Scattered severe thunderstorms developed along a stalled front across southeast Ohio.
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The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
Scattered severe thunderstorms developed along a stalled front across southeast Ohio.
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 Jul 29, 12:46 PM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 146 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007 .SYNOPSIS... UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH BY EARLY IN THE WEEK...AS HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO ABOVE NORMAL BY MIDWEEK...WITH CONDITIONS BECOMING MORE HUMID. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... SURFACE TROUGHING CONTINUES INTO TONIGHT. SURFACE RIDGING BUILDS EAST TOWARD MONDAY. INCREASED SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON HAS LED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...MOSTLY OVER RIDGES WHERE LIFT IS ENHANCED. WITH LITTLE FLOW THROUGH THE COLUMN AND PWATS AROUND 1.3 WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SIGNIFICANT RAINERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...UNTIL THE DIURNAL COMPONENT SUBSIDES. TEMPERATURES ON TRACK WITH GOING FORECAST. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... LINGERING ISOLATED SHWRS/TSTMS WILL END MONDAY EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS ALL AREAS BY TUESDAY...WITH DRY AND SEASONABLY WARM CONDITIONS. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW FLAT RIDGING ACROSS THE REGION FOR MIDWEEK...WITH FLATTENING OF THE RIDGE LATE IN THE WEEK...AND A LOW AMPLITUDE TROUGH FOR NEXT WEEKEND. WILL KEEP A DRY...WARM AND HUMID PATTERN THROUGH LATE WEEK. WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY LOOK TO BE THE WARMEST DAYS...WITH HIGHS NEAR 90 POSSIBLE FROM PITTSBURGH SOUTHWARD. FOR NEXT WEEKEND...WITH SOME UNCERTAINTY/RUN TO RUN CONTINUITY CONCERNS...WILL KEEP ONLY A SLIGHT CHC OF PRECIP FOR NEXT WEEKEND FOR NOW WITH A SLIGHT COOLDOWN OF TEMPERATURES. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... GENERALLY MVFR TO VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS IN FOG AND HAZE...AND SCATTERED MVFR CIGS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. A FEW STORMS ALONG THE RIDGES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH MIDWEEK. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. && 31/30
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 512 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-300915- 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- 512 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
342 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0338 PM TSTM WND DMG BLACKSVILLE 39.72N 80.22W
07/29/2007 MONONGALIA WV EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER LINES DOWN IN BLACKSVILLE
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RSMITHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
343 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0338 PM TSTM WND DMG WESTOVER 39.64N 79.98W
07/29/2007 MONONGALIA WV EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER LINES DOWN IN WESTOVER.
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RSMITHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 418 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007 PAZ031-292115- GREENE PA- 418 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL OVER GREENE COUNTY... AT 409 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEARLY STATIONARY FROM 2 MILES SOUTH OF BUZZ TO NEAR WAYNESBURG. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... BOBTOWN...BUZZ...CARMICHAELS...GREENSBORO...MOUNT MORRIS... ROGERSVILLE...RYERSON STATION...SWARTS...WAYNESBURG...ALEPPO... DUNKARD...LIPPINCOTT...MORRISVILLE...MOUNT CARMEL...OAK FOREST... BLACKSVILLE AND ROCKLICK KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND SMALL HAIL. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
423 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 SE NEW MARTINSVILLE 39.60N 80.78W
07/29/2007 WETZEL WV EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN IN PORTERS FALLS.
&&SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 434 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007 WVZ004-292130- MARSHALL WV- 434 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ACROSS MARSHALL COUNTY... AT 426 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 4 MILES SOUTH OF GLEN EASTON...NEARLY STATIONARY. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND SMALL HAIL. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... CAMERON...DENVER HEIGHTS...GLEN EASTON...LONE OAK AND SHERRARD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 544 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007 OHZ059-292215- BELMONT OH- 544 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTY... BELMONT... AT 541 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALLEDONIA...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WITH SMALL HAIL VERY HEAVY RAIN AND PONDING OF WATER CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ALLEDONIA...BARKCAMP STATE PARK...BARNESVILLE...BETHESDA... BRIDGEPORT...FLUSHING...MORRISTOWN...POWHATAN POINT...SAINT CLAIRSVILLE AND SOMERTON KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:49 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported several trees down in the Antioch area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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