hr
Feb 16, 10:44 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Belmont	61 min
Feb 17, 4:22 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Jefferson	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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.