A weak cold front produced scattered thunderstorms across western Pennsylvania with an isolated severe thunderstorm over Beaver county.
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The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
A weak cold front produced scattered thunderstorms across western Pennsylvania with an isolated severe thunderstorm over Beaver county.
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 12, 7:43 PM EST, 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 843 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY...WITH SHOWERS AND STORMS IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN MONDAY...AND REMAIN THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/... FORECAST UPDATE TO ADJUST OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPS AND POPS. AREA OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN HALF OF OUR FORECAST AREA AT THE MOMENT WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. COLD FRONT WILL REACH WESTERN OHIO BY 12Z...WITH SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOPING OUT AHEAD OF IT. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... THE COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE CWA BY 00Z SUNDAY EVENING. FRONTAL PASSAGE SHOULD BE EARLY ENOUGH IN THE DAY TO HELP THE REGION FROM GETTING TOO UNSTABLE...THEREFORE LIMITING SEVERE POTENTIAL. GOOD SURFACE RIDGING FOLLOWS THIS BOUNDARY FOR SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS HIGH WILL DOMINATE FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...WITH WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS. THE NEXT SYSTEM IS PROGGED TO AFFECT THE AREA SATURDAY. WITH MODEL DIFFERENCES ON STRENGTH...WILL KEEP PRECIP CHANCES LOW FOR NOW. && .AVIATION /01Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AN AREA OF CONVECTION IS MOVING THROUGH OUR FORECAST THIS EVENING. THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LINE IS WEAKENING. MVFR CONDITIONS ARE PSBL IN THE STRONGER SHWRS/TSTMS. ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE LATE THIS EVENING...WITH CLOUDS INCREASING ONCE AGAIN OVERNIGHT WITH THE FRONTAL APPROACH. WIDESPREAD SHWRS/TSTMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE TNGT/SUNDAY...BEGINNING AT ZZV BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...AND POINTS EAST BY MID-MORNING. EXPECT MVFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL...WITH OCCASIONAL IFR IN THE HEAVIER SHWRS/TSTMS...AS WELL AS A FEW WIND GUSTS TO 30 KT. PRECIP WILL DIMINISH SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT DEPARTS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION FOR MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH VFR CONDITIONS. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 435 AM EDT SAT JUL 12 2008 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-130845- 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- 435 AM EDT SAT JUL 12 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 618 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2008 OHZ039-048-057-122300- COSHOCTON OH-MUSKINGUM OH-TUSCARAWAS OH- 618 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2008 THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH MUSKINGUM...COSHOCTON AND TUSCARAWAS COUNTIES... AT 615 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTH OF LAYLAND TO 35 MILES WEST OF EAST FULTONHAM...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ADAMSVILLE...BAKERSVILLE...BALTIC...BLISSFIELD...BLUE ROCK STATE PARK...BOLIVAR...BRIDGEVILLE...CANNELVILLE...CHANDLERSVILLE... CONESVILLE...COOPERDALE...COSHOCTON...DILLON STATE PARK...DOVER AND DRAKE. 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 700 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2008 OHZ039-040-048-057-058-122345- CARROLL OH-COSHOCTON OH-GUERNSEY OH-MUSKINGUM OH-TUSCARAWAS OH- 700 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2008 THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH MUSKINGUM...GUERNSEY...COSHOCTON... TUSCARAWAS AND CARROLL COUNTIES... AT 700 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR WEST BOLIVAR TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DILLON STATE PARK. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ADAMSVILLE...BAKERSVILLE...BALTIC...BODEN...BOLIVAR... BRIDGEVILLE...CHANDLERSVILLE...CONESVILLE...COOPERDALE... COSHOCTON...DELLROY...DENNISON AND DOVER. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. 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 748 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2008 OHZ039-040-048-049-058-130030- CARROLL OH-COSHOCTON OH-GUERNSEY OH-HARRISON OH-TUSCARAWAS OH- 748 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH GUERNSEY...HARRISON...COSHOCTON... TUSCARAWAS AND CARROLL COUNTIES... AT 745 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR MINERAL CITY TO NEAR KIMBOLTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... AUGUSTA...BIRMINGHAM...BOWERSTON...CARROLLTON...CLENDENING... DELLROY...DENNISON...FREEPORT...GILMORE...GNADENHUTTEN...KILGORE... KIMBOLTON...LEESVILLE LAKE PARK...LONDONDERRY AND MALVERN. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. 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 825 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2008 OHZ040-041-049-050-PAZ020-WVZ001-130115- BEAVER PA-CARROLL OH-COLUMBIANA OH-HANCOCK WV-HARRISON OH-JEFFERSON OH- 825 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2008 THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH COLUMBIANA...HARRISON...JEFFERSON... CARROLL...BEAVER AND HANCOCK COUNTIES... AT 825 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LISBON TO 7 MILES WEST OF CADIZ...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... CANNELTON...ENON VALLEY...ROWTOWN...BEAVER CREEK STATE PARK... BERGHOLZ...CADIZ...EAST LIVERPOOL...EAST PALESTINE... HAMMONDSVILLE...HOPEDALE...JEWETT...KILGORE...LEETONIA...LISBON AND MECHANICSTOWN. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. 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), 26 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency management reported trees down along Darlington Rd west of |Beaver Falls.
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