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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

July 13, 1995Tuscarawas County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 1995, 9:45 PM EDT for Tuscarawas County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1995, 9:45 PM EDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1995, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Tuscarawas County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 494 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1995-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
494 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIT 140145
TORPIT
OHC029-157-140230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
945 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...COLUMBIANA COUNTY...TUSCARAWAS COUNTY
 
SHERIFFS OFFICE IN COLUMBIANA COUNTY REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS
IN NORTHWEST COLUMBIANA COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE DANGEROUS FOR
COLUMBIANA AND TUSCARAWAS COUNTY
 
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 SUCLH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOURSELF.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 9:45 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZColumbiana45 min
Jul 13, 9:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton43 min
Jul 13, 9:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll43 min
Jul 13, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson34 min
Jul 13, 10:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMuskingum38 min
Jul 13, 10:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMonroe56 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.