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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 27, 1998Columbiana County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1998, 6:17 PM EDT for Columbiana County, Ohio. It was in force for 58 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: Jun 27, 1998, 6:17 PM EDT (22:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 1998, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Whole counties

County Columbiana County, OH

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 27, 6:40 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Lisbon, OH	Thunderstorm winds blew down three large trees.

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 27, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The text

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

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 27, 4:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 4:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
410 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1000 AM    COUNTYWIDE                OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   MONROE                         TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE
                                          10-1030PM

1040 AM    GNADENHUTTEN              OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   TUSCARAWAS                     ROUTE 36 FLOODED.

1100 AM    LAFFERTY                  OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   BELMONT                        ROADS FLOODED.

1100 AM    ALLEDONIA                 OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   BELMONT                        CATINA CREEK OUT OF ITS
                                          BANKS AND FLOODED ROADS.

1115 AM    COUNTYWIDE                OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   GUERNSEY                       NUMEROUS STREAMS AND
                                          CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS
                                          COUNTYWIDE. MANY ROADS
                                          FLOODED.

1130 AM    1 E NEWCOMERSTOWN         OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   TUSCARAWAS                     ROUTE 258 FLOODED.

0100 PM    FRAYSZEBURG               OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   MUSKINGUM                      ROADS COVERED WITH WATER.
                                          SOME EVACUATIONS. STREAMS
                                          AND CREEKS OUT OF BANKS.

0154 PM    CONNELLSVILLE             PA   FLOODING
06/27/98   FAYETTE                        STREET FLOODING

0200 PM    BROWNSVILLE               PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   FAYETTE                        TREES DOWN

0200 PM    FINLEYVILLE               PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   WASHINGTON                     TREES DOWN

0200 PM    NORTHERN PART OF COUNTY   PA   FLOODING
06/27/98   WASHINGTON                     ROADS AND BASEMENTS
                                          FLOODED

0210 PM    CARNEGIE                  PA   FLOODING
06/27/98   ALLEGHENY                      CAMPBELLS RUN OUT OF BANKS

0220 PM    IMPERIAL                  PA   FLOODING
06/27/98   ALLEGHENY                      STREAMS OUT OF BANKS.
                                          MCCLAREN RUN FLOODED.

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 26, 8:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas	3 hr
Jun 26, 8:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monroe	58 min
Jun 26, 8:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Coshocton	3 hr
Jun 26, 8:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Belmont	3 hr
Jun 26, 8:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont	55 min
Jun 26, 8:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Muskingum	60 min
Jun 26, 8:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Guernsey	54 min
Jun 26, 9:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monroe	59 min
Jun 26, 9:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Noble	57 min
Jun 26, 9:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Monroe, Noble	3 hr
Jun 26, 11:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Guernsey, Tuscarawas	5 hr
Jun 26, 11:46 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Monroe	4 hr
Jun 27, 2:55 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Muskingum	2 hr
Jun 27, 4:45 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Muskingum	3 hr
Jun 27, 7:20 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Muskingum	5 hr
Jun 27, 8:51 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	2 hr
Jun 27, 9:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monroe	58 min
Jun 27, 9:50 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Guernsey	3 hr
Jun 27, 10:49 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	2 hr
Jun 27, 11:38 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Muskingum	2 hr
Jun 27, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Tuscarawas	76 min
Jun 27, 6:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	40 min
Jun 27, 6:04 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Guernsey, Tuscarawas	4 hr
Jun 27, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Muskingum	31 min
Jun 27, 6:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Columbiana	60 min
Jun 27, 6:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Harrison	73 min
Jun 27, 6:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	31 min
Jun 27, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Guernsey	58 min
Jun 27, 6:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Harrison	4 hr
Jun 27, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll	63 min
Jun 27, 7:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton	29 min
Jun 27, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Muskingum	61 min
Jun 27, 7:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Noble	59 min
Jun 27, 7:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Columbiana	4 hr
Jun 27, 7:29 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Muskingum	4 hr
Jun 27, 7:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Guernsey	27 min
Jun 27, 7:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Noble	59 min
Jun 27, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monroe	69 min
Jun 26, 8:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Greene	59 min
Jun 27, 1:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Washington	119 min
Jun 27, 1:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Washington	58 min
Jun 27, 1:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette	57 min
Jun 27, 7:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Beaver	43 min
Jun 26, 8:32 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Marshall	2 hr
Jun 26, 8:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monongalia	43 min
Jun 26, 8:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Wetzel	59 min
Jun 26, 9:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marion	56 min
Jun 26, 9:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Preston	40 min
Jun 26, 9:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Tucker	44 min
Jun 27, 3:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monongalia	26 min
Jun 27, 3:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Preston	41 min
Jun 27, 10:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Wetzel	44 min
Jun 27, 7:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Marshall	48 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.