Cold front moving across the upper Ohio Valley spawned a few strong to severe thunderstorms. Quarter-sized hail and wind damage to trees was reported.
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The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
Cold front moving across the upper Ohio Valley spawned a few strong to severe thunderstorms. Quarter-sized hail and wind damage to trees was reported.
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 15, 5:55 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 655 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016 .SYNOPSIS... Cooler and drier weather is expected for the weekend before a front brings showers and thunderstorms Monday and Monday night. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... Showers and a few thunderstorms are continuing ahead of the cold front sagging across the area. A couple of the storms have been strong to severe, with fairly impressive cores aloft, but coverage and intensity should continue to decrease with time as instability diurnally decreases. Have updated PoPs to follow latest trends. The front itself will likely lose steam soon and stall out in the vicinity of Pittsburgh. Overnight progress may be slightly better to the west in Ohio, as depicted on the HRRR. In any case, a good portion of the area should see slightly cooler overnight temperatures. Previous discussion for Saturday... Any chances for thunderstorms should be contained to the PA/WV/MD ridges Saturday afternoon. Daytime highs will likely be as cool as they have been over the last week, ranging from the mid 70s to the mid 80s. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... High pressure will keep the weather quiet Saturday night into Sunday night, with the next round of precipitation expected to arrive Monday into Monday night with a cold front. Have continued likely pops in all locations, although arrival of precipitation was moved up a slight amount. The development of southwesterly winds through the period will allow a return to temperatures a couple degrees above normal. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... A chance of thunderstorms will linger in the forecast Tuesday as the front shifts southeast. Through the rest of the week, surface high pressure will build as upper ridge dominates much of the United States. After slightly cooler temperatures Tuesday behind the front, highs will slowly climb through the week, approaching 90 degrees in many locations by Friday. && .AVIATION /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... A weak front will advance over the region today with general VFR persisting as convection coverage should remain isolated given limited upper support and drier air mixing to the surface. The increased pressure gradient and mixing will maintain WSW wind gusts to around 20kt this afternoon. Passage of the front is not expected to be decisive, and residual moisture may fuel some fog and stratus throughout the peri-dawn hours. A low confidence IFR forecast was thus included for more fog-prone terminals, and those along and south of the expected frontal position. .OUTLOOK /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... Restriction potential will return with a Monday cold front. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...None. OH...None. PA...None. WV...None. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 255 AM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029-031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021-509>514-160700- GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON- MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST- LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA- WASHINGTON-GREENE-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE- FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- RIDGES OF EASTERN MONONGALIA AND NORTHWESTERN PRESTON-PRESTON- EASTERN PRESTON-WESTERN TUCKER-EASTERN TUCKER- 255 AM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...WESTERN 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
447 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0446 PM HAIL CALDWELL 39.75N 81.51W
07/15/2016 M0.88 INCH NOBLE OH TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER PBZ1601661
XXPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
458 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 PM HAIL CALDWELL 39.75N 81.51W
07/15/2016 E1.00 INCH NOBLE OH PUBLIC
REPORTED AT THE PILOT GAS STATION JUST SOUTH OF
CALDWELL
&&
EVENT NUMBER PBZ1601662
TAXSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
509 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016
OHZ068-069-152200-
MONROE-NOBLE-
509 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN MONROE AND SOUTHEASTERN
NOBLE COUNTIES...
AT 509 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF WOODSFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW MARTINSVILLE...SARDIS...FLY...ANTIOCH...STAFFORD...GRAYSVILLE...
HARRIETTSVILLE...RINARD MILLS...HANNIBAL AND LAINGS.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3957 8104 3957 8105 3958 8126 3961 8127
3961 8128 3959 8129 3959 8136 3960 8138
3976 8132 3971 8083 3969 8086 3962 8088
3961 8093 3954 8104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 283DEG 24KT 3968 8129
TAXPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
517 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0450 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SE CALDWELL 39.74N 81.50W
07/15/2016 NOBLE OH LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 564
&&
EVENT NUMBER PBZ1601663
XXPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
520 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 PM HAIL CALDWELL 39.75N 81.51W
07/15/2016 E1.00 INCH NOBLE OH PUBLIC
REPORTED AT THE BEST WESTERN ON THE SOUTHERN END OF
CALDWELL
&&
EVENT NUMBER PBZ1601664
TAXSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
635 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016
WVZ012-021-152315-
MARION-WETZEL-
635 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN WETZEL AND
SOUTHERN MARION COUNTIES...
AT 634 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF PINE GROVE TO NEAR
JACKSONBURG. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAIRMONT...MANNINGTON...PLEASANT VALLEY...BARRACKVILLE...MONONGAH...
FARMINGTON...WORTHINGTON...SMITHFIELD...CURTISVILLE...RACHEL...
CAROLINA...IDAMAY...FOLSOM AND GRANGEVILLE.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3944 8028 3947 8048 3946 8051 3943 8052
3943 8054 3944 8056 3943 8058 3945 8058
3944 8060 3947 8064 3946 8067 3948 8067
3947 8069 3948 8072 3959 8050 3951 8006
3941 8024
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 280DEG 24KT 3955 8053 3947 8068
TAXThe Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:14 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Local 911 reported trees down near Southpoint, on Hite Ave, and on Pleasant Valley Road.
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