After several dry months, November helped bring some relief to the region. By the end of November, there had been enough rain for improvement to D2 (Severe Drought) conditions after 15 weeks with counties in either Extreme (D3) or Exceptional (D4) Drought.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
After several dry months, November helped bring some relief to the region. By the end of November, there had been enough rain for improvement to D2 (Severe Drought) conditions after 15 weeks with counties in either Extreme (D3) or Exceptional (D4) Drought.
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 Oct 31, 6:44 PM EST, 5 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 744 PM EDT Thu Oct 31 2024 .SYNOPSIS... Scattered light showers are expected with a cold front tonight. Cooler and drier weather then follows for Friday and Saturday under high pressure. Periodic rain chances and warmer temperatures return late Sunday through early next week. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/... KEY MESSAGES: - Band of showers accompanying a cold front tonight - Limited accumulation; no more than 0.25" total - Gusty wind will continue through tonight ------------------------------------------------------------------- Some light showers associated with a prefrontal trough have reached some counties in Eastern Ohio and north of I-80 in Western Pennsylvania. These showers are fighting mid-level dry air which is causing them to weaken and evaporate. Late tonight, the front will pass through our region bringing the main band of showers. Lift will be enhanced by a low-level jet and upper air divergence, but system speed, limited instability, and short residence time of the best moisture will keep QPF limited overall, generally less than a quarter-inch. One thing to monitor will be wind gusts in the vicinity of the front. If steep low-level lapse rates can linger, momentum transfer to the surface may promote stronger wind gusts, potentially in the 40 to 50 MPH range at the high end. Think occurrence period of such gusts would be short enough to preclude an advisory, and SPSs will likely be the better route to handle them. Following the frontal passage, expect high temperatures tomorrow to be more seasonable. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... KEY MESSAGES: - Mostly dry weather this period with crossing high pressure - More seasonable temperatures ------------------------------------------------------------------- The front will likely be in the vicinity of the West Virginia ridges at sunrise on Friday, and any associated showers will quickly exit with the boundary. Scattered northwest-flow stratocumulus are likely during the day with a bit of moisture trapped underneath a subsidence inversion. These may be a bit more numerous north of I-80 due to a lake influence. Skies are expected to clear Friday night as high pressure tracks from the Great Lakes toward the Upper Ohio Valley. This anticyclone will maintain dry weather across our region through Saturday night as it slides into New England. While an upper ridge starts to build across the southeast CONUS, mid-level zonal flow will dominate here. Temperatures are expected to be near seasonable levels as a result. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... KEY MESSAGES: - A warm front returns rain chances Sunday and Monday - Warmer temperatures return early next week - Cold front crosses with rain chances Wednesday --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ensembles are in good agreement that the eastern CONUS ridge axis will slide slowly eastward Sunday and Monday, reaching the Atlantic coast on the latter day. As this occurs, southwest flow in the Ohio Valley will push a moisture increase and a warm front our way. Thus, rain chances return to the forecast, but QPF remains fairly light overall as much better forcing sets up west of our area, in the Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes. Temperatures remain not too far above normal Sunday, but a jump in 850mb temperatures with the warm front could add around 10 degrees to the highs on Monday. The Atlantic ridge will strengthen as it continues to trudge eastward Monday night into Tuesday. A lull in rain chances appears possible Monday night in the warm sector, but a shortwave trough ejecting from the southwest CONUS has a decent chance of reaching the Great Lakes by Tuesday night, resulting in a return of rain chances into at least Wednesday. There is some disagreement among the ensemble members regarding shortwave strength and timing, but decent agreement overall lends a bit of confidence to the overall scenario. High temperatures should peak on Tuesday, well into the 70s for many, before moderation by Wednesday behind a possible cold frontal passage. Isolated lingering showers and seasonable temperatures may then return for Thursday. && .AVIATION /00Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... VFR conditions are expected to prevail into the overnight as scattered, spotty showers develop in advance of a cold front. Minimal impacts to visibility are expected. Cigs may drop to low VFR/ high MVFR with any shower, though the likelihood of this is decreasing. Probability for MVFR conditions with rain is highest at FKL/DUJ. Showers will quickly taper behind the front, though cold advection and moist flow off Erie will likely keep MVFR cigs and possibly isolated showers north of I-80 (impacting FKL/DUJ). Elsewhere, waning cold advection and a drying column should allow skies to scatter by the afternoon. Winds will remain gusty (around 20 kts) along and behind the front, eventually diminishing by 22Z Friday. .Outlook... Building high pressure Friday into the weekend should promote VFR conditions with light wind. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...None. OH...None. WV...None. && SYNOPSIS...CL NEAR TERM...CL/Lupo SHORT TERM...CL LONG TERM...CL AVIATION...Rackley
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 315 AM EDT Thu Oct 31 2024 OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>022-029- 031-073>078-WVZ001>004-012-021-509>514-010715- Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Coshocton-Harrison-Jefferson OH- Muskingum-Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Mercer-Venango-Forest- Lawrence-Butler-Clarion-Jefferson PA-Beaver-Allegheny-Armstrong- Washington-Greene-Westmoreland-Higher Elevations of Westmoreland- Fayette-Higher Elevations of Fayette-Indiana- Higher Elevations of Indiana-Hancock-Brooke-Ohio-Marshall-Wetzel- Marion-Monongalia- Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-Preston- Eastern Preston-Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker- 315 AM EDT Thu Oct 31 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and northern 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. WM
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
9 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Exceptional Drought continued through the November 26th Drought Monitor update, where it was finally improved to Extreme Drought conditions.
Exceptional Drought continued through the November 26th Drought Monitor update, where it was finally improved to Extreme Drought conditions.
Exceptional Drought continued through the November 26th Drought Monitor update, where it was finally improved to Extreme Drought conditions.
Exceptional Drought continued through the November 26th Drought Monitor update, where it was finally improved to Extreme Drought conditions.
Exceptional Drought continued through the November 26th Drought Monitor update, where it was finally improved to Extreme Drought conditions.
Exceptional Drought continued through the November 26th Drought Monitor update, where it was finally improved to Extreme Drought conditions.
Exceptional Drought continued through the November 26th Drought Monitor update, where it was finally improved to Extreme Drought conditions.
Extreme Drought (D3) conditions were expanded slightly in the first week of the month, but then remained the same for the remainder of the month before improvement occurred in December.
Extreme Drought (D3) conditions were expanded slightly in the first week of the month, but then remained the same for the remainder of the month before improvement occurred in December.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, November 2024
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: 1222134, 1222135, 1222136, 1222137, 1222138, 1222139, 1222140, 1222141, 1222142.