1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Apr 12, 1:49 PM EST, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 249 PM EDT WED APR 12 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL SWING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND INTO NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY. EXPECT A COLD FRONT TO PUSH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA LATE THIS EVENING. WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...TAPERING TO A CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT. THURSDAY SHOULD BE DRY AS WEAK SURFACE RIDGE BUILDS IN. && .LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... THROUGH THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST WE REMAIN IN A MILD FLOW ALOFT WITH THE PACIFIC BEING OUR SOURCE REGION. TEMPS WILL REMAIN AT OR ABOVE NORMAL. SHORT WAVES MOVING THROUGH THE MEAN FLOW WILL BRINGS SHOWERS AND TSTMS TO OUR REGION FROM TIME TO TIME. SEE FORECAST FOR DETAILS OF TIMING. && .AVIATION... A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EASTWARD THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA LATE THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...EXPECT SCATTERED CUMULUS AROUND 4000 FEET WITH BROKEN CLOUDS AROUND 8000 FEET. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 KT GUSTING TO 25 KT AT TIMES. CONDITIONS WILL LOWER TO MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL FRONTAL PASSAGE. BEHIND THE FRONT EXPECT SCATTERED CLOUDS AROUND 3500 FEET WITH VISIBILITY REDUCED TO MVFR IN AREAS OF FOG...MAINLY BETWEEN 08Z AND 13Z THURSDAY. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 855 AM EDT WED APR 12 2006 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016- 020>023-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-131300- 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- 855 AM EDT WED APR 12 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 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT AND MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY REGION. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...ESPECIALLY OVER EAST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 507 PM EDT WED APR 12 2006 PAZ021-029-122200- ALLEGHENY PA-WASHINGTON PA- 507 PM EDT WED APR 12 2006 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ALLEGHENY AND WASHINGTON... AT 502 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED A SHORT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLORENCE TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF BURGETTSTOWN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RACCOON CREEK STATE PARK TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF BURGETTSTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH THROUGH 6 PM. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE SOUTHERN ALLEGHENY AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY. MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. PLEASE REPORT HALF INCH HAIL OR STRONG WIND TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772. 15
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 522 PM EDT WED APR 12 2006 OHZ069-122200- MONROE OH- 522 PM EDT WED APR 12 2006 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...MONROE. AT 519 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED A THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEWISVILLE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF SUMMERFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH THROUGH 6 PM. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ANTIOCH...BENWOOD...CAMERON...GRAYSVILLE...HANNIBAL...LEWISVILLE... ROUND BOTTOM AND WOODSFIELD MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. PLEASE REPORT HALF INCH HAIL AND STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772. 15
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 701 PM EDT WED APR 12 2006 PAZ007>009-013-014-130000- BUTLER PA-FOREST PA-LAWRENCE PA-MERCER PA-VENANGO PA- 701 PM EDT WED APR 12 2006 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... VENANGO...FOREST...MERCER...BUTLER AND LAWRENCE... AT 700 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 34 MILES WEST OF FARRELL TO 26 MILES NORTH OF MAURICE K GODDARD STATE PARK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTH OF HOMEWORTH TO 26 MILES NORTH OF MAURICE K GODDARD STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE SOME GUSTY WIND AND HAIL. BE ALERT FOR ESCALATION TO SEVERE LEVELS. MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772. 15
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:21 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Large hail reported in Greenville, Sharpsville, and Jamestown between 720 and 730 PM EDT.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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