A line of thunderstorms along a prefrontal trough approaching from the east late in the evening continued into northern West Virginia despite marginal instability. 35 kts of shear packed in lowest 3km was able to maintain the line of storms and resulted in several reports of damaging winds overnight.
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A line of thunderstorms along a prefrontal trough approaching from the east late in the evening continued into northern West Virginia despite marginal instability. 35 kts of shear packed in lowest 3km was able to maintain the line of storms and resulted in several reports of damaging winds overnight.
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 Mar 31, 12:34 AM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 134 AM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025 .SYNOPSIS... Above normal temperatures continue with showers and storms possible today. A brief bit of drier and cooler weather is expected Tuesday. Rain returns by midweek as do warmer temperatures. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/... KEY MESSAGES: - Line of showers and a few storms overnight - More showers throughout the day as a cold front crosses. ------------------------------------------------------------------- A line of showers and storms has rapidly weakened as it moved eastward. The line encountered an atmosphere with weak instability and weakening shear. There are still some isolated heaver showers, but most of the rain is just light and steady. Whats left of the line is being sustained by a weak shortwave trough that is rushing northeastward in the southwest flow aloft. Have updated overnight PoPs in line with the latest hires model data. Also made some minor adjustments to overnight lows. A surface cold front will slowly move eastward across the region this morning, finally clearing the forecast area by late in the afternoon. The front is way ahead of the main trough axis, so there is not much to give it a push until the aforementioned axis moves into western Ohio late in the day. Still expect showers to continue ahead of the front today, with the activity generally scattered and light. High temperatures today will occur before FROPA and will remain above normal. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... KEY MESSAGES: - A cool-down tonight into Tuesday. - Warm temperatures return on Wednesday as well as showers ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dry and cooler conditions settle in Tuesday. Both are rather short-lived as another system climbs through the Upper Midwest on Wednesday dragging a warm front back through the region. This ushers in the return of above normal temperatures and rainfall. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... KEY MESSAGES: - Above average temperatures Wednesday through Friday. - Potential for heavy rain Thursday into Saturday ------------------------------------------------------------------- There looks to be potential for a boundary to stall across the Ohio Valley beginning late-week and lasting into the weekend. The exact placement and any further wobbling of this stationary boundary will be very important to the expected impacts but it looks likely that somewhere in the OH Valley is in for rounds of rainfall and the possibility of high water impacts. It remains very early to say exactly where these impacts will be greatest but clustered analysis. Long-range ensembles yield several days where the chance to see >1 inch of rainfall in 24hrs is above 30% in our region. There is also a noted 50% chance of some rivers reaching 'Action' stage, including downtown Pittsburgh. && .AVIATION /06Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... First area of showers and thunderstorms will move through all ports early in the forecast period. This will bring tempo restrictions to vis/cigs. MVFR cigs are generally favored through the rest of the forecast period. Another round of scattered showers are possible during the morning and early afternoon hours with the passage of the cold front. Showers look to be non-restrictive. Wind gusts should strengthen during the morning hours, with gusts of 20 to 25 mph possible. Winds will be backing rapidly once the cold front crosses, so a switch from southwest to northwest should be expected. Outlook... VFR returns Tuesday under high pressure. Low pressure may bring another round of rain and restrictions Wednesday into Thursday with an unsettled pattern continuing to close out the week. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...None. OH...None. WV...None. && SYNOPSIS...22 NEAR TERM...22 SHORT TERM...22/88/AK LONG TERM...88/AK AVIATION...22/MLB
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 226 AM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025 OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>022-029- 031-073>075-077-078-WVZ001>004-012-021-509-010630- 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-Indiana-Higher Elevations of Indiana-Hancock-Brooke-Ohio- Marshall-Wetzel-Marion-Monongalia- 226 AM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025 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...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ076-WVZ510>514-010630- Higher Elevations of Fayette- Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-Preston- Eastern Preston-Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker- 226 AM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Isolated severe storms possible today. The main threat will be damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Hazardous weather is not 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
1145 PM EDT Sun Mar 30 2025
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1115 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 5 WNW Chili 40.39N 81.87W
03/30/2025 Coshocton OH Fire Dept/Rescue
Tree and large limbs down.
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WMThe Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:18 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Wires were downed from a roadway pole to a house.
A tree was reported down between Payner Saw Mill Road and Greens Run Road, closing the road in both directions.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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