Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 2002, 4:36 PM EST for Coshocton County, Muskingum County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 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
- Mar 9, 2002, 4:36 PM EST (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2002, 5:15 PM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Coshocton County, OH, Muskingum County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 5:00 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, OH | |
| Mar 9, 5:00 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, OH |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1877 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KPBZ 092136 SVRPBZ OHC031-119-092215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 435 PM EST SAT MAR 9 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COSHOCTON COUNTY IN OHIO MUSKINGUM COUNTY IN OHIO * UNTIL 515 PM EST * AT 435 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THESE COUNTIES. MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. <<CALL TO ACTION>>THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...AS FAST AS 80 MPH.
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 Mar 9, 2:37 PM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 2:37 PM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
235 PM AM EST SAT MAR 9 2002
AFTER CONFERRING WITH CTP DECIDED TO GO WITH HIGH WIND WARNING
TONIGHT UNTIL 4 AM FOR ALL CWA. LATEST RUC AND ETA CONTINUE TO SHOW
70KT 850 MB WINDS PLUS PRESSURE RISES OVER 8 MB MOVING THROUGH THE
HEAD OF THE OHIO REGION TONIGHT. SOME SURFACE GUSTS OVER 60 KTS NOW
REPORTED IN INDIANA.
NEW ZONES ALSO INCLUDE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM FOR SOME
EAST CENTRAL OHIO COUNTIES. SPC DISCUSSIONS INDICATE BEST POTENTIAL
FOR THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS OVER 50 KTS IS OUR CWA SO WOULD NOT BE
SURPRISED IF WATCHES ARE EXTENDED EASTWARD THIS EVENING. FORECAST
WORDING CONTINUES TO INDICATE THIS.
LONGTERM...LONG WAVE TROUGH REMAINS IN PLAINS STATES THIS WEEK. SO
INITIAL COLD SHOT SUNDAY WILL GIVE WAY TO TEMPERATURES NEAR OR ABOVE
NORMAL FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. FOR THE TIMING OF PRECIPITATION
WENT MAINLY WITH MRF ENSEMBLE GRAPHICS AND MOS...ALTHOUGH NEW AVN
DID BRING SOME SHOWERS WEDNESDAY. GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES GENERALLY
OKAY. ...GIORDANO
.PBZ...
MD...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 4AM SUNDAY
MDZ001.
OH...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 4AM SUNDAY
OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY
5 COUNTIES SO FAR.
PA...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 4AM SUNDAY
PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029>032.
WV...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 4AM SUNDAY
WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041.In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 10:55 AM EST, 5 hours 41 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-092100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1055 AM EST SAT MAR 9 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH CONTINUES TO HAVE A WIND ADVISORY FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. A STRONG AND FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BRING VERY GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE FIRST THUNDERSTORMS COULD START IN EASTERN OHIO AS EARLY AS 3 PM...MOVING TO PITTSBURGH AROUND 5 PM...AND OAKLAND MARYLAND AFTER 7 PM. SOME STORMS CAN CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF OVER 60 MPH AND HAIL. MANY PLACES CAN ALSO GET WIND GUSTS OF OVER 50 MPH WHEN THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND FOR A FEW HOURS AFTERWARDS. SKYWARN ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 2:46 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
100000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 246 PM EST SAT MAR 9 2002 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... COSHOCTON...MUSKINGUM...TUSCARAWAS...GUERNSEY...NOBLE. DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS WINDS OF OVER 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WHEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 5:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Guernsey, Tuscarawas | 59 min |
| Mar 9, 5:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe and 1 more | 56 min |
Nearby
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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.