A area of thunderstorms with an upper level disturbance produced isolated severe wind damage during the afternoon of the 26th.
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A area of thunderstorms with an upper level disturbance produced isolated severe wind damage during the afternoon of the 26th.
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 26, 4:59 PM EST, 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 559 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 .SYNOPSIS... SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES...WITH THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER...WILL INCREASE THROUGH SUNDAY. COLDER WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED FOR NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD THIS EVENING...CLIPPING AT LEAST OUR OHIO AND NORTHERN WV PANHANDLE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE TIED TO THE NOSE OF AN MID LEVEL JET AND SHORTWAVE...WHICH SUPPORTS PLENTY OF SHEAR. HOWEVER...THE LATEST MESOANALYSIS SUGGESTS THAT SOME CAPPING EXISTS. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THESE STORMS AS THEY PROGRESS TOWARD AND ACROSS THE REGION AND A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT. WILL MAINTAIN LOWER CHANCE POPS FURTHER NORTH AND EAST THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY/... THE PRIMARY CONCERN OF THE FORECAST EFFORT CONTS TO BE SUNDAY AS DEEPENING SHRTWV IS PROJECTED ACRS THE GREAT LAKES AND TWD THE UPR OH REGION. SEASONALLY STRONG JET STREAK WL INCRS THE MID AND UPR WIND OVR BACKED SFC FLOW RESULTING IN SEVERE SPPRTG SPEED AND DIRECTIONAL SHEAR. BNDRY POSITIONING AND INSTABILITY RMN THE LIMITING FACTORS FOR THE UPR OH REGION GIVEN CLDS AND SHWR DVLPMNT...BUT FALLING MID LVL TEMPS WITH THE ADVN OF THE MID LVL THERMAL TROF ARE EXPECTED OFFSET...ESPECIALLY LTR IN THE DAY. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THE ENTIRE AREA HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED FOR A FULL ARRAY SEVERE RISK...BETTER CHC FOR WHICH IS PROJECTED OVR...AND IN VCNTY OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS BLANKETED THAT AREA WITH A MODERATE SEVERE RISK. PASSAGE OF THIS SYSTEMS CDFNT ON SUNDAY NGT WL END THE SVR THREAT AND BGN THE DOWNWARD TEMP TREND. MORE SHWRS ARE LIKELY ON MONDAY AS A HIGH AMPLITUDE UPR TROF DVLPS OVR THE ERN CONUS...WITH REINFORCING SFC FRONT SLATED FOR A MIDDAY PASSAGE ACRS THE UPR OH REGION. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE UNDER UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING WILL PROVIDE A COOL AND COMFORTABLE MIDWEEK. ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT MAY BRING SHOWERS THURSDAY. && .AVIATION /22Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... VFR CONDS ARE EXPD INTO TNGT WITH A MIX OF DIURNAL CU AND SC...THOUGH CIGS SHOULD EVENTUALLY LWR TO MVFR FOR FKL AND DUJ OVRNGT. A WK SHRTWV APCHS THIS EVE...BUT WITH PCPN COVG IN QN ONLY INCLUDED VCSH IN THE TAFS. AN MCS WL LIKELY AFFECT ZZV AND MGW LT TNGT INTO ERLY SUN MRNG...AND MAINTAINED SHWRS WITH A VCTS MENTION FOR THOSE PORTS. ADDNL STG TO SVR TSTMS ARE EXPD TO DVLP SUN AS LOW PRES ADVNS ACRS THE GT LKS/UP OH VLY RGN. TIMING RMNS QNABLE SO OPTED FOR A VCTS INCLUSION IN THE TAFS ATTM. OUTLOOK.../SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... RSTRNS ARE LIKELY THRU MON AS A CDFNT CROSSES THE RGN. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 234 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 MDZ001-OHZ041-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-073>076-WVZ023-041-271845- GARRETT-COLUMBIANA-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION- JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WESTMORELAND- WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-PRESTON-TUCKER- 234 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY WITH THREATS FROM DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO REPORTS SEVERE WEATHER BY STANDARD PROCEDURES. OHZ039-040-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ029-031-WVZ001>004-012-021-022- 271845- TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM- GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-WASHINGTON-GREENE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO- MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- 234 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS COMING FROM DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY WITH THREATS FROM DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO REPORTS SEVERE WEATHER BY STANDARD PROCEDURES. 15
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 550 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 OHZ039-040-049-050-262230- CARROLL OH-HARRISON OH-JEFFERSON OH-TUSCARAWAS OH- 550 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL JEFFERSON...NORTHEASTERN HARRISON...NORTHEASTERN TUSCARAWAS AND SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTIES... AT 549 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHERRODSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAIN WILL POND WATER ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL SMALL STREAMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SHERRODSVILLE... DELLROY... LEESVILLE LAKE PARK... BOWERSTON... CARROLLTON... SCIO... KILGORE... JEWETT... BERGHOLZ... HOPEDALE... UNIONPORT... WINTERSVILLE... PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE OR BY USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. LAT...LON 4044 8061 4022 8074 4049 8141 4065 8131 FRIES
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:07 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The 911 Call Center reported a tree down.
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