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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 4, 2010Guernsey County, Muskingum County, Noble County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2010, 8:16 PM EDT for Guernsey County, Muskingum County, Noble County, Ohio. It was in force for 59 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 4, 2010, 8:16 PM EDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2010, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties 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 00:17 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 4, 1:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 972 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1140 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 5.6

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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 4, 8:14 PM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 8:14 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 3:11 PM EDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
311 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2010

OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029>032-
WVZ001>004-051915-
TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-
MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-
CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-
WESTMORELAND-GREENE-FAYETTE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-
311 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2010

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 254 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
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.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THE
PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMANGING WINDS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND FLASH
FLOODING POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER EARLY SATURDAY...AND
AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MDZ001-OHZ068-069-WVZ012-021>023-041-051915-
GARRETT-NOBLE-MONROE-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER-
311 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST
CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.
THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:25 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:32 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:34 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:52 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:55 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 8:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Greene, Washington	58 min
Jun 4, 8:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Forest	17 min
Jun 5, 3:15 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Forest and 6 more	32 hr
Jun 5, 2:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango	48 min
Jun 5, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Butler, Clarion	46 min
Jun 5, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Greene, Washington	55 min
Jun 5, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver, Washington	64 min
Jun 5, 4:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Greene	49 min
Jun 5, 5:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Allegheny	3 hr
Jun 5, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Washington	38 min
Jun 5, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Greene	46 min
Jun 5, 5:21 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Westmoreland	3 hr
Jun 5, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Greene	67 min
Jun 5, 7:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Allegheny	3 hr
Jun 4, 8:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont	60 min
Jun 4, 8:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Guernsey, Muskingum	4 hr
Jun 5, 4:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Muskingum, Tuscarawas	59 min
Jun 5, 4:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Muskingum	52 min
Jun 5, 6:06 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Coshocton, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas	6 hr
Jun 5, 8:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Muskingum	57 min
Jun 5, 9:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Guernsey, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble	8 hr
Jun 5, 10:08 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	24 hr
Jun 5, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Coshocton	55 min
Jun 5, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Tuscarawas	43 min
Jun 5, 2:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Harrison, Tuscarawas	39 min
Jun 5, 3:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Tuscarawas	3 hr
Jun 5, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Guernsey, Monroe, Noble	42 min
Jun 5, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas	57 min
Jun 5, 3:34 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	PBZ	Coshocton	18 hr
Jun 5, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Guernsey, Monroe, Noble	23 min
Jun 5, 4:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Harrison	4 hr
Jun 5, 5:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Guernsey	4 hr
Jun 5, 6:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Tuscarawas	17 hr
Jun 5, 4:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Marshall	3 hr
Jun 5, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Tucker	42 min
Jun 5, 7:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Wetzel	4 hr

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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.