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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1998, 8:54 PM EDT for Monroe County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 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 28, 1998, 8:54 PM EDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1998, 9:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe County, OH
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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 28, 9:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, OH | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees across the county. |
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 28, 5:00 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
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>015-020>022- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021-022-290300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 520 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 PM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA... ALLEGHENY... ARMSTRONG... BEAVER... BUTLER... CLARION... FAYETTE... FOREST... GREENE... LAWRENCE... MERCER... VENANGO... WASHINGTON AND WESTMORELAND. IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... BROOKE... HANCOCK... OHIO... MARION... MARSHALL... MONONGALIA AND WETZEL. IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO... BELMONT... CARROL... COLUMBIANA... COSHOCTON... GUERNSEY... HARRISON... JEFFERSON... MONROE... MUSKINGUM... NOBLE AND TUSCARAWAS. IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA THE FOLLOWING MAY OCCUR... WINDS GUSTS TO 80 MPH... HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER... FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS BEGINNING TO FORM ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL OHIO. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AND ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT EAST CENTRAL OHIO... WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STRAGER
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Guernsey | 58 min |
| Jun 28, 8:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Noble | 55 min |
| Jun 28, 9:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble | 13 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Harrison, Monroe | 13 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 13 hr |
| Jun 29, 5:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 5:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 10:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Tuscarawas | 13 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Monroe, Noble | 13 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Harrison | 13 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Tuscarawas | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 7:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 8:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 74 min |
| Jun 28, 8:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Washington | 60 min |
| Jun 28, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene | 70 min |
| Jun 28, 9:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Greene | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 61 min |
| Jun 28, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 41 min |
| Jun 28, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 62 min |
| Jun 28, 10:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Preston | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 59 min |
| Jun 28, 10:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 8:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 5 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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.