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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

April 26, 2007Columbiana County, Ohio; Hancock County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2007, 4:24 PM EDT for Columbiana County, Ohio; Hancock County, West Virginia. It was in force for 36 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
Apr 26, 2007, 4:24 PM EDT (20:24 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2007, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Columbiana County, OH, Hancock County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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
Apr 26, 3:58 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 12:00Z on 2007-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2007-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
685 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Apr 26, 4:07 PM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 4:07 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 4:12 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 26, 10:35 AM EDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1035 AM EDT THU APR 26 2007

OHZ048-261515-
COSHOCTON OH-
1035 AM EDT THU APR 26 2007

...THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...COSHOCTON...

AT 1030 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH
INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES EAST OF WARSAW...OR ABOUT 4
MILES NORTHWEST OF COSHOCTON...MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH. A BRIEF WIND
GUST TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  BLISSFIELD...LAYLAND...WARSAW AND WEST LAFAYETTE

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.
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 11:11 AM EDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1111 AM EDT THU APR 26 2007

OHZ039-048-261600-
COSHOCTON OH-TUSCARAWAS OH-
1111 AM EDT THU APR 26 2007

...THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...COSHOCTON
AND TUSCARAWAS...

AT 1105 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH
INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BAKERSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH AND SMALL
HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  BAKERSVILLE...DOVER...GILMORE...GNADENHUTTEN...MINERAL CITY...NEW
  PHILADELPHIA...STONE CREEK...STRASBURG AND SUGARCREEK

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.
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 2:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
209 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007

OHZ039-049-058-261900-
GUERNSEY OH-HARRISON OH-TUSCARAWAS OH-
209 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007

...THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...GUERNSEY...HARRISON AND TUSCARAWAS...

AT 208 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH
INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 4 MILES WEST OF BYESVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  BIRMINGHAM...BOWERSTON...BYESVILLE...CADIZ...CAMBRIDGE...
  CLENDENING...DENNISON...DOVER...FREEPORT...GILMORE...
  GNADENHUTTEN...HOPEDALE...JEWETT...KIMBOLTON...LONDONDERRY...NEW
  PHILADELPHIA...OLD WASHINGTON...PIEDMONT...SALT FORK STATE PARK...
  SCIO...SENECAVILLE...TAPPAN...TIPPECANOE AND UHRICHSVILLE

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.
Local storm report, Apr 26, 3:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 26, 4:23 PM EDT, 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGuernsey42 min
Apr 26, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZHarrison52 min
Apr 26, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll, Columbiana42 min
Apr 26, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson25 min
Apr 26, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2007Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.