Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 2002, 6:08 PM EST for Coshocton County, Ohio. It was in force for 67 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
- Nov 10, 2002, 6:08 PM EST (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2002, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Coshocton County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 6:40 PM EST | Hail 2.5 | Canal Lewisville, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 3:35 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 1233 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 348 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
499 WUUS51 KPBZ 102308 SVRPBZ OHC031-110015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 608 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COSHOCTON COUNTY IN OHIO * UNTIL 715 PM EST * AT 608 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES WEST OF COSHOCTON...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...WEST LAFAYETTE... <<CALL TO ACTION>>THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
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 Nov 10, 2:45 PM EST, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 10, 2:45 PM EST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 245 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002 PCPN FM SHRTWV WHICH CROSSED RGN ERLYR TDA HAS CLRD CWA AND NOW WE AWAIT CNVCTN RPDLY FIRING UP FM LWR MI TO SERN MO. WITH STG FLO ALF...MAIN THREAT STILL APPEARS TO BE FM DAMAGING WINDS IN TSTMS. WL GO WITH CAT POPS OVRNGT AND WL PLAY UP MENTION OF GUSTY WINDS AND DOWNPOURS IN TSTMS FOR ZNS. CDFNT SHUD PUSH THRU CWA AFT MIDN. WL KEEP CHC POPS FOR MON MRNG ALL XCP S CNTRL OH ZNS SIMILAR TO PREV ZNS. GFS CONTS TO SHOW SFC LO MOVG NEWD ACRS SERN U.S. TUE/TUE NGT WITH PCPN BRUSHING SERN HALF CWA. SO WL KEEP CONTINUITY AND MENTION CHC POPS SERN PTN CWA TUE INTO TUE NGT. FCSTID = 14 PIT 56 61 39 48 / 90 30 10 30 HLG 57 63 40 49 / 90 30 10 30 MGW 57 63 40 49 / 90 30 10 30 ZZV 55 61 39 49 / 90 10 10 10 PHD 54 60 38 49 / 90 10 10 10 FKL 52 57 35 44 / 90 30 10 30 DUJ 52 57 35 44 / 90 30 10 30 LBE 57 62 38 47 / 90 40 10 40 BTP 54 59 37 46 / 90 30 10 30 IDI 56 60 37 46 / 90 40 10 40 ODM 53 59 34 44 / 90 40 10 40 .PBZ... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 10, 6:20 AM EST, 11 hours 48 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-101300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 620 AM EST SUN NOV 10 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. WHILE THESE STORMS CAN FORM ANYWHERE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...THE REGION MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70...OR ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ZANESVILLE OHIO...TO WHEELING WV...TO WASHINGTON PA. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS OF 60 MPH OR MORE AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 5:45 PM EST, 23 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-110300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 545 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THAT THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OVER THE HEAD OF THE OHIO REGION THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS WILL EXCEED 60 MPH...CAUSING DAMAGE. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. RAIN AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED ONE INCH IN A SHORT PERIOD...CAUSING WATER PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL POSE AN ADDITIONAL THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER WESTERN OHIO LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD EASTERN OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. IF THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE...THE LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND BEFORE MIDNIGHT. IF THE LINE REMAINS UNSTABLE AFTER DARK...THE SKYWARN NET MAY HAVE TO BE ACTIVATED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 6:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Coshocton | 47 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.