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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 279, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

July 23, 1998Columbiana County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1998, 12:08 AM EDT for Columbiana County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 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
Jul 23, 1998, 12:08 AM EDT (04:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 1998, 1:10 AM EDT
In force
62 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 04:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jul 23, 12:30 AM EDTThunderstorm WindSalem, OH
Jul 23, 12:40 AM EDTThunderstorm WindLisbon, 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 text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 11:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZTuscarawas29 min
Jul 22, 11:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll57 min
Jul 23, 12:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson34 min
Jul 22, 8:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWashington60 min
Jul 23, 12:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZLawrence, Mercer58 min
Jul 23, 1:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZButler, Venango60 min
Jul 23, 2:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZClarion, Forest49 min

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.