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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

April 27, 2011Guernsey County, Noble County, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this high wind warning at Apr 27, 2011, 2:12 PM EDT for Guernsey County, Noble County, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. It was in force for 72 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 2011, 2:12 PM EDT (18:12 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2011, 3:24 PM EDT
In force
72 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Counties Guernsey County, OH, Noble County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 27, 2:38 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND GST 572 Se New Philadelphia, OH

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 2011-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 393 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2011-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
393 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1147 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

375 
WWUS71 KPBZ 271812
NPWPBZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
212 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...HIGH WINDS TIL 4 PM...

.WINDS CAN GUST OVER 60 MPH WITH SHOWERS TIL 4 PM.

OHZ039-058-068-272000-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.HW.W.0002.110427T1812Z-110427T2000Z/
TUSCARAWAS-GUERNSEY-NOBLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PHILADELPHIA...DOVER...
UHRICHSVILLE...CAMBRIDGE...CALDWELL
212 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. 


* HAZARDS...HIGH WINDS. 
* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.

* TIMING...TIL 4 PM WHEN SHOWERS EXIT EAST. 

* IMPACTS...THESE HIGH WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...CAN RESULT IN DOWNED
  TREES...FLYING DEBRIS...AND POSSIBLY POWER INTERRUPTIONS.

DRIVERS NEED TO TAKE EXTRA CARE AS THE WINDS CAN AFFECT 
STEERING...PARTICULARLY OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE FAST WINDS ARE 
FROM THE SOUTH SO THIS CAN CAUSE A CROSS WIND ON HIGHWAYS ORIENTED 
WEST TO EAST LIKE INTERSTATE 70. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. WIND GUSTS OVER 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY
DAMAGE.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
389 
WWUS71 KPBZ 271924
NPWPBZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
324 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011


OHZ039-058-068-272030-
/O.CAN.KPBZ.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110427T2000Z/
TUSCARAWAS-GUERNSEY-NOBLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PHILADELPHIA...DOVER...
UHRICHSVILLE...CAMBRIDGE...CALDWELL
324 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING.  

SHOWERS PRODUCING HIGH WINDS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE REGION. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 10:23 PM EDTRiver Flood WatchPBZCoshocton37 hr
Apr 27, 10:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPBZBelmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 5 more18 hr
Apr 27, 12:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZCoshocton, Muskingum55 min
Apr 27, 12:26 PM EDTRiver Flood WatchPBZGuernsey9 hr
Apr 27, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZCoshocton44 min
Apr 27, 1:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZGuernsey, Muskingum, Noble, Tuscarawas34 min
Apr 27, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZBelmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe43 min
Apr 27, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZBelmont, Columbiana, Jefferson57 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.