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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

May 13, 2005Columbiana County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2005, 8:57 PM EDT for Columbiana County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2005, 8:57 PM EDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2005, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Columbiana County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 13, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 00:00Z on 2005-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2005-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1637 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPBZ 140056
SVRPBZ
OHC029-140200-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.SV.W.0021.050514T0057Z-050514T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
857 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 853 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  HOMEWORTH...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GUILFORD LAKE STATE PARK...
  LISBON...
  LEETONIA...
  COLUMBIANA...
  EAST PALESTINE...

<<CALL TO ACTION>>LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL
ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE
STORM HAS PASSED.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE. 1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2. WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 4089 8112 4073 8110 4072 8054 4089 8053

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPBZ 140120
SVSPBZ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
920 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005

OHC029-140200-
/O.CON.KPBZ.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050514T0200Z/
COLUMBIANA OH-
920 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005


...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
COLUMBIANA COUNTY...


AT 920 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SALEM TO GLASGOW...
AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COLEMAN...
  TEEGARDEN...
  LOGTOWN...
  LONGS CROSSING...
  SARATOGA...
  JORDANVILLE...
  LISBON...

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 4089 8091 4063 8068 4065 8056 4090 8053

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 8:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMuskingum56 min
May 13, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGuernsey91 min
May 13, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton87 min
May 13, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont64 min
May 13, 9:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMonroe, Noble39 min
May 13, 9:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZGuernsey3 hr
May 13, 9:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.