A few strong to near severe storms developed in the afternoon on the 3rd as a cold front crossed western Pennsylvania.
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The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
A few strong to near severe storms developed in the afternoon on the 3rd as a cold front crossed western Pennsylvania.
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, 9:08 AM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1008 AM EDT THU JUL 3 2014 .SYNOPSIS... SHOWERS...AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL PLAGUE THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY REGION TODAY AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES. COOL AND DRY WEATHER WILL THEN ENSUE FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... WITH 10AM UPDATE...MADE CHANGES TO FORECAST FOR LINE OF SHOWERS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AS WELL AS A SECOND LINE OF SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN OHIO. ONCE THE SECOND LINE OF SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH...THIS COULD BE THE END OF PRECIPITATION. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS. SHOWERS...WITH SOME SOME ISOLD THUNDER POSSIBLE AS THE MID LVLS COOL WITH THE ENCROACHMENT OF AN UPR TROF...WL ACCOMPANY PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT ACRS THE REGION TDA. PCPN CHCS WL DIMINISH RAPIDLY FM THE W THIS AFTN AND THIS EVE AS DRY ADVCTN ENSUES IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. COOLER NR TERM TEMPS WERE FORECAST CLOSE TO MAV GUIDANCE. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... A DRY AND PLEASANT HOLIDAY WEEKEND IS FORECAST FOR THIS PERIOD. H500 TROUGH AT THE START ON FRIDAY TRANSITIONS TO A MORE ZONAL PATTERN BY SUNDAY. SURFACE HIGH APPROACHES FRIDAY...BUT WITH H500 TROUGH AXIS PASSING THROUGH DURING THE AFTERNOON...THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE JUST ENOUGH MOISTURE TO SQUEEZE OUT A SPRINKLE OR TWO ON THE RIDGES ABOVE 2000 FEET. NO SUCH CHANCE ON SATURDAY WITH HIGH OVERHEAD. TEMPERATURES BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL BE BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS. BLENDED IN BIAS-CORRECTED MOSGUIDE WITH PREVIOUS FORECAST...SINCE THIS GUIDANCE SOURCE TENDS TO PERFORM WELL IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS. WITH HIGH PULLING EAST ON SUNDAY...SOUTHWEST RETURN FLOW WILL START TO BRING BACK MORE TYPICAL JULY TEMPERATURES. STILL...DEWPOINTS WILL REMAIN COMFORTABLE IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S. UPPER CLOUDS WILL BEGIN A SLOW INCREASE LATER IN THE DAY. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... MORE HUMID AIR RETURNS IN EARNEST ON MONDAY BEHIND A WARM FRONT. MAY SEE ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHRA/TSRA MAKE A RETURN. FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL THEN TRY TO SINK SOUTH STARTING MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY. WHILE A TRAILING GREAT LAKES SHORTWAVE MAY GIVE THE BOUNDARY ENOUGH PUSH TO KICK IT SOUTH OF THE CWA BY 12Z THURSDAY...THIS IS BY NO MEANS GUARANTEED...AND IT MAY WELL LIFT BACK NORTHWARD BY THE END OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD IN ANY CASE. THUS...CHANCE POPS ARE INCLUDED FOR MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THIS TIME. GENERALLY STAYED CLOSE TO HPC SUGGESTED TEMPERATURES. THESE WERE AT OR A TOUCH ABOVE SEASONABLE LEVELS...WHICH MAKES SENSE GIVEN THE OVERALL ZONAL FLOW PATTERN. && .AVIATION /14Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... MVFR RESTRICTIONS WL ACCOMPANY SHWRS ACRS THE REGION TDA UNTIL CDFNT PASSAGE HERALDS DRY ADVCTN. SOME MVFR ST/SC OR FOG MAY LINGER TNGT AS RESIDUAL MSTR IS TRAPPED IN THE COOLING BNDRY LYR...BUT OVRALL TREND WL BE OF IMPROVEMENT. .OUTLOOK.../FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... THE NXT CHC FOR RESTRICTION WL COME WITH A LATE MONDAY CDFNT. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 332 AM EDT THU JUL 3 2014 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029-031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-040745- 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- 332 AM EDT THU JUL 3 2014 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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
1154 AM EDT THU JUL 3 2014
PAZ023-031615-
INDIANA PA-
1154 AM EDT THU JUL 3 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN INDIANA COUNTY...
AT 1152 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLYMER...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLYMER... MARION CENTER... CHERRY TREE...
GLEN CAMPBELL...
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH
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LAT...LON 4070 7881 4069 7881 4068 7882 4062 7909
4075 7914 4090 7881 4081 7880 4080 7880
4073 7880 4072 7879
15The State College radar (KCCX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:54 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency Managaer reported numerous trees down on Barr Slope Road.
Local fire rescue reported large trees down and an isolated power outage in area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, 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: 525572, 525573.