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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 29, 2008Carroll County, Columbiana County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2008, 3:20 PM EDT for Carroll County, Columbiana County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 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
Jun 29, 2008, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2008, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 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
Jun 29, 12:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 2008-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 92 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
92 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
730 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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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 Jun 29, 2:47 PM EDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 2:47 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
247 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008

.SYNOPSIS...

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE REGION THIS EVENING. A MID
LEVEL THROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES
WILL GENERATE A SERIES OF WAVES THROUGH TUESDAY. A RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD IN FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...

CURRENTLY PLACING THE COLD FRONT INTO EAST CENTRAL OHIO...WITH A
WEAK SURFACE TROUGH FOLLOWING THAT IN NORTHWEST OHIO. EXPECT MORE
SIGNIFICANT STORMS TO REMAIN OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN FRONT THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TIMING THIS FRONT TO MOVE EAST OF THE CWA
AROUND 00Z...WITH A SERIES OF WEAKER TROUGHS FOLLOWING DURING THE
OVERNIGHT. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR...OR JUST BELOW
SEASONAL VALUES.

&&

.SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...

MID LEVEL TROUGH SWINGS SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH COLDER AIR ALOFT INCREASING THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT. WITH THIS COLDER AIR ALOFT...COULD SEE SMALL HAIL IN
STORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON. SURFACE RIDGING WILL BUILD NORTHEAST
MONDAY NIGHT...HELPING TO SUPPRESS ACTIVITY. WITH THE COOL AIRMASS
IN PLACE...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW
CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMS.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...

HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD HOLD FOR THE PERIOD FROM TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...WITH A COLD FRONT DROPPING DOWN FROM THE NORTH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND CROSSING ON THURSDAY. THIS BOUNDARY WILL
LINGER JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE CWA THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...PROVIDING SOME FOCUS FOR STORM PRODUCTION. TEMPERATURES
WILL RECOVER TO NEAR NORMAL BY THE WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...

AT 18Z COLD FRONT APPEARS TO BE ON A CLE-CMH-DAY LINE. AT CURRENT
RATE OF MOVEMENT EXPECT LINE TO BE ON ALINE FROM BFD-PIT-PKB BY 21Z
AND EAST OF CWA BY 00Z. LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND
ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS EAST OF FRONT. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS
CONDITIONS GENERALLY VFR WITH CIGS 030-040 AND VSBY UNLIMITED.
CONDITIONS BRIEFLY LOWERING TO IFR IN TSTMS WITH POSSIBLE GUST TO
50KTS. BEHIND COLD FRONT CIGS 040-070 WITH UNLIMITED VISIBILITY.
EXPECT STRATOCU CIGS AOB 010 TO DEVELOP AFT 08Z WITH VSBY AOB 3
MILES FOG. CONDITIONS WILL BE SLOW TO IMPROVE WITH GENERAL MVFR
CONDITIONS AFT 15Z.

SCTD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AFTN WITH GUSTY
WINDS AND SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE.

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN MONDAY NIGHT WITH VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST FROM GREAT LAKES THURSDAY WITH
SCTD THUNDERSTORMS. FRONT STALLS ACROSS SOUTHERN WV THURSDAY NIGHT
WITH MVFR CONDS PERSISTING INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 4:50 AM EDT, 10 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
450 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-300900-
GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-
JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-VENANGO-
FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-
ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND-GREENE-FAYETTE-HANCOCK-
BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER-
450 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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
THUNDERSTORMS WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 10:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZWashington52 min
Jun 29, 12:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBeaver67 min
Jun 29, 1:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZButler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango53 min
Jun 29, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZArmstrong, Clarion, Indiana, Jefferson57 min
Jun 29, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZClarion, Forest, Jefferson60 min
Jun 29, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZArmstrong, Jefferson59 min
Jun 29, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBeaver, Washington39 min
Jun 29, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Washington, Westmoreland48 min
Jun 29, 5:16 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZAllegheny, Washington29 min
Jun 29, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Armstrong, Indiana, Washington, Westmoreland53 min
Jun 29, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBeaver64 min
Jun 29, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZArmstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland56 min
Jun 29, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWestmoreland29 min
Jun 29, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGreene, Washington51 min
Jun 29, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Fayette, Greene, Washington, Westmoreland41 min
Jun 29, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Fayette, Indiana, Washington, Westmoreland65 min
Jun 29, 11:30 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCoshocton2 hr
Jun 29, 1:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson58 min
Jun 29, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll, Harrison60 min
Jun 29, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Noble62 min
Jun 28, 9:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZMarion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker3 hr
Jun 29, 10:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMarshall3 hr

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.