Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 362
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 31, 2002, 5:00 PM EDT for 28 counties in Ohio; 9 counties in Pennsylvania; 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2002, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2002, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 41 counties
Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Marion County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Union County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Greene County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Ohio County, WV
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
29 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow, Richland | 58 min |
| May 31, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 58 min |
| May 31, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll | 54 min |
| May 31, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 56 min |
| May 31, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana | 39 min |
| May 31, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 61 min |
| May 31, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Union | 33 min |
| May 31, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 61 min |
| May 31, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong | 59 min |
| May 31, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin, Madison | 40 min |
| May 31, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 53 min |
| May 31, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Muskingum | 67 min |
| May 31, 6:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Knox | 20 min |
| May 31, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 57 min |
| May 31, 6:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 3 hr |
| May 31, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Harrison | 28 min |
| May 31, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 24 min |
| May 31, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 54 min |
| May 31, 6:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 48 min |
| May 31, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 45 min |
| May 31, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 41 min |
| May 31, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Guernsey, Muskingum | 67 min |
| May 31, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Noble | 62 min |
| May 31, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Monroe | 54 min |
| May 31, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 66 min |
| May 31, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Somerset | 31 min |
| May 31, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 43 min |
| May 31, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene | 58 min |
| May 31, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking | 39 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1195 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Columbiana, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 18 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette and 10 more | 5 hr |
| May 31, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Bradford, Butler, Cameron, Carbon, Centre and 27 more | 5 hr |
| May 31, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Bucks, Cambria and 26 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Ohio, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Pennsylvania, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in West Virginia, 2002Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2002
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.