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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

July 8, 2008Coshocton County, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2008, 2:33 PM EDT for Coshocton County, Tuscarawas 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
Jul 8, 2008, 2:33 PM EDT (18:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2008, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Coshocton County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 8, 2:20 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 2:20 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 3:12 AM EDT, 11 hours 21 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:46 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
146 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008

OHZ048-057-081830-
COSHOCTON OH-MUSKINGUM OH-
146 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008

...THUNDERSTORMS...

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

AT 137 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH
INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
COOPERDALE...MOVING EAST AT 18 MPH. SMALL HAIL, HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND
GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE STORM PASSES.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  ADAMSVILLE...CONESVILLE...COOPERDALE...COSHOCTON...FERNCLIFF...
  NELLIE...NEW GUILFORD...OTSEGO...WARSAW...WEST LAFAYETTE...ADAMS
  MILLS...BACON...BLACK RUN...BLUE ROW AND BLUFF

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZButler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango54 min
Jul 8, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Beaver, Lawrence, Washington67 min
Jul 8, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMercer, Venango62 min
Jul 8, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGreene33 min
Jul 8, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZFayette, Washington46 min
Jul 8, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Tuscarawas54 min
Jul 8, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll, Coshocton, Tuscarawas62 min
Jul 8, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll, Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas60 min
Jul 8, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont, Coshocton, Guernsey, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble57 min
Jul 8, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton, Muskingum67 min
Jul 8, 6:34 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZCoshocton6 hr
Jul 8, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont, Guernsey, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.