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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 21, 2026, 12:00 PM EST for Fayette County, Indiana County, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; Monongalia County, Preston County, Tucker County, West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 22, 2026, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 48 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 2026, 12:00 PM EST (17:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 22, 2026, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2026, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Counties Fayette County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Monongalia County, WV, Preston County, WV, Tucker County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 212 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 20, 6:27 PM EST, 17 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 6:27 PM EST, 17 hours 33 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 20, 12:33 PM EST, 23 hours 27 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 1233 PM EST Fri Feb 20 2026 OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007-013-020-021-029-031-073- 075-077-078-WVZ001>004-012-021-509-211745- Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Coshocton-Harrison-Jefferson OH- Muskingum-Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Mercer-Lawrence-Beaver- Allegheny-Washington-Greene-Westmoreland-Fayette-Indiana- Higher Elevations of Indiana-Hancock-Brooke-Ohio-Marshall-Wetzel- Marion-Monongalia- 1233 PM EST Fri Feb 20 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Gusty winds taper this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Minor snow impacts are expected Sunday through Monday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ008-009-014>016-022-211745- Venango-Forest-Butler-Clarion-Jefferson PA-Armstrong- 1233 PM EST Fri Feb 20 2026 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Pennsylvania and western Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Gusty winds taper this evening. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Minor snow impacts are expected Sunday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ074-076-WVZ510>513-211745- Higher Elevations of Westmoreland-Higher Elevations of Fayette- Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-Preston- Eastern Preston-Western Tucker- 1233 PM EST Fri Feb 20 2026 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Gusty winds taper this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. WVZ514-211745- Eastern Tucker- 1233 PM EST Fri Feb 20 2026 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern West Virginia. .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. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. Milcarek
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 12:00 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Fayette, Indiana, Jefferson, Westmoreland | 56 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:15 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Armstrong | 6 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.