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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 2, 1998Columbiana County, Ohio

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 6:55 PM EDTHail 3Columbiana, OH
Jun 2, 6:55 PM EDTHail 3Leetonia, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 2, 4:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1998-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 158 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 224 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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   VENANGO
Local 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   ALLEGHENY
Local 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   ALLEGHENY
Local 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   ALLEGHENY
Local 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   ALLEGHENY
Local 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   WESTMORELAND

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZColumbiana60 min
Jun 2, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZColumbiana60 min
Jun 2, 4:52 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZColumbiana53 min
Jun 2, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson43 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.