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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 2, 2000Harrison County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2000, 3:15 PM EDT for Harrison County, Ohio. It was in force for 65 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: Jun 2, 2000, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2000, 4:20 PM EDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Whole counties

County Harrison County, OH

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 2, 3:35 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Jewett, OH	Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree onto SR 151.
Jun 2, 4:00 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Hopedale, OH	Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees and power lines.

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 2, 1:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 85 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: 798 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 996 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 269 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPBZ 021916
SVRPIT
OHC067-022015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
315 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 420 PM EDT

* AT 315 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF SCIO...OR ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF
  UHRICHSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SCIO AT 330 PM EDT.
  JEWETT AT 340 PM EDT.
  CADIZ AT 345 PM EDT.

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

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 Jun 2, 3:05 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 3:05 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
305 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2000

RADAR SHOWS PREFRONTAL SQUALL LINE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 KNOTS
THROUGH THE OHIO HEADWATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS SHOULD
BE EXITING THE SOUTHERNMOST COUNTIES IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH BY THE 6-7 PM EXPIRATION TIME. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH
LATER THIS EVENING WITH DRIER AIR BEHIND IT. THE ONLY LINGERING
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WILL BE IN NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND.

SATURDAY LOOKS NICE AND SUNNY. THE NEXT SHORT WAVE TROUGH FROM THE
WEST WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD CLOUDS ACROSS THE OHIO HEADWATERS SUNDAY
WITH THE FIRST CHANCE OF RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT. THE BULK OF THE RAIN
WILL BE MONDAY WITH THE LOW CENTER PASSAGE. SHOWERS MAY LINGER INTO
TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES LOOKED
REASONABLE.

.PBZ
.SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FROM 100 PM EDT FRIDAY UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FRIDAY FOR ZONES OHZ039>041...OHZ048>050...OHZ057>059...OHZ068-069.

PA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 600 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR ZONES
PAZ007>009...PAZ013>016...PAZ020>023...PAZ029>032.

WV...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FROM 100 PM EDT FRIDAY UNTIL 700 PM
EDT FRIDAY FOR ZONES WVZ001>004...WVZ012...WVZ021>022.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1201 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2000

PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029>032-022200-
ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-BEAVER PA-BUTLER PA-CLARION PA-FAYETTE PA-
FOREST PA-GREENE PA-INDIANA PA-JEFFERSON PA-LAWRENCE PA-MERCER PA-
VENANGO PA-WASHINGTON PA-WESTMORELAND PA-

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF PENNSYLVANIA...

IN PENNSYLVANIA 15 COUNTIES INCLUDE...

ARMSTRONG         BEAVER           BUTLER           CLARION
FAYETTE           FOREST           GREENE           ALLEGHENY
INDIANA           JEFFERSON        LAWRENCE         MERCER
VENANGO           WASHINGTON       WESTMORELAND

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF THEY BECOME
IMMINENT...WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
102 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2000

OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-WVZ001>004-012-021-022-022300-
BELMONT OH-BROOKE WV-CARROLL OH-COLUMBIANA OH-COSHOCTON OH-
GUERNSEY OH-HANCOCK WV-HARRISON OH-JEFFERSON OH-MARION WV-
MARSHALL WV-MONONGALIA WV-MONROE OH-MUSKINGUM OH-NOBLE OH-OHIO WV-
TUSCARAWAS OH-WETZEL WV-
102 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2000

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST-CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
UNTIL 700 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN EAST-CENTRAL OHIO...
BELMONT     COLUMBIANA     COSHOCTON       GUERNSEY        HARRISON
JEFFERSON   MUSKINGUM      NOBLE           TUSCARAWAS      MONROE
CARROLL

IN WEST VIRGINIA...
BROOKE      HANCOCK     OHIO        MARSHALL        WETZEL
MARION      MONONGALIA

REMEMBER...A SEVER THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVCERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. IF THEY BECOME CERTAIN...WARNINGS WILL
BE ISSUED.

Local storm report, Jun 2, 2:21 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
221 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 2000

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0204 PM    COOPERSTOWN               PA   .5 INCH HAIL
06/02/00   VENANGO

0220 PM    OIL CITY                  PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00   VENANGO                        TREES DOWN

N

Local storm report, Jun 2, 2:42 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
242 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 2000

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0230 PM    GREENVILLE                PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00   MERCER                         TREES DOWN

0230 PM    CARROLLTON                OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00   CARROLL                        TREES DOWN

N

Local storm report, Jun 2, 3:02 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
302 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 2000

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0244 PM    COLUMBIANA                OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00   COLUMBIANA                     POWER LINES DOWN

0300 PM    NEW PHILADELPHIA          OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00   TUSCARAWAS                     TREES DOWN

N

Local storm report, Jun 2, 3:08 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
308 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 2000

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0300 PM    ELLWOOD CITY              PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00   LAWRENCE                       TREES DOWN

0300 PM    ELLWOOD CITY              PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00   BEAVER                         TREES DOWN

N

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 1:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Columbiana	63 min
Jun 2, 2:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll	63 min
Jun 2, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	61 min
Jun 2, 2:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Columbiana	32 min
Jun 2, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Muskingum	59 min
Jun 2, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Guernsey	60 min
Jun 2, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont	64 min
Jun 2, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monroe	30 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.