Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1998, 6:49 PM EDT for Columbiana County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 2, 1998, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1998, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 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 22:52 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:55 PM EDT | Hail 3 | Columbiana, OH | |
| Jun 2, 6:55 PM EDT | Hail 3 | Leetonia, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 4:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 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
- 158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1288 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
531 WUUS1 KPIT 022250 RRA SVRPIT OHC029-022345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 649 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COLUMBIANA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO. * UNTIL 745 PM EDT. * AT 649 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING NORTHWESTERN COLUMBIANA COUNTY... MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH. * THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SALEM AROUND 700 PM. COLUMBIANA AROUND 710 PM <<CALL-TO-ACTION>>SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS .END/MURPHY/PALKO
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
Local storm report, Jun 2, 5:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
518 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0505 PM OIL CITY PA .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 VENANGO
0508 PM COOPERSTOWN PA 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 VENANGOLocal storm report, Jun 2, 5:52 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
552 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0517 PM FREDERICKTOWN OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 COLUMBIANA
0525 PM MONACA PA .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 BEAVER
0528 PM CONWAY PA 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 BEAVER
0542 PM SHIPPINGPORT PA .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 BEAVER
0542 PM MONACA PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98 BEAVER LARGE TREE KNOCKED DOWN.
0547 PM INGOMAR PA 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 ALLEGHENY
0550 PM WEXFORD PA 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 ALLEGHENYLocal storm report, Jun 2, 5:52 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
552 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0517 PM FREDERICKTOWN OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 COLUMBIANA
0525 PM MONACA PA .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 BEAVER
0528 PM CONWAY PA 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 BEAVER
0542 PM SHIPPINGPORT PA .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 BEAVER
0542 PM MONACA PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98 BEAVER LARGE TREE KNOCKED DOWN.
0547 PM INGOMAR PA 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 ALLEGHENY
0550 PM WEXFORD PA 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 ALLEGHENYLocal storm report, Jun 2, 6:16 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
616 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0525 PM SHIPPINGPORT PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98 BEAVER LARGE TREES KNOCKED DOWN.
0555 PM WILDWOOD PA .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 ALLEGHENY
0556 PM ETNA PA .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 ALLEGHENY
0605 PM PITTSBURGH PA TORNADO
06/02/98 ALLEGHENY MOUNT WASHINGTON SECTION.
ROOF OFF BUILDING. LARGE
TREES AND POWER LINES
KNOCKED DOWN.
0610 PM VERONA PA .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 ALLEGHENY
0615 PM PLEASANT HILLS PA .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 ALLEGHENYLocal storm report, Jun 2, 6:16 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
616 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0525 PM SHIPPINGPORT PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98 BEAVER LARGE TREES KNOCKED DOWN.
0555 PM WILDWOOD PA .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 ALLEGHENY
0556 PM ETNA PA .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 ALLEGHENY
0605 PM PITTSBURGH PA TORNADO
06/02/98 ALLEGHENY MOUNT WASHINGTON SECTION.
ROOF OFF BUILDING. LARGE
TREES AND POWER LINES
KNOCKED DOWN.
0610 PM VERONA PA .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 ALLEGHENY
0615 PM PLEASANT HILLS PA .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 ALLEGHENYLocal storm report, Jun 2, 6:21 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
621 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0605 PM PITTSBURGH PA .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 ALLEGHENY EAST LIBERTY SECTION.
0610 PM IRWIN PA .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 WESTMORELANDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 4:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 43 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.