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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

September 20, 2000Belmont County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 20, 2000, 10:42 PM EDT for Belmont County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 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 20, 2000, 10:42 PM EDT (02:42 UTC)
Expired: Sep 20, 2000, 11:15 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Whole counties

County Belmont County, OH

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 20, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 87 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 647 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 260 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 351 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 11.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPBZ 210242
SVRPIT
OHC013-210315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1042 PM EDT WED SEP 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BELMONT COUNTY IN OHIO

* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT

* AT 1042 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF BARNESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
  35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  4 MILES NORTH OF BARNESVILLE AT 1055 PM...
  OVER BETHESDA AT 1100 PM...
  3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. CLAIRSVILLE AT 1115 PM...

<<CALL TO ACTION>>SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS O$F 58
MILES AN HOUR AND LARGE HAIL GREATER THAN THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH.

.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.

NWS Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 20, 9:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 9:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
905 PM EDT WED SEP 20 2000

DOING MY EVENING UPDATE JUST TO CLEAN UP A FEW THINGS IN THE ZONES.
EVERYTHING LOOKS PRETTY MUCH ON TRACK JUST MADE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS TO
TEMPS.

FCSTID = 22

.PBZ...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 400 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR ZONE MDZ001.
OH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR ZONES
OHZ039>069.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 400 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR ZONES
OHZ039>041...OHZ048>050...OHZ057>059...OHZ068>069.
PA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR ZONES
PAZ007>009...PAZ013>016...PAZ020>023...PAZ029>032.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 400 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR ZONES
PAZ007>009...PAZ013>016...PAZ020>023...PAZ029>032.
WV...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR ZONES
WVZ001>041.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 400 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR ZONES
WVZ001>004...WVZ012...WVZ021>023...WVZ041.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 20, 9:47 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
947 PM EDT WED SEP 20 2000

OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-210400-
BELMONT OH-CARROLL OH-COLUMBIANA OH-COSHOCTON OH-GUERNSEY OH-
HARRISON OH-JEFFERSON OH-MONROE OH-MUSKINGUM OH-NOBLE OH-
TUSCARAWAS OH-
947 PM EDT WED SEP 20 2000

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EAST CENTRAL OHIO...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA AT ABOUT
40 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE STORMS ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WHICH WILL SHIFT THE STRONG
GUSTY WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHWEST. TEMPERATURES WILL
FALL NOTICEABLY AFTER THE STORMS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 20, 9:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton	33 min
Sep 20, 9:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Muskingum	44 min
Sep 20, 10:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas	43 min
Sep 20, 10:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Noble	40 min
Sep 20, 10:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Columbiana	33 min
Sep 20, 11:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Jefferson	45 min
Sep 20, 11:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monroe	52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.