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 Aug 3, 2:03 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 303 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... BASED ON RECENT RUC, NAM WRF, AND GFS MODEL RUNS, EXPECT TWO OR THREE BANDS OF PREFRONTAL THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND. LOCAL RAIN AMOUNTS CAN GO OVER 1 OR 2 INCHES. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IS 2-2.5 INCHES IN 3 HOURS. THE COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO LOWER THE MOISTURE CONTENT FRIDAY AND TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BE WARM AS PREVIOUS DAYS AS NAM AND GFS MOS VALUES SHOW. && .LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... COOLER WEATHER WILL INVADE THE REGION AFTER THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL GIVE A COMFORTABLE WEEKEND WITH LITTLE PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. THE NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIP SHOULD BE SUNDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER WAVE IS FORECAST TO PUSH IN FROM THE WEST. && .AVIATION... BASED ON RECENT RADAR DATA AND RUC AND NAM WRF MODEL RUNS, EXPECT THE FIRST BAND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY 18Z-21Z. FROM A CONSENSUS OF RUC AND NAM WRF MODEL RUNS, EXPECT ANOTHER BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY BETWEEN 01Z-06Z. HOWEVER, CONSIDERING CLIMATOLOGY, WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THERE IS AN INTERVENING BAND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TIME FRAME OF 21Z-00Z. THE FIRST TWO BANDS OF STORMS HAVE MORE POTENTIAL TO BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE LAST BAND HAS MORE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN. THE PREVAILING CLOUD BASES WILL BE BKN050 CUMULUS WITH VISIBILITIES UNRESTRICTED. IN THUNDERSTORMS, FLIGHT CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE TO 3SM TSRA BR OVC020CB WITH LOCALIZED BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING, 08Z, THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PRETTY MUCH GONE, HOWEVER, SOME FOG AND STRATUS MAY DEVELOP (3SM BR BKN020). BY 14Z, CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE TO P6SM BKN040 CUMULUS. WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY WESTERLY THIS EVENING AND THEN VEER (TURN CLOCKWISE) INTO THE NORTHWEST LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. SPEEDS CAN BE 10-20KTS THIS AFTERNOON AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS CAN GO OVER 50KTS. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 441 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016- 020>023-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-040845- GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON- JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER- VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER- ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND-GREENE- FAYETTE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- PRESTON-TUCKER- 441 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE DISTRICT BY THIS EVENING WILL BRING A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
509 PM EDT THU AUG 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG STRASBURG 40.60N 81.53W
08/03/2006 TUSCARAWAS OH EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
&&
RSMITHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
516 PM EDT THU AUG 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM TSTM WND DMG COSHOCTON 40.26N 81.85W
08/03/2006 COSHOCTON OH PUBLIC
TREES DOWN.
&&
RSMITHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 524 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 PAZ020-WVZ001-002-032230- BEAVER PA-BROOKE WV-HANCOCK WV- 524 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS IN BEAVER...HANCOCK AND BROOKE COUNTIES... AT 520 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR CHESTER TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WELLSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... HARSHAVILLE...RACCOON CREEK STATE PARK...TORONTO...CHESTER... COLLIERS...FOLLANSBEE...FRANKLIN...NEW CUMBERLAND...NEW MANCHESTER...SUN VALLEY...TOMLINSON RUN STATE PARK...WEIRTON AND WELLSBURG. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
525 PM EDT THU AUG 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 PM TSTM WND DMG IRONDALE 40.57N 80.73W
08/03/2006 JEFFERSON OH LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY ROAD 55 NEAR HAMMONDSVILLE.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
527 PM EDT THU AUG 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM HAIL BETHESDA 40.02N 81.07W
08/03/2006 E0.75 INCH BELMONT OH LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
RSMITHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
535 PM EDT THU AUG 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 W FORD CITY 40.77N 79.63W
08/03/2006 ARMSTRONG PA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN IN BUFFALO TOWNSHIP.
&&
RSMITHThe Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:33 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines blown down.
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