Scattered thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front moving across the Ohio Valley. A severe thunderstorm occurred over Belmont county in eastern Ohio.
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Scattered thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front moving across the Ohio Valley. A severe thunderstorm occurred over Belmont county in eastern 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 Aug 1, 6:42 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 742 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN SATURDAY NIGHT AND PROVIDE DRY WEATHER THROUGH MONDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL PUSH SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND INTO CENTRAL PA/NY BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. ATMOSPHERE SHOULD REMAIN QUITE UNSTABLE TONIGHT AS PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE STAYS IN PLACE THROUGHOUT THE OHIO VALLEY. SURFACE DEW POINTS ARE IN THE LOWER 60S OVER WESTERN PA INCREASING TO LOWER 70S UPSTREAM OVER PARTS OF INDIANA AND ILLINOIS. NEARLY STATIONARY SURFACE BOUNDARY STRETCHED ACROSS OH SHOULD HELP TO PROVIDE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION TONIGHT. HIGH CHANCE POPS OVERNIGHT EXCEPT FOR ACROSS THE FAR NORTH. LOOKS LIKE BEST CHANCE WILL BE AROUND 12Z AS FRONT PASSES THROUGH. POPS TAPERING ALL ZONES BY LATE AFTERNOON. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTHWEST SATURDAY NIGHT AND SHOULD REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY. DRIER AIR WILL ALLOW NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL WITH AFTERNOON READINGS AT OR A LITTLE ABOVE THE NORM. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... EASTERN CONUS TROUGH IS PROJECTED TO BEGIN DEVELOPING IN THE FLOW PATTERN DURING THE LONG TERM PERIOD. FORECAST WILL THUS BE OF A MID WEEK COLD FRONT AND WILL FEATURE NEAR CLIMO/CHANCE POPS WITH INITIALLY WARM TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR NORMAL, THEN BELOW THE SEASONAL AVERAGES. && .AVIATION /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... JUDGING FROM RECENT SREF MODEL RUNS EXPECT ONSET OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. CONSIDERING THAT SURFACE LAYER CAN BE MOISTENED BY RAIN TONIGHT...EXPECT AT LEAST PATCHY FOG AND IFR SATURDAY MORNING. VARIOUS MODELS INDICATED SURFACE DRYING AND VFR THE REST OF SATURDAY INTO AT LEAST MONDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE FROM NORTHERN PLAINS MOVES ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. ANOTHER SLOW COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL SPAWN AT LEAST SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND POTENTIAL IFR CONDITIONS BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 359 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-022000- 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- 359 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 606 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 OHZ057-058-068-012300- GUERNSEY OH-MUSKINGUM OH-NOBLE OH- 606 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... NOBLE...MUSKINGUM AND GUERNSEY... AT 603 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER ZANESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 26 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ADAMSVILLE...BELLE VALLEY...BLUE ROCK STATE PARK...BRIDGEVILLE... BYESVILLE...CALDWELL...CHANDLERSVILLE...CUMBERLAND...DRAKE... DUDLEY...DUNCAN FALLS...HARRIETTSVILLE...HIGH HILL...NEW CONCORD AND NORWICH THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH...HALF INCH HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. 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. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 659 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 OHZ039-048-049-058-020000- COSHOCTON OH-GUERNSEY OH-HARRISON OH-TUSCARAWAS OH- 659 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...GUERNSEY...HARRISON...COSHOCTON AND TUSCARAWAS... AT 658 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES WEST OF BAKERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 26 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... BAKERSVILLE...BALTIC...BIRMINGHAM...CLENDENING...CONESVILLE... COSHOCTON...DENNISON...FREEPORT...GILMORE...GNADENHUTTEN... KIMBOLTON...LONDONDERRY...NEWCOMERSTOWN...OLD WASHINGTON AND PIEDMONT KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH...HALF INCH HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 821 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 OHZ040-041-049-050-PAZ020-021-029-WVZ001-002-020115- ALLEGHENY PA-BEAVER PA-BROOKE WV-CARROLL OH-COLUMBIANA OH-HANCOCK WV-HARRISON OH-JEFFERSON OH-WASHINGTON PA- 821 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...COLUMBIANA...HARRISON...JEFFERSON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON.. . ALLEGHENY...BEAVER...BROOKE AND HANCOCK... AT 819 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES SOUTH OF MECHANICSTOWN... MOVING EAST AT 23 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... AVELLA...BLACKHAWK...BRIDGEVILLE...BURGETTSTOWN...CANONSBURG... FLORENCE...HARSHAVILLE...IMPERIAL...MCDONALD...MOON...OAKDALE... RACCOON CREEK STATE PARK...RURAL VALLEY...SHIPPINGPORT AND UPPER SAINT CLAIR THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...HALF INCH HAIL...AND A PERIOD OF TORRENTIAL RAIN. 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 851 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 OHZ057-058-068-020145- GUERNSEY OH-MUSKINGUM OH-NOBLE OH- 851 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...NOBLE...MUSKINGUM AND GUERNSEY... AT 849 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRIDGEVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ADAMSVILLE...BIRMINGHAM...BODEN...BRIDGEVILLE...BYESVILLE... CAMBRIDGE...CHANDLERSVILLE...CUMBERLAND...KIMBOLTON... LONDONDERRY...NEW CONCORD...NORWICH...OLD WASHINGTON...OTSEGO AND QUAKER CITY THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...HALF INCH HAIL...AND A PERIOD OF TORRENTIAL RAIN. 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. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 910 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 OHZ041-PAZ014-020>022-029-030-032-WVZ001-020215- ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-BEAVER PA-BUTLER PA-COLUMBIANA OH-FAYETTE PA-HANCOCK WV-WASHINGTON PA-WESTMORELAND PA- 910 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... COLUMBIANA...FAYETTE...ARMSTRONG...WASHINGTON...ALLEGHENY... WESTMORELAND...BEAVER...BUTLER AND HANCOCK... AT 906 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EAST LIVERPOOL TO CANONSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ALIQUIPPA...ALLISON PARK...APOLLO...BALDWIN...BEAVER...BEAVER FALLS...BESSEMER...BETHEL PARK...BLACKHAWK...BRIDGEVILLE... BURGETTSTOWN...BUTLER...CANONSBURG...CARNEGIE AND CHARLEROI THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...HALF INCH HAIL...AND A PERIOD OF TORRENTIAL RAIN. 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. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 956 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 OHZ058-059-WVZ003-004-020300- BELMONT OH-GUERNSEY OH-MARSHALL WV-OHIO WV- 956 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS... VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BELMONT...GUERNSEY...MARSHALL AND OHIO... AT 951 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 4 MILES NORTH OF QUAKER CITY...MOVING EAST AT 29 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ALLEDONIA...BARKCAMP STATE PARK...BARNESVILLE...BELLAIRE... BETHESDA...BRIDGEPORT...MARTINS FERRY...MORRISTOWN...QUAKER CITY... SAINT CLAIRSVILLE...SHADYSIDE...YORKVILLE...AETNAVILLE...ANVIL AND ARMSTRONGS MILLS THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...HALF INCH HAIL...AND A PERIOD OF TORRENTIAL RAIN. 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. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:04 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported trees down in Barnesville.
The public reported one inch hail near Bethesda.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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