Scattered thunderstorms developed over eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania in the late afternoon, two of which produced wind damage.
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The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed over eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania in the late afternoon, two of which produced wind damage.
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 3, 4:49 PM EST, 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 549 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 .SYNOPSIS... HUMID CONDITIONS AND DAILY CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... EARLY EVE UPDATE WAS ISSUED TO ADJUST POPS AND TEMPS FOR HOURLY TRENDS. MUCH OF THE MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THE BETTER CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY AS MUCH OF OHIO WILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF BOTH A MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE AND THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF A STRENGTHENING UPPER LEVEL JET. WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES EXPECTED TO RISE NEAR 2 INCHES OVERNIGHT AND WITH WARM CLOUD PROCESSES DVLPG...HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT A LACK OF INSTABILITY MAY LIMIT DVLPMNT. NEVERTHELESS...LIKELY POP WERE MAINTAINED OVR WRN ZONES THRU THE NGT. AS OHIO ZONES HAVE NOT HAD THE RAINFALL OTHER COUNTIES HAVE EXPERIENCED DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...NO FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THE FLOOD THREAT IS EXPECTED TO RMN LOCALIZED. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO RETROGRADE WESTWARD AS THE TROUGH OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FINALLY OPENS UP AND GETS PICKED UP IN THE FLOW BY LATE IN THE PERIOD. DURING THIS PERIOD THE MODELS TO VARYING DEGREES CONTINUE TO KEEP THE MOISTURE RIBBON FLUCTUATING OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WITH SEVERAL SHORTWAVES RIDING UP ALONG THE SOUTHERLY FLOW. FOR THE MOST PART MODEL CONSENSUS KEEPS THE BULK OF THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION OVER OHIO AND INTO INDIANA THROUGH THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...BY SATURDAY THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL TURN MORE SOUTHEASTERLY...AS THE UPPER LOW STARTS TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD. FOR NOW...OPTED TO KEEP HIGHER POPS FOCUSED OVER EAST CENTRAL OHIO...AS MUCH OF THE REST OF THE REGION WILL MOST LIKELY EXPERIENCE MORE WIDELY SCATTERED PRECIP UNTIL SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WERE KEPT RIGHT AROUND A BLEND OF MAV/MEX VALUES THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... THE UPPER LOW WILL SLOWLY DEPART TO THE EAST BY MONDAY. A MORE ZONAL PATTERN IS NOW SUGGESTED BY ALL OF THE MODEL GUIDANCE FOR THE START OF THE WEEK AND WITH FAST MOVING SHORTWAVES KEEPING THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WERE KEPT NEAR SEASONAL NORMS. && .AVIATION /22Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... MOST TERMINALS WILL BE DRY THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD...SAVE FOR ZZV WHERE HIGHEST CONFIDENCE EXISTS TO CARRY SHOWERS FROM 5Z- 12Z THU. CONFIDENCE TOO LOW FOR ANY OTHER PCPN INSERTION. BEST CHC OF SEEING MVFR RESTRICTIONS RESIDE AT HLG AND ZZV. NOCTURNAL STRATOCU SHOULD DEVELOP AT FKL AND DUJ...SO CONTINUED IFR CIGS BTWN 08-13Z THEN LIFT THEM TO VFR. OUTLOOK.../WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... BRIEF IFR VIS RESTRICTIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER PROB OF IMPACTING A TERMINAL IS LOW. IN ADDITION...IFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN PREDAWN FG EACH MORNING...ESPECIALLY IF AN AIRPORT EXPERIENCES A STORM IN THE AFTN/EVNG. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. && 15
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 357 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029-031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-041200- 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-GREENE-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES- FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION- MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER- 357 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 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. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE FLOODING IN AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY MAY CAUSE FLOODING IN AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 428 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 MDZ001-032130- GARRETT MD- 428 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO AFFECT EAST CENTRAL GARRETT COUNTY... AT 423 PM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR BIG RUN STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM...AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. RAIN AT THIS RATE WILL POND WATER ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL SMALL STREAMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BIG RUN STATE PARK... MERRILL... DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF FLOWING WATER TO CARRY A VEHICLE AWAY. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. LAT...LON 3941 7919 3954 7921 3963 7908 3950 7905 15
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
438 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2013
OHZ057-032130-
MUSKINGUM OH-
438 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2013
...SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
AFFECT CENTRAL MUSKINGUM COUNTY...
