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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 28, 1998Tuscarawas County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 1998, 7:38 PM EDT for Tuscarawas County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 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, 7:38 PM EDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1998, 8:40 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Tuscarawas County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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
Jun 28, 8:13 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 70Newcomerstown, OHThunderstorm winds estimated at 80 MPH downed several 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 28, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 1998-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 60 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 1998-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
60 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

997 
WFUS1 KPIT 282338 RRC
TORPIT
OHC157-290036-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
738 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  TUSCARAWAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO.

* UNTIL 840 PM EDT.

* AT 735 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO NEAR THE TOWN OF...JUST WEST OF NEW PHILADELPHIA...
  OTHER SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO IN THE COUNTY...MOVING SOUTH AT 10
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TUSCARAWAS AT 800 PM.
  GNADENHUTTEN AT 810 PM.

<<CALL TO ACTION>>GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR

.END/

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 8:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMonroe, Noble3 hr
Jun 27, 9:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCoshocton, Guernsey, Tuscarawas6 hr
Jun 27, 10:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble6 hr
Jun 27, 10:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZHarrison6 hr
Jun 27, 10:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMuskingum44 min
Jun 28, 3:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCoshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble4 hr
Jun 28, 3:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont, Monroe4 hr
Jun 28, 8:05 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCoshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble8 hr
Jun 28, 8:05 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMonroe8 hr
Jun 28, 3:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCoshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble6 hr
Jun 28, 3:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMonroe6 hr
Jun 28, 3:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZTuscarawas6 hr
Jun 28, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGuernsey, Muskingum58 min
Jun 28, 6:18 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZGuernsey, Muskingum57 min
Jun 28, 6:46 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZTuscarawas54 min
Jun 28, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont, Harrison75 min
Jun 28, 7:12 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZGuernsey63 min
Jun 28, 7:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont, Harrison5 hr
Jun 28, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZNoble28 min
Jun 28, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton75 min
Jun 28, 7:38 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZMonroe62 min
Jun 28, 7:44 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZNoble26 min
Jun 28, 7:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson56 min

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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.