Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 11, 2009, 5:51 PM EST for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 54 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
- Feb 11, 2009, 5:51 PM EST (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2009, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Coshocton County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 1:59 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 904 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 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 Feb 11, 3:22 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 3:22 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 2:45 PM EST, 3 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 245 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 MDZ001-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029>032-WVZ021>023-041-121200- GARRETT-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA- BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND-GREENE- FAYETTE-MARION-MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER- 245 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WARNING. SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH PRIMARY THREAT BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. WVZ001>004-012-121200- HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL- 245 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ...TORNADO WATCH 18 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. HIGH WIND WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-121200- TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH- MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE- 245 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ...TORNADO WATCH 18 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. HIGH WIND WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 11, 4:46 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
446 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM FLOOD OIL CITY 41.43N 79.70W
02/11/2009 VENANGO PA EMERGENCY MNGR
SENECA ST CLOSED IN OIL CITY DUE TO FLOODING FROM OIL
CREEK.
0400 PM FLOOD 4 NE GREENVILLE 41.45N 80.33W
02/11/2009 MERCER PA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
STATE ROAD 4019, ALSO KNOWN AS METHODIST RD, CLOSED FROM
SALEM RD TO BEATTY SCHOOL RD DUE TO FLOODING FROM LITTLE
SHENANGO CREEK.
&&Special weather statement, Feb 11, 5:20 PM EST, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 520 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 OHZ048-057-058-068-112315- COSHOCTON OH-GUERNSEY OH-MUSKINGUM OH-NOBLE OH- 520 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ...THUNDERSTORMS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...NOBLE...MUSKINGUM...GUERNSEY AND COSHOCTON... AT 518 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 55 MILES WEST OF NEW GUILFORD TO 53 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EAST FULTONHAM...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN CAUSE WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ANYTIME AFTER 545 PM. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ADAMSVILLE...BELLE VALLEY...BLISSFIELD...BLUE ROCK STATE PARK... BODEN...BRIDGEVILLE...CANNELVILLE...CHANDLERSVILLE...CONESVILLE... COOPERDALE...COSHOCTON...CUMBERLAND...DILLON STATE PARK...DRAKE AND DUNCAN FALLS 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 9:26 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | PBZ | Allegheny | 3 days |
| Feb 11, 3:46 AM EST | High Wind Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Forest and 6 more | 39 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:24 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Clarion, Forest, Jefferson, Mercer, Venango | 24 hr |
| Feb 11, 6:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene, Washington | 46 min |
| Feb 11, 6:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Beaver, Washington | 36 min |
| Feb 11, 6:52 AM EST | River Flood Watch | PBZ | Coshocton | 24 hr |
| Feb 11, 6:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Monroe, Noble | 22 min |
| Feb 11, 6:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas | 27 min |
| Feb 11, 6:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Wetzel | 31 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
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.