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It looks like the line is weakening.

This is reminding me of several years back where almost every mcs that came from the northwest falls apart as soon as it hits Allegheny County.

i think that they are more concerned about that outflow boundry, which is VERY impressive on NWS radar. I don't see the actual storms making it down here, at least in the warning time frame, but the outflow boundry is coming southeast.

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i think that they are more concerned about that outflow boundry, which is VERY impressive on NWS radar. I don't see the actual storms making it down here, at least in the warning time frame, but the outflow boundry is coming southeast.

Much weaker than Monday nights winds.

We had maybe 20-30 mph gusts but that was about it.

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Thunderstorms popping up around the area. Next Week looks very hot, and near record highs possible as well.

Tuesday's high around 93 , and around 90 on Monday. records for May 30 and 31 is 94 and 93 set in 1919.

Summer 1919 was a hot summer in Pittsburgh.

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

PAC003-051-059-125-129-262100-

/O.NEW.KPBZ.SV.W.0081.110526T2020Z-110526T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

420 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

SOUTHEASTERN ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

SOUTHWESTERN WESTMORELAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 418 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR

MARIANNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

MARIANNA... BENTLEYVILLE... BROWNSVILLE...

CALIFORNIA... CHARLEROI... BELLE VERNON...

MONESSEN... MONONGAHELA... DONORA...

PERRYOPOLIS... ELIZABETH BORO... WEST NEWTON...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR

DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND

LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY

INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE. 1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN

DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4048 7972 4024 7943 3988 8006 4002 8018

TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 228DEG 45KT 3999 8006

$$

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 386

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

610 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

PARTS OF WESTERN NEW YORK

PARTS OF EASTERN OHIO

MUCH OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

SMALL PART OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA

LAKE ERIE

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT FROM 610 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

ZANESVILLE OHIO TO 80 MILES NORTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN NEW YORK. FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH

AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR

THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS

AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 380...WW 381...WW

382...WW 383...WW 384...WW 385...

DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF SURFACE LOW

AND UPPER TROUGH WHERE AIR MASS IS MODESTLY UNSTABLE. WITH 50-60 KT

OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND AREAS OF STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES WHERE

GOOD HEATING HAS OCCURRED...THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS WILL INCREASE

AND SPREAD NEWD ACROSS THE WATCH THRU THE EVENING.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 23035.

...HALES

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I really don't think we are getting anything tonight...could be wrong, but nothing has developed really.

This has been a strange week.

Since Sunday we have had the threat of Thunderstorms.

Slight risk, Warnings, watches, and so far I have received .02 inches of rain.

Not one storm or rain shower has clipped me.

It looks like I may get a shower in the next hour or so but that is it.

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This has been a strange week.

Since Sunday we have had the threat of Thunderstorms.

Slight risk, Warnings, watches, and so far I have received .02 inches of rain.

Not one storm or rain shower has clipped me.

It looks like I may get a shower in the next hour or so but that is it.

Yeah, I was preparing for more of a washout this week, however we've been barely outside the greatest areas of instibility all

week.

I had to drive to Lancaster PA yesterday evening for work, and their we're storms all around me the whole way. Some debis was even on the road in a few spots.

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Looks pretty hot on Tuesday. Probably 90 to 92 at the airports and 93 to 95 downtown Pittsburgh. It's too bad they decommissioned the downtown weather stations... downtown used to run about 3 degrees warmer than the airports because it's about 400 feet lower in elevation and with urban heat island effects. Downtown temps would be much more indicative of what people are experiencing where many people are living or working.

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

PAC005-019-031-053-085-121-300200-

/O.NEW.KPBZ.SV.W.0090.110530T0109Z-110530T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

909 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

NORTHWESTERN ARMSTRONG COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

VENANGO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

WESTERN FOREST COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

WESTERN CLARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

EASTERN MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 906 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE

HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF OIL CREEK

STATE PARK TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERCER...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

MERCER... MAURICE K GODDARD STATE PARK...

FREDONIA... STONEBORO... GROVE CITY...

POLK... SUGARCREEK... SLIPPERY ROCK...

OIL CREEK STATE PARK... KENNERDELL...

OIL CITY... CLINTONVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR

DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND

LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY

INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE. 1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN

DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4163 7923 4083 7958 4108 8012 4111 8015

4112 8024 4116 8039 4148 8023 4149 8001

4163 7983

TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 279DEG 44KT 4166 7988 4114 8026

$$

WOODRUM

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Yep no record today, I think the wet soil made it harder to reach the expected high, and the abundance of clouds also played a role.

The last time we had two or more 90 degree days in May was back in 1987 which was a hot summer, but that summer wasn't as hot as 1988.

