Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 107

April 9, 200135 counties in Ohio; 15 counties in Pennsylvania; 10 counties in West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 9, 2001, 5:00 PM EDT for 35 counties in Ohio; 15 counties in Pennsylvania; 10 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2001, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2001, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 60 counties

Adams County, OH, Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Licking County, OH, Madison County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Stark County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Union County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Elk County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Greene County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

41 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 5:05 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPCambria25 min
Apr 9, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBrooke25 min
Apr 9, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox49 min
Apr 9, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware, Licking47 min
Apr 9, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZHarrison38 min
Apr 9, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMadison45 min
Apr 9, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZTuscarawas43 min
Apr 9, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCambria58 min
Apr 9, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZOhio41 min
Apr 9, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZFayette53 min
Apr 9, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZHarrison63 min
Apr 9, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWashington57 min
Apr 9, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Pickaway41 min
Apr 9, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson53 min
Apr 9, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGreene60 min
Apr 9, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGuernsey55 min
Apr 9, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont65 min
Apr 9, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSomerset45 min
Apr 9, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMarion, Monongalia59 min
Apr 9, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZNoble65 min
Apr 9, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking, Pickaway, Ross45 min
Apr 9, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMarshall, Ohio53 min
Apr 9, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMonroe63 min
Apr 9, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Union46 min
Apr 9, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGreene58 min
Apr 9, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking46 min
Apr 9, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware57 min
Apr 9, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXVinton36 min
Apr 9, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWetzel66 min
Apr 9, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Highland42 min
Apr 9, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMadison45 min
Apr 9, 8:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMeigs39 min
Apr 9, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin59 min
Apr 9, 8:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRoss39 min
Apr 9, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens38 min
Apr 9, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette49 min
Apr 9, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPickaway43 min
Apr 9, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield53 min
Apr 9, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRoss65 min
Apr 9, 9:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking39 min
Apr 9, 9:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike38 min

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2001-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 841 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 2001-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 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
841 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1013 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 11:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshland, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Cuyahoga and 27 more6 hr
Apr 9, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGallia, Scioto5 hr
Apr 9, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAuglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont and 12 more6 hr
Apr 9, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Cameron, Centre and 22 more6 hr
Apr 9, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Bucks, Carbon and 27 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Ohio, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Pennsylvania, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in West Virginia, 2001Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2001

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.