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 20, 10:52 AM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1152 AM EDT THU JUL 20 2006 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... WILL UPDATE TO PUT IN CHC TRW FOR THIS AFTN ZONEWIDE. INSTABILITY ON THE INCREASE WITH MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ALSO INDICATING CONVECTION WILL GET UNDERWAY EARLIER SO WILL NOT TRY TO TIME. ALSO WENT HIGHER WITH PROBABILITYS TONIGHT AND MENTIONED SEVERE WITH MAIN AXIS OF CONVERGENCE MOVING THROUGH LATER THIS EVENING. REST SAME. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 333 AM EDT THU JUL 20 2006) SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL GIVE WAY THIS EVENING TO A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. INCREASED MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL GIVE ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO KICK OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND MORE LIKELY OVERNIGHT. WITH INCREASING DEWPOINTS SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE QUITE STRONG. LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... UPPER RIDGE EXTENDING EASTWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY WILL GIVE WAY TO TROF SETTING UP OVER THE EASTERN U.S. OVER THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL. SHORT WAVES ROTATING THROUGH THE UPPER TROF WILL KICK OFF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SATURDAY. EXPECT MAINLY DRY WEATHER SUNDAY AND MONDAY THEN NEXT COLD FRONT WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR MUCH OF FORECAST AREA TUESDAY...AND ACROSS SOUTHERN ZONES WEDNESDAY. AVIATION... ALTHOUGH RECENT RADAR DATA SHOWS LOWLEVEL HIGH HUMIDITY INDUCING ISOLATED SHOWER DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN KLBE AND KDUJ, WILL ONLY FORECAST FEW-SCT040 CUMULUS THROUGH 19Z TODAY. SURFACE DATA SHOWS SOME VISIBILITY RESTRICTION ELSEWHERE IN STRONG SURFACE INVERSION-RELATED PATCHY FOG EARLY THIS MORNING, SO VISIBILITIES HAVE BEEN FORECASTED NEAR 3SM BR HZ IN THESE LOCATION, EXCEPT KZZV WHERE VIS HAS BEEN 1SM BR. WITH NAMWRF AND GFS MODEL RUNS CONTINUING TO SHOW UPPER-LEVEL SHORT-WAVE-TROUGH INDUCED LIFT COUPLED WITH SURFACE MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCE NEAR THE COMPLEXLY INTERACTING LOWLEVEL BOUNDARIES PROPAGATING ACROSS THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT, HAVE FORECASTED CUMULUS DECK TO GO BKN LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH CB DEVELOPMENT MENTIONED AFTER 01Z. THIS CONVECTIVE ACTION WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED, AS IT HAS SEVERE POTENTIAL (DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL). HENCE, IF IT BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD IN COVERAGE, WILL HAVE TO BE INCLUDED IN TAF FORECASTS. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN 8 KTS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING, WITH WIND DIRECTION VEERING FROM SOUTH INTO SOUTHWEST AND PERHAPS WEST TONIGHT. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 511 AM EDT THU JUL 20 2006 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016- 020>023-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-210915- 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- 511 AM EDT THU JUL 20 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 WEAK WAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION KICKING OFF SOME THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THESES STORMS COULD SHOW SEVERE CHARACTERISTICS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM HIGH WIND AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:56 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
66 mph gust (57 kts) blew a tree onto a car, injuring one woman inside the car.
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