1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Sep 30, 1:18 PM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 218 PM EDT SAT SEP 30 2006 .SHORT TERM /THROUGH SUN/... UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND INTO NEW ENGLAND SUN. A COUPLE SHORT WAVES WILL ROTATE THROUGH THIS MAIN TROUGH AND PRODUCE AREAS OF SHOWERS THROUGH SUN MORNING. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS EVENING, ESPECIALLY OVER WESTERN PART OF FORECAST AREA, WITH COOLING ALOFT. WILL GO WITH LIKELY AND CATEGORICAL POPS OVERNIGHT...TAPERING TO CHANCE SUN. && .LONG TERM /SUN NIGHT THROUGH SAT/... SUN NITE AND MON, SFC RIDGE BUILDS IN BEHIND H5 TROF. TUE BEGINS WITH SFC HIGH OVER VA AND APPROXIMATELY ZONAL FLOW. FOR WED, A COLD FRONT SWEEPS DOWN FROM MICHIGAN IN THE NW FLOW. WITH DEWPTS IN MID 50S AND WIND SHEAR, COULD SEE STRONG TSTMS. BY THU, COLD FRONT IS WELL S OF CWA AND HI PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM N. H8 TEMPS TOO WARM AND BOUNDARY LYR WIND TOO NORTHERLY FOR LK EFFECT, SO POPS GO BELOW 10% AND SKIES CLEAR. FOR FRI AND SAT, UPPER RIDGE AND SFC HI ARE FIRMLY IN CONTROL. && .AVIATION... UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND INTO NEW ENGLAND SUN. BROKEN CEILINGS AROUND 4000 FEET WILL OCCASIONALLY LOWER TO MVFR IN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. EXPECT MAINLY MVFR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND SUN MORNING WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS CONTINUING THROUGH AROUND 14Z. SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 20 KT AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING, WITH WIND DIRECTION BECOMING SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT AND MORE WESTERLY BY MID MORNING SUN. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 333 AM EDT SAT SEP 30 2006 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016- 020>023-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-010745- 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- 333 AM EDT SAT SEP 30 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 RAIN WILL DEVELOP TODAY WITH THE APPROACH OF LOW PRESSURE. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A SLIGHT RISK THAT THESE STORMS WILL REACH SEVERE LEVELS. THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL PROBABLY NOT BE NEEDED. 15
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:48 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning injured 6 people at a soccer game as they sat in lawn chairs. Some were holding umbrellas. Lightning struck the umbrella of a 37-year old man. He was critically injured. Three other adults and 2 children were slightly injured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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