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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2008, 5:43 PM EDT for Carroll County, Coshocton County, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 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, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2008, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carroll County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1156 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 2:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 57 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.
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 330 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 OHZ039>041-049-050-058-059-068-082030- BELMONT OH-CARROLL OH-COLUMBIANA OH-GUERNSEY OH-HARRISON OH-JEFFERSON OH-NOBLE OH-TUSCARAWAS OH- 330 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... NOBLE...COLUMBIANA...BELMONT...GUERNSEY...HARRISON...JEFFERSON... TUSCARAWAS AND CARROLL... AT 325 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOVER TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF TIPPECANOE TO 2 MILES EAST OF BYESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ADENA...ALLEDONIA...BARKCAMP STATE PARK...BARNESVILLE...BERGHOLZ... BETHESDA...BIRMINGHAM...BOWERSTON...BYESVILLE...CADIZ... CARROLLTON...CLENDENING...DELLROY...DENNISON AND DILLONVALE THESE STORMS WILL GENERATE RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF APPROXIMATELY TWO INCHES PER HOUR AND MAY PRODUCE SOME WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. SOME STRENGTHENING TO SEVERE LEVELS IS POSSIBLE. 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. 15
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 4:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 420 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ013-020-021-029-WVZ001>004- 082115- ALLEGHENY PA-BEAVER PA-BELMONT OH-BROOKE WV-CARROLL OH-COLUMBIANA OH-COSHOCTON OH-GUERNSEY OH-HANCOCK WV-HARRISON OH-JEFFERSON OH-LAWRENCE PA-MARSHALL WV-MONROE OH-MUSKINGUM OH-NOBLE OH-OHIO WV-TUSCARAWAS OH-WASHINGTON PA- 420 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... MONROE...NOBLE...COLUMBIANA...MUSKINGUM...BELMONT...GUERNSEY... HARRISON...COSHOCTON...JEFFERSON...TUSCARAWAS...CARROLL... WASHINGTON...ALLEGHENY...BEAVER...LAWRENCE...MARSHALL...OHIO...BROOKE AND HANCOCK... AT 416 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE LEADING EDGE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MECHANICSTOWN TO 3 MILES NORTH OF HOPEDALE TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOMERTON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MECHANICSTOWN TO 3 MILES NORTH OF HOPEDALE TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SUMMERFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 28 MPH. OTHER STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP BETWEEN ZANESVILLE AND CLEVELAND AS WELL AS WESTERN OHIO. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ALIQUIPPA...AVELLA...BEAVER...BEAVER FALLS...BLACKHAWK... BURGETTSTOWN...ECONOMY BORO...ELLWOOD CITY...FLORENCE...FOMBELL... HARSHAVILLE...MOUNT WASHINGTON...PULASKI...RACCOON CREEK STATE PARK AND SHIPPINGPORT THESE STORMS WILL GENERATE RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF APPROXIMATELY TWO INCHES PER HOUR AND MAY PRODUCE SOME WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. SOME STRENGTHENING TO SEVERE LEVELS IS POSSIBLE. 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. 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango | 54 min |
| Jul 8, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Lawrence, Washington | 67 min |
| Jul 8, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Mercer, Venango | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene | 33 min |
| Jul 8, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Washington | 46 min |
| Jul 8, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Tuscarawas | 57 min |
| Jul 8, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Tuscarawas | 54 min |
| Jul 8, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Coshocton, Guernsey, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble | 57 min |
| Jul 8, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Muskingum | 67 min |
| Jul 8, 6:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Coshocton | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble | 59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.