Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at May 10, 1996, 8:15 PM EDT for Columbiana County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 1996, 8:15 PM EDT (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1996, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 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 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIT 110016 TORPIT OHC029-110115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 815 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO ...COLUMBIANA COUNTY DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED A TORNADO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY. MOVEMENT IS EAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORM IS MOVING TOWARD SALEM OHIO. OTHER WIND STORMS MAY DEVELOP SOUTH OF SALEM. FREQUENT LIGHTNING HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS DANGEROUS STORM CAN CAUSE VERY DAMAGING WIND...TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNINGV...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING. SEEK SAFETY IN STRONG BUILDINGS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN AND COVER YOUR HEAD. ABANDON VEHICLES. NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN TORNADOES. NEVER CROSS FLOODING TO GO TO HIGH GROUND.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, May 10, 3:07 PM EDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-110800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 305 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 1996 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED AGAIN TONIGHT... WARM AND HUMID AIR IS MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO A STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH IS SLOWLY MAKING ITS WAY EASTWARD THROUGH THE MIDWEST. AS THIS FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH EASTWARD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH COULD CAUSE STREAMS AND CREEKS TO REACH OR EXCEDE BANKFULL. WITH THE BEST THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN...LATER TONIGHT. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A STREAM BE ALERT TO THE PRESENT WATER LEVEL AND WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL RISES IF RAIN DOES OCCUR. IN RESPONSE TO THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REGION TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ...THE WEATHER CHANNEL OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RRR/DS/JMP
Special weather statement, May 10, 5:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-022>023-041-110000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 550 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 1996 ...FLOOD WATCH FOR STREAMS AND CREEKS CONTINUES TONIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA.... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 10 PM FOR WESTERN PA NORTH OF OF PITTSBURGH... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 11 PM FOR THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA AND EAST-CENTRAL OHIO... THE FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF WESTERN PA...EAST- CENTRAL OHIO...EXTREME NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE PANHANDLE ...AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT TIL 10 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WESTERN PA... MERCER... VENANGO... FOREST... CLARION... JEFFERSON... LAWRENCE... BUTLER... ARMSTRONG... AND INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT TIL 11 PM FOR THESE COUNTIES IN EAST-CENTRAL OHIO... COSHOCTON... MUSKINGUM... TUSCARAWAS... GUERNSEY... CARROLL... COLUMBIANA... JEFFERSON... HARRISON... BELMONT... NOBLE... AND MONROE. AND IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... HANCOCK... BROOKE... OHIO... MARSHALL... AND WETZEL. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EASTWARD INTO EAST-CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHWEST PA. MORE STORMS ARE APPROACHING FROM WESTERN OHIO. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. REHAK/SISK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Harrison | 56 min |
| May 10, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Guernsey | 58 min |
| May 11, 9:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 4 hr |
| May 11, 9:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana | 3 hr |
| May 11, 1:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana | 3 hr |
| May 11, 4:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 6 hr |
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.