Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 340, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 1998, 4:23 PM EDT for Noble County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 1998, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1998, 5:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Noble County, OH
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 1483 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 932 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIT 072023 RRA SVRPIT OHC121-072120- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 423 PM EDT MON SEP 7 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NOBLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO. * UNTIL 520 PM EDT. * AT 420 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF BELLE VALLEY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BELLE VALLEY AT 430 PM. SARAHSVILLE AT 435 PM. <<CALL TO ACTION>>DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! .END/
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, Sep 7, 11:05 AM EDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
1105 AM EDT MON SEP 7 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0815 AM NEW WILMINGTON PA WIND DAMAGE
09/07/98 LAWRENCE LARGE LIMBS DOWN
0825 AM LAFFERTY OH WIND DAMAGE
09/07/98 BELMONT POWER LINES DOWN
0830 AM ST CLAIRSVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
09/07/98 BELMONT POWER LINES AND TREE DOWN
0835 AM BEECHBOTTOM WV WIND DAMAGE
09/07/98 BROOKE LARGE LIMBS DOWN
0840 AM BETHANY WV WIND DAMAGE
09/07/98 BROOKE TREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN
0840 AM ALIQUIPPA PA WIND DAMAGE
09/07/98 BEAVER POWER LINE DOWN
0848 AM HAYSVILLE PA WIND DAMAGE
09/07/98 BUTLER TREE DOWN
0858 AM BISHOP PA WIND DAMAGE
09/07/98 WASHINGTON TREES DOWNLocal storm report, Sep 7, 11:05 AM EDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
1105 AM EDT MON SEP 7 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0815 AM NEW WILMINGTON PA WIND DAMAGE
09/07/98 LAWRENCE LARGE LIMBS DOWN
0825 AM LAFFERTY OH WIND DAMAGE
09/07/98 BELMONT POWER LINES DOWN
0830 AM ST CLAIRSVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
09/07/98 BELMONT POWER LINES AND TREE DOWN
0835 AM BEECHBOTTOM WV WIND DAMAGE
09/07/98 BROOKE LARGE LIMBS DOWN
0840 AM BETHANY WV WIND DAMAGE
09/07/98 BROOKE TREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN
0840 AM ALIQUIPPA PA WIND DAMAGE
09/07/98 BEAVER POWER LINE DOWN
0848 AM HAYSVILLE PA WIND DAMAGE
09/07/98 BUTLER TREE DOWN
0858 AM BISHOP PA WIND DAMAGE
09/07/98 WASHINGTON TREES DOWNLocal storm report, Sep 7, 12:53 PM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
1253 PM EDT MON SEP 07 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0758 AM 3 E SHARON PA WIND DAMAGE
09/07/98 MERCER TREES DOWN
0908 AM LEEPER PA WIND DAMAGE
09/07/98 CLARION TREE DOWNSpecial weather statement, Sep 7, 12:53 PM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ029-031-WVZ001>004-012-021-022- 072300- SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1253 PM EDT MON SEP 7 1998 ...STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND... THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY REDEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS SHOULD BE STRONG GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS EXCEEDING 40 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATES. UPDATES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PIT. SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE. PLEASE REPORT ANY HAIL OR WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER OR ANY STORM-RELATED DAMAGE. KB8QEV/KA3RYL/WX3PIT
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 12:53 PM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ029-031-WVZ001>004-012-021-022- 072300- SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1253 PM EDT MON SEP 7 1998 ...STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND... THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY REDEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS SHOULD BE STRONG GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS EXCEEDING 40 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATES. UPDATES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PIT. SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE. PLEASE REPORT ANY HAIL OR WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER OR ANY STORM-RELATED DAMAGE. KB8QEV/KA3RYL/WX3PIT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 7:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Noble | 42 min |
| Sep 7, 7:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 43 min |
| Sep 7, 8:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Jefferson | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.