1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 5, 1:05 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 205 PM EDT MON JUL 5 2004 .AVIATION... FRONT PUSHING S. ADDED A FEW HRS OF TSTMS, ENDING FKL 19Z, DUJ 21Z, ZZV 22Z, PIT 00Z, AND MGW 02Z. WIND COULD GUST TO 25KT PROXIMATE TO FROPA, THEN BECOME MUCH CALMER. BUFKIT SHOWS DENSE FOG PREDAWN, SPCLY FAR N AND FAR S, WHERE RAIN WOULD END LAST. DEWPTS DO NOT DECREASE MUCH. STILL NO DRY AIR FOR US && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS KICKING UP LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. NO LIGHTNING JUST YET BUT WOULD EXPECT TO SEE SOME AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. VERTICLE EXTENT ON STORMS IS NOT MUCH AS WARM AIR ALOFT IS HELPING TO CAP OFF DEVELOPMENT. WOULD EXPECT TO DEVELOPMENT TO BECOME A BIT STRONGER AS STORMS WILL BE ENTERING MORE UNSTABLE AND MOIST AIRMASS. BIGGEST THREAT WILL BE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. FRONT IS TO MOVE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND STALL JUST SOUTH OF AREA BY DAWN TUESDAY. FRONT THEN RETURNS LATER TUESDAY AS WARM FRONT... DESTABILIZING ATMOSPHERE AND BRINGING THREAT OF MORE ACTIVITY LATER IN THE DAY. MODELS NOT INDICATING MUCH IN THE WAY OF PRECIP AS MID LEVEL RIDGE WILL HELP TO CAP OFF DEVELOPMENT...HOWEVER WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY...PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND BEING AT TOP OF RIDGE FELT 30 POP WAS NEEDED GENERALLY FROM PIT SOUTH. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... WARM FRONT STALLS OVER AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AS HIGH OVER NE IS NOT ALLOWING FOR EASTWARD MOVEMENT. BOTH MODELS HAVE SPED UP EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF WED SYSTEM WITH GFS BEING THE FASTEST. AT THIS POINT TRIED TO FIND A COMPROMISE WITH HIGHEST POPS ON WED AFTERNOON. ONCE MIDWEEK SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH MODELS INDICATING STRETCH OF DRY WEATHER INTO THE WEEKEND. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. && AVIATION...07 SHORT TERM...22 LONG TERM...22
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 513 AM EDT MON JUL 5 2004 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-051200- ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-BEAVER PA-BELMONT OH-BROOKE WV-BUTLER PA- CARROLL OH-CLARION PA-COLUMBIANA OH-COSHOCTON OH-FAYETTE PA- FOREST PA-GARRETT MD-GREENE PA-GUERNSEY OH-HANCOCK WV-HARRISON OH- INDIANA PA-JEFFERSON PA-JEFFERSON OH-LAWRENCE PA-MARION WV- MARSHALL WV-MERCER PA-MONONGALIA WV-MONROE OH-MUSKINGUM OH-NOBLE OH- OHIO WV-PRESTON WV-TUCKER WV-TUSCARAWAS OH-VENANGO PA-WASHINGTON PA- WESTMORELAND PA-WETZEL WV- 513 AM EDT MON JUL 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE CAN BE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND TODAY INTO EARLY TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE CAN BE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND LATE TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 124 PM EDT MON JUL 5 2004 OHZ040-041-PAZ007>009-013>016-022-051921- ARMSTRONG PA-BUTLER PA-CARROLL OH-CLARION PA-COLUMBIANA OH-FOREST PA- JEFFERSON PA-LAWRENCE PA-MERCER PA-VENANGO PA- 124 PM EDT MON JUL 5 2004 ...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING... A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS. THE ENTIRE LINE WILL BE MOVING SOUTHWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 205 PM EDT MON JUL 5 2004 OHZ049-050-PAZ020-WVZ001-052003- BEAVER PA-HANCOCK WV-HARRISON OH-JEFFERSON OH- 205 PM EDT MON JUL 5 2004 ...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING... A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS. THE ENTIRE LINE WILL BE MOVING SOUTHWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:58 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tree blown down on Rte 147 between Jacobsburg and Key.
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