Severe thunderstorms formed along a stalled frontal boundary across the Ohio valley as an upper level disturbance moved southeast along the front. Heavy rainfall from the storms also caused isolated flooding.
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Severe thunderstorms formed along a stalled frontal boundary across the Ohio valley as an upper level disturbance moved southeast along the front. Heavy rainfall from the storms also caused isolated flooding.
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 Jun 26, 1:28 AM EST, 5 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 228 AM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A STALLING WARM FRONT WILL BRING THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY WARM HUMID CONDITIONS ALONG WITH SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE WEEKEND. A CANADIAN COLD FRONT WILL BRING MORE COMFORTABLE CONDITIONS STARTING MONDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... A WARM FRONT STRUNG OUT EAST WEST ACROSS OHIO AND INTO WRN PA WILL BRING A RISK OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE DISTRICT FOR TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THE GREATEST RISK OF SHOWERS WILL BE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. WARMER TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING HUMIDITY CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE WARM FRONT MOVES SLOWLY NORTH INTO TONIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... INCREASING WARM ADVECTION AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE MIDWEST WILL PUSH THE WARM FRONT NORTH OF THE DISTRICT BY FRIDAY EVENING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE BOTH WITH THE WARM FRONT AND MORE WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AS WE BREAK INTO THE WARM SECTOR LATE FRIDAY. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE DISTRICT SATURDAY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE COLD FROPA. AS THE FRONT PUSHES EAST OF THE DISTRICT SATURDAY NIGHT THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE SHOWERS...BUT A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE DISTRICT SUNDAY AS ANOTHER SHORT WAVE PUSHES THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A BIT COOLER SUNDAY...BUT A RISK OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE. THE COLD FRONT LINGERS ON THE EAST COAST MONDAY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS CONTINUING ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE DISTRICT BY TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY BRINGING DRY WEATHER AND PLEASANT TEMPERATURES. && .AVIATION /06Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... MVFR TO IFR AT TIMES IN SHOWERS AND STORMS THROUGH 10Z MAINLY IN THE SOUTHERN TERMINALS WHERE BULK OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH BY 10Z. LEFT IN A PERIOD OF MVFR SHOWERS NORTH TO KFKL AND KDUJ. AFTER THE MCS PASSES EAST OF REGION TOWARD DAYBREAK EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS WARM FRONT REMAINS NEAR REGION. FOR NOW ONLY INCLUDED CB IN TAFS FOR AFTERNOON AS TIMING OF NEXT ROUND OF STORMS DEPENDS ON ANY OUTFLOW OR MCV. OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS OUTSIDE OF STORMS. A SERIES OF WAVES WILL CROSS THE REGION INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH A NEAR ZONAL MID LEVEL FLOW. WHILE VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...SCATTERED STORMS CAN LOWER CONDITIONS INTO THE IFR RANGE AT TIMES. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 440 AM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-270845- 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- 440 AM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND A CHANCE OF LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR FRIDAY... SATURDAY...AND SUNDAY. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND A CHANCE OF LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ001-WVZ012-021>023-041-270845- GARRETT-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER- 440 AM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR FRIDAY... SATURDAY...AND SUNDAY. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND A CHANCE OF LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 164 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:30 UTC.
3 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency management reported Maysville Ave. closed due to flooding.
Emergency management reported numerous trees down in Calcutta.
Emergency management reported large trees down in Dover.
Emergency management reported flooding along SR 39 and West High St. in New Philadelphia.
Emergency management reported flooding of roads and railroad tracks in New Garden.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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