Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2006, 8:48 PM EDT for Coshocton County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2006, 8:48 PM EDT (00:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2006, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Coshocton County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 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
- 962 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 854 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
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 May 25, 2:13 PM EDT, 6 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 2:13 PM EDT, 6 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 213 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... WARM FRONT AND ASSOCIATED LIGHT RAIN HAS MOVED OFF TO OUR NE. TEMPS AND DEWPOINTS ARE INCREASING NOW THAT WE ARE IN THE WARM SECTOR. EXPECT SHOWERS AND TSTMS TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE AREA WHERE DAMAGING TSTM WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE PRIME THREAT. THROUGH 03Z FRIDAY CAPES INCREASE TO 2500 OR GREATER OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF OUR CWA ALONG WITH AN EHI OF PLUS 1. WINDS INTO FRIDAY WILL BE SOUTH 5 TO 15MPH WITH GUSTS 45-60MPH AND POSSIBLY HIGHER IN/NEAR TSTMS. COLD FROPA FRIDAY EVENING WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO WEST AND THEN NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. && .LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... FOLLOWING PASSAGE OF FRI EVE CDFNT, DRY WEATHER, WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS, IS FORECAST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NXT WEEK WITH HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE PROJECTED OVR THE ERN CONUS. RA CHC NR CLIMO NMBRS WL RTN DURING THE 2ND HALF OF THE WEEK WITH WEAK CDFNT LOOSELY TIMED INTO THE AREA. && .AVIATION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATER HALF OF THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. MVFR TO SCT IFR CONDS IN/NEAR PCPN WITH VFR CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF PCPN AREAS. WINDS S TO SSW 5 TO 15KTS WITH GUSTS 40-50KTS AND POSSIBLY HIGHER IN/NEAR TSTMS. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH TSTMS. COLD FROPA NOT UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. && NOTE TO CUSTOMERS... ON MAY 26, 2006 BETWEEN 11AM AND NOON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH PA WILL BE DISSEMINATING A TEST HAZCOLLECT NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE. THE TEST MESSAGE HEADER WILL CONTAIN /ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE/FOLLOW UP STATEMENT/. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OS/HAZCOLLECT && 15/02
Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 11:03 AM EDT, 9 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1103 AM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 OHZ048-057-261515- COSHOCTON-MUSKINGUM- 1103 AM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MDZ001-OHZ039>041-049-050-058-059-068-069-PAZ007-013-014-020-021- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-261515- GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH- GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-BEAVER- ALLEGHENY-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND-GREENE-FAYETTE-HANCOCK-BROOKE- OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER- 1103 AM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PAZ008-009-015-016-022-023-261515- VENANGO-FOREST-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA- 1103 AM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 25, 8:18 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 818 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 PAZ007-013-260100- LAWRENCE PA-MERCER PA- 818 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... MERCER AND LAWRENCE... AT 812 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED A SHORT LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 13 MILES WEST OF FARRELL...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. THE STORMS CAN HAVE STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... FARRELL...FREDONIA...GROVE CITY...HARLANSBURG...HERMITAGE...MAURICE K GODDARD STATE PARK...MERCER...NEW CASTLE...NEW WILMINGTON... SHARON AND STONEBORO KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 15 min |
| May 25, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 53 min |
| May 25, 10:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 44 min |
| May 26, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.