Scattered severe thunderstorms developed the afternoon of July 13th well ahead of a cold front moving across the Upper Ohio Valley.
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The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
Scattered severe thunderstorms developed the afternoon of July 13th well ahead of a cold front moving across the Upper Ohio Valley.
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 13, 12:55 PM EST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 155 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS WILL BRING SHOWERS AND STORMS TO THE AREA THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED FOR MOST OF CWA IN THE PAST HOUR. WITH CAP BREAKING...STORMS ARE FORMING IN BANDS IN OHIO ALONG AND AHEAD OF SURFACE FRONT CURRENTLY IN WESTERN PART OF STATE. WITH DECENT FLOW ALOFT PLUS ADEQUATE INSTABILITY...EXPECTING SOME STORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. HAIL POSSIBLE AS WELL BUT A LITTLE LESS OF A THREAT DUE TO HIGH FREEZING LEVEL. STRONGER STORMS SHOULD EXIT TO THE EAST BY 00Z-02Z. FRONT SETTLES INTO CWA BUT STALLS OVERNIGHT. KEPT LIKELY/CATEGORICAL POPS IN SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES OVERNIGHT WHERE GOOD H250 UPPER DIVERGENCE IS INDICATED. HPC HAS SOUTHERN CWA IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RISK AREA AND THINK THIS IS REASONABLE...ALTHOUGH BEST RAINFALL TOTALS SHOULD REMAIN TO THE SOUTH. CHANCE POPS TO THE NORTH WITH A FEW LINGERING SHRA WHICH SHOULD LESSEN TOWARDS DAWN. FRONT REMAINS FAIRLY STUCK ACROSS SOUTHERN CWA MONDAY...WAITING FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE TO KICK IT AND A SECONDARY FRONT EAST ON TUESDAY. KEPT LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST...CHANCE TO THE NORTH. LESS OF A SEVERE THREAT WITH WEAKER MIDLEVEL FLOW. RAIN TOTALS SHOULD ALSO BE A BIT LESS. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... MODELS CONTINUE TO SLOW DOWN THE EVOLUTION OF THE BROAD UPPER TROF AS A WHOLE. PER LATEST GUIDANCE...THE H5 TROF AXIS SWINGS THROUGH LATE TUES MORNING WITH POP CHANCES BOLSTERED BY THE SUPPORT OF STRONG JET DYNAMICS. HAVE INCREASED POP CHANCES TO HIGH CHC ALONG THE WEST EARLY TUES MORNING AND TO NEAR LIKELY ACROSS THE EAST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON TUES. STILL QUESTIONING THE SPATIAL COVERAGE OF ANY SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH THE BETTER MOISTURE STAYING WELL SOUTH AND EAST. BULK OF PRECIPITATION CHANCES FINALLY MOVE OUT TUES EVENING AS MUCH DRIER AIR CREEPS IN FROM THE WEST. USING 12Z NAM PWAT VALUES...A MARKED DROP EXISTS IN MOISTURE AVAILABILITY AS THE VALUES ARE HALVED FROM NEAR 1.5" TO 0.75" BY 00Z WEDS. ALTHOUGH THE SFC HIGH IS ALREADY BUILDING IN WEDS MORNING...CAA FROM THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WILL STEEPEN LLVL LAPSE RATES SUCH THAT CONVECTIVE CLOUDS AND SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP. ALTHOUGH LIMITED...THE BEST MOISTURE AVAILABLE IN THE LOW LEVELS WILL BE ACROSS OUR NW ZONES NEAREST TO LAKE ERIE. HAVE INCLUDED SLIGHT CHC POPS FOR WEDS AFTERNOON. SKIES CLEAR OUT WEDS NIGHT/THURS MORNING AND WITH THE SFC HIGH FIRMLY OVERHEAD...RADIATIONAL COOLING WILL DROP OVERNIGHT LOWS TO ABOUT 10 DEGREES BELOW THE AVERAGE. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... BROAD CANADIAN HIGH WILL KEEP THE AREA DRY AND COMFORTABLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE LONG TERM. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... ONE OR TWO BANDS OF SHRA/TSRA WILL CROSS THE REGION THROUGH 02Z. HAVE TRIED TO TIME TSRA IN THE TAFS...WILL UPDATE AS NEEDED. EXPECT BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS IN ANY TSRA...AS WELL AS POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS. MVFR TO VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AS ACTIVITY WEAKENS...ALTHOUGH MGW MAY HOLD ON TO STEADIER RAINFALL FOR A TIME. .OUTLOOK.../SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... OCNL RSTRNS WL BE PSBL UNTIL THE PASSAGE OF A MON NGT-TUE CDFNT. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 124 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014 OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029- 031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021-022-141730- 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- 124 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 413 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .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. MDZ001-WVZ023-041-141730- GARRETT-PRESTON-TUCKER- 124 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS TODAY. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. .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.
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:40 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported a tree down on a power line.
Law enforcement reported a tree down on Route 183.
Emergency management reported numerous large trees down.
The broadcast media reported a tree fell through the roof of a home.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, July 2014
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 533609, 533610, 533611, 533612.