Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 11, 1995, 2:28 PM EST for Columbiana County, Ohio. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 11, 1995, 2:28 PM EST (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 11, 1995, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Columbiana County, OH
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 70 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1543 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 461 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 511 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIT 111929 RRA SVRPIT OHC029-112000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 228 PM EST SAT NOV 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO ...COLUMBIANA COUNTY WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS OVER COLUMBIANA COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST EAST OF SALEM...NEAR LEETONIA. MOVING TOWARDS THE TOWN OF COLUMBIANA. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND OVER 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STROvNG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 11, 10:22 AM EST, 4 hours 6 minutes before
OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ004>036-WVZ001>004-012-021>023- 041-MDZ001-120900- HIGH WIND WARNING/WIND ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1047 AM EST SAT NOV 11 1995 ...HIGH WIND WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR FIVE COUNTIES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND... ...WIND ADVISORY ELSEWHERE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND ALSO THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CAMBRIA AND SOMERSET COUNTIES IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...PRESTON AND TUCKER COUNTIES IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND FOR GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SOME CITIES IN THE WARNING AREA ARE JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET...KINGWOOD.. PARSONS...AND GRANTSVILLE. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...MOST OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND THE NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE AND EXTREME NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH OR SO CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE ADVISORY AREA ARE...ZANESVILLE...ST CLAIRSVILLE... STEUBENVILLE...PITTSBURGH...MERCER...BUTLER...WARREN...BRADFORD... LATROBE...ALTOONA...STATE COLLEGE...BEDFORD...CLEARFIELD...MORGANTOWN WHEELING...WEIRTON...AND MOUNDSVILLE. WINDS HAVE GUSTED TO NEAR 50 MPH ALREADY IN PARTS OF WESTERN OHIO THIS MORNING. HIGH WIND WARNINGS MAY HAVE TO BE EXPANDED TO OTHER AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG WITH GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS...AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND THE NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA TOWARD EVENING. STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE POWER INTERRUPTIONS...DOWNED POWER LINES... TREES AND LIMBS THROUGH TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS. LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF CROSS WINDS. DRIVERS ON EAST OR WEST ROADWAYS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. COLDER WEATHER WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES. BY MORNING SOME AREAS ESPECIALLY NORTH AND EAST OF PITTSBURGH MAY SEE A DUSTING TO AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. SUNDAY WILL BE A BRISK AND COLD DAY WITH SNOW SHOWERS...THAT WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES BY LATE DAY. A FEW" SQUALLS WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY NORTH OF PITTSBURGH AND IN THE MOUNTAINS WHERE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIKELY.
Special weather statement, Nov 11, 10:47 AM EST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ004>036-WVZ001>004-012-021>023- 041-MDZ001-120900- HIGH WIND WARNING/WIND ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1047 AM EST SAT NOV 11 1995 ...HIGH WIND WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR FIVE COUNTIES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND... ...WIND ADVISORY ELSEWHERE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND ALSO THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CAMBRIA AND SOMERSET COUNTIES IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...PRESTON AND TUCKER COUNTIES IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND FOR GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SOME CITIES IN THE WARNING AREA ARE JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET...KINGWOOD.. PARSONS...AND GRANTSVILLE. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...MOST OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND THE NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE AND EXTREME NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH OR SO CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE ADVISORY AREA ARE...ZANESVILLE...ST CLAIRSVILLE... STEUBENVILLE...PITTSBURGH...MERCER...BUTLER...WARREN...BRADFORD... LATROBE...ALTOONA...STATE COLLEGE...BEDFORD...CLEARFIELD...MORGANTOWN WHEELING...WEIRTON...AND MOUNDSVILLE. WINDS HAVE GUSTED TO NEAR 50 MPH ALREADY IN PARTS OF WESTERN OHIO THIS MORNING. HIGH WIND WARNINGS MAY HAVE TO BE EXPANDED TO OTHER AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG WITH GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS...AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND THE NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA TOWARD EVENING. STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE POWER INTERRUPTIONS...DOWNED POWER LINES... TREES AND LIMBS THROUGH TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS. LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF CROSS WINDS. DRIVERS ON EAST OR WEST ROADWAYS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. COLDER WEATHER WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES. BY MORNING SOME AREAS ESPECIALLY NORTH AND EAST OF PITTSBURGH MAY SEE A DUSTING TO AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. SUNDAY WILL BE A BRISK AND COLD DAY WITH SNOW SHOWERS...THAT WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES BY LATE DAY. A FEW SQUALLS WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY NORTH OF PITTSBURGH AND IN THE MOUNTAINS WHERE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIKELY.
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.