AT 431 PM EDT...HEAVY RAIN WAS ALONG A LINE FROM 3 MILES SOUTH OF
ZANESVILLE TO 7 MILES EAST OF NEW LEXINGTON...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
HEAVY RAIN WILL POND WATER ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL SMALL
STREAMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ZANESVILLE... CANNELVILLE... DRAKE...
ADAMSVILLE...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL ELEVATE SMALL STREAMS. PONDING OF WATER CAN BE
EXPECTED IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...LOW LYING SPOTS...AND UNDERPASSES.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING
TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER
@NWSPITTSBURGH.
LAT...LON 4004 8201 4008 8195 4007 8182 3976 8199
3976 8204 3978 8208 3981 8208 3981 8210
3982 8211SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
459 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2013
OHZ048-057-032200-
COSHOCTON OH-MUSKINGUM OH-
459 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2013
...VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT EASTERN COSHOCTON AND NORTH CENTRAL
MUSKINGUM COUNTIES...
AT 457 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 2 MILES
WEST OF WEST LAFAYETTE TO FERNCLIFF...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
HEAVY RAIN WILL POND WATER ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL SMALL STREAMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FERNCLIFF... CONESVILLE... PLAINFIELD...
WEST LAFAYETTE... BAKERSVILLE...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL ELEVATE SMALL STREAMS. PONDING OF WATER CAN BE
EXPECTED IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...LOW LYING SPOTS...AND UNDERPASSES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL ELEVATE LEVELS ON SMALL STREAMS AND POND WATER
ON ROADS.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING
TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER
@NWSPITTSBURGH.
LAT...LON 4030 8184 4039 8178 4039 8171 4037 8171
4037 8164 4023 8170 4007 8181 4007 8196SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
507 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2013
PAZ075-076-032130-
FAYETTE PA-FAYETTE RIDGES PA-
507 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY...
AT 506 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF
CONNELLSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. HEAVY RAIN WILL POND WATER ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL SMALL
STREAMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL FAYETTE COUNTY AT 520 PM
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES
OF FLOWING WATER TO CARRY A VEHICLE AWAY.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING
TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER
@NWSPITTSBURGH.
LAT...LON 3995 7960 4011 7956 4011 7955 4013 7953
4015 7948 4014 7946 4012 7944 4010 7940
4009 7939 3995 7936
15SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
546 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2013
OHZ057-032245-
MUSKINGUM OH-
546 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2013
...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MUSKINGUM COUNTY...
AT 540 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 2 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PHILO TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF CANNELVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT
25 MPH.
HEAVY RAIN WILL POND WATER ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL SMALL STREAMS
AS CLOSE TO AN INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN SOME AREAS WITHIN
THIS AFFECTED REGION IN THE PAST 3 HOURS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLUE ROCK STATE PARK... PHILO...
DUNCAN FALLS... CANNELVILLE... CHANDLERSVILLE...
BRIDGEVILLE... NORWICH...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL ELEVATE LEVELS ON SMALL STREAMS AND POND WATER
ON ROADS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE
WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT FOR SAFE PASSAGE.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING
TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER
@NWSPITTSBURGH.
LAT...LON 3999 8195 3999 8176 3976 8188 3976 8198
3976 8207 3978 8208SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 604 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 PAZ073-074-032230- WESTMORELAND PA-WESTMORELAND RIDGES PA- 604 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL WESTMORELAND COUNTY... AT 601 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT PLEASANT...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAIN WILL POND WATER ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GREENSBURG... JEANNETTE... PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. LAT...LON 4033 7968 4040 7946 4021 7938 4017 7952
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:19 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down near Pleasant Valley Road Northeast.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, July 2013
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