Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2011, 4:17 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2011, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2011, 5:02 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carroll County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 1:13 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 546 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 612 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
348 WUUS51 KPBZ 232017 SVRPBZ OHC019-067-081-157-232115- /O.NEW.KPBZ.SV.W.0013.110323T2017Z-110323T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 417 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN HARRISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO... NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO... SOUTHERN TUSCARAWAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO... SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO... * UNTIL 515 PM EDT * AT 416 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GNADENHUTTEN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STONE CREEK... GNADENHUTTEN... UHRICHSVILLE... DENNISON... TAPPAN... BOWERSTON... LEESVILLE LAKE PARK... SCIO... JEWETT... KILGORE... HOPEDALE... UNIONPORT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE. 1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. && LAT...LON 4057 8068 4032 8072 4031 8157 4040 8159 TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 257DEG 34KT 4042 8144 $$
2 follow-up statements
821 WWUS51 KPBZ 232100 SVSPBZ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 500 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 OHC019-157-232110- /O.CAN.KPBZ.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110323T2115Z/ TUSCARAWAS OH-CARROLL OH- 500 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CARROLL AND TUSCARAWAS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. LAT...LON 4052 8090 4057 8068 4032 8072 4032 8085 TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 229DEG 27KT 4045 8080 $$ OHC067-081-232115- /O.CON.KPBZ.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110323T2115Z/ HARRISON OH-JEFFERSON OH- 500 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR JEFFERSON AND HARRISON COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO... AT 458 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNIONPORT... BERGHOLZ... RICHMOND... HAMMONDSVILLE... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. LAT...LON 4052 8090 4057 8068 4032 8072 4032 8085 TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 229DEG 27KT 4045 8080 $$
736 WWUS51 KPBZ 232102 SVSPBZ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 502 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 OHC067-081-232113- /O.CAN.KPBZ.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110323T2115Z/ HARRISON OH-JEFFERSON OH- 502 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JEFFERSON AND HARRISON COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. LAT...LON 4052 8090 4057 8068 4032 8072 4032 8085 TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 229DEG 27KT 4046 8078 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Carroll | 64 min |
| Mar 23, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Jefferson | 59 min |
| Mar 23, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Coshocton, Tuscarawas | 65 min |
| Mar 23, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 66 min |
| Mar 23, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Jefferson | 40 min |
| Mar 23, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Muskingum | 29 min |
| Mar 23, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana, Jefferson | 63 min |
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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.