Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 255, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

August 23, 1996Harrison County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 1996, 5:00 PM EDT for Harrison County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 23, 1996, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 1996, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Harrison County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 23, 5:20 PM EDTThunderstorm WindJewett, OH

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 5:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZIndiana4 hr
Aug 23, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWestmoreland64 min
Aug 23, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll54 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.