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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1087

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

0451 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2011

AREAS AFFECTED...ERN/CNTRL OH...FAR WRN PA...NWRN WV

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH LIKELY

VALID 042151Z - 042215Z

THE POTENTIAL FOR SVR STORMS IS INCREASING...AND THE ISSUANCE OF A

SVR TSTM WATCH IS LIKELY SE OF WW426.

DEEP CONVECTION CONTINUES TO INITIATE ALONG A LAKE BREEZE BOUNDARY

EXTENDING FROM WEST OF THE YOUNGSTOWN AREA TOWARD MANSFIELD AND

FARTHER WEST TOWARD LIMA AND INTO NRN IND. THE MOST VIGOROUS

DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN NOTED INVOF THE INTERSECTION OF THE LAKE BREEZE

AND A WARM FRONT /AIDED BY CROSS-FRONTAL DIFFERENTIAL

HEATING/...NEAR AND NORTHWEST OF CANTON OH. THE WARM FRONT WILL

PROPAGATE EWD WITH TIME TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER...IN RESPONSE TO

DIABATIC HEATING ASSOCIATED WITH INSOLATION EAST OF THE BOUNDARY

WHERE 2-HR PRESSURE FALLS IN EXCESS OF 1.5 MB HAVE BEEN NOTED IN SFC

OBS. THIS WILL ALLOW THE WARM SECTOR TO EXPAND EWD WITH TIME...IN

WHICH A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS EXISTS -- I.E. MLCAPE VALUES

FROM 1500 TO 2500 J PER KG. DESPITE THE LACK OF STRONGER

MID/UPPER-LEVEL FORCING...SUFFICIENT LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE EXISTS

FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. MERGING COLD POOLS

COULD YIELD UPSCALE GROWTH INTO ONE OR MORE LINEAR CONVECTIVE

SYSTEMS DIVING SSEWD...WITH SOME SWD PROPAGATION COMPONENT ALONG THE

WARM FRONT. THIS WILL BE AIDED BY NWLY EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR VECTORS

WITH MAGNITUDES OF 35 TO 45 KT. DMGG WIND GUSTS WILL THE PRIMARY

CONCERN WITH THIS ACTIVITY...ESPECIALLY WITH WELL-DEFINED BOWING

LINE SEGMENTS...THOUGH A FEW INSTANCE OF LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE

POSSIBLE WITH THE MORE VIGOROUS UPDRAFTS.

..COHEN.. 06/04/2011

ATTN...WFO...PBZ...RLX...CLE...ILN...

LAT...LON 40008318 40978300 41408244 41528118 41108035 39808038

38718095 38378174 38558258 38948304 39338316 40008318

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 428

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

615 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2011

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 428 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT

FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

PAC003-007-051-059-125-129-050600-

/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0428.110604T2215Z-110605T0600Z/

PA

. PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ALLEGHENY BEAVER FAYETTE

GREENE WASHINGTON WESTMORELAND

$$

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Storm developing basically directly over my head, however, by the time it gets going, it will have moved south of me.

Kind of weird though to all of a sudden have lighning just out of nowhere. Really suprpised me.

I was mad because I planted grass and Ivy in my back yard several weeks back and since then I have had no rain. I had over 10 inches of rain in 2 months and now haven't had any measurable rain since May 27th. I was ready to go to sleep and I saw lightning just to my north out of nowhere and looked at the radar and a little line of storms just formed to my north and another about 5 miles to my south. I was happy because I was hoping for thunderstorms but was mostly looking for a nice little rain soaking for my back yard. Would you know it that the storm tracked about 2 miles southeast of me. I had cloud to ground lightning to my east and had rain for about 30 seconds. (Not enough to barely wet the pavement) I got frustrated and went to bed. I woke up about 45 minutes later with thunder booming again. Turned on the computer and watched another line of storms form over the same areas missing me by about 2-4 miles to my east. Some also formed to my west but I was in the middle. That's what happens with scattered showers and thunderstorms but usually you will get one over you now and then.

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...UPPER OH VALLEY TO SRN TIER NY...

DECAYING MCS IS FORECAST TO SPREAD FROM LOWER GREAT LAKES TO UPPER

OH VALLEY EARLY IN THE PERIOD. DESPITE RIDGING ALOFT...LOW LEVEL

WARM ADVECTION AND POTENTIAL FOR DIFFERENTIAL HEATING AND STRONG

DIURNAL DESTABILIZATION ALONG ERN EDGE OF THE CAP SHOULD SUPPORT

TSTM DEVELOPMENT FROM OH/NRN WV TO SRN NY DURING THE AFTERNOON.

OUTFLOW AND LAKE BREEZES MAY FURTHER ACT TO FOCUS STORM DEVELOPMENT

BENEATH MODEST 10-30KT NWLY FLOW ALOFT. A SCATTERING OF

MULTICELL/SUPERCELL STORMS WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS APPEAR

POSSIBLE...LIKELY DIMINISHING WITHIN A COUPLE HOURS OF SUNSET.

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