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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 21, 1995Carroll County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 1995, 6:55 PM EDT for Carroll County, Ohio. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 1995, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1995, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Carroll County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 86 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1995-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3253 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1995-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3253 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPIT 212257
TORPIT
OHC019-212330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
655 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...CARROLL COUNTY
 
A SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR NEW HARRISBURG...ABOUT 4 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CARROLLTON. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER! THIS
STORM IS MOVING WEST AROUND 10 MPH.
 
IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT.  GET UNDER
A WORKBENCH OR STURDY FURNITURE.  IF NO BASEMENT...GO TO AN INTERIOR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILL\OWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOURSELF.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 11:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMuskingum40 min
Jun 21, 5:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZGuernsey3 hr
Jun 21, 5:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZGuernsey3 hr
Jun 21, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZTuscarawas63 min
Jun 21, 3:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZTuscarawas2 hr
Jun 21, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll67 min
Jun 21, 3:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZTuscarawas85 min
Jun 21, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZTuscarawas85 min
Jun 21, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton63 min
Jun 21, 5:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZTuscarawas115 min
Jun 21, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZColumbiana67 min
Jun 21, 6:34 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZColumbiana41 min
Jun 21, 6:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZColumbiana3 hr
Jun 21, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZTuscarawas57 min
Jun 21, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson44 min
Jun 21, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton44 min

Nearby

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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.