Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 2011, 5:57 AM EST for 6 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2011, 5:57 AM EST (10:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2011, 6:45 AM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Coshocton County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:00 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 6:15 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Dresden, OH | TREES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 28, 1:40 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:47 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1536 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 83 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 367 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 519 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS51 KPBZ 281057
SVRPBZ
OHC031-059-067-119-121-157-281145-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.SV.W.0002.110228T1057Z-110228T1145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
557 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN NOBLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...
MUSKINGUM COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...
GUERNSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...
SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...
COSHOCTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...
SOUTHERN TUSCARAWAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 645 AM EST
* AT 556 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF DILLON STATE
PARK...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW
GUILFORD... DILLON STATE PARK... NELLIE...
COOPERDALE... ZANESVILLE... WARSAW...
DRAKE... LAYLAND... BLISSFIELD...
DUNCAN FALLS... PHILO... CONESVILLE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 100 PM EST MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST
MONDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO.
&&
LAT...LON 3995 8221 4021 8218 4027 8220 4045 8219
4046 8217 4045 8184 4033 8116 3962 8150
3968 8165 3975 8165 3975 8183 3990 8217
3992 8224 3994 8224
TIME...MOT...LOC 1056Z 270DEG 53KT 4008 8229
$$
WOODRUM2 follow-up statements
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WWUS51 KPBZ 281120
SVSPBZ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
620 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
OHC031-059-067-119-121-157-281145-
/O.CON.KPBZ.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110228T1145Z/
NOBLE OH-MUSKINGUM OH-GUERNSEY OH-HARRISON OH-COSHOCTON OH-
TUSCARAWAS OH-
620 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM EST
FOR TUSCARAWAS...COSHOCTON...HARRISON...GUERNSEY...MUSKINGUM AND
NOBLE COUNTIES...
AT 615 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPENCER...MOVING EAST
AT 60 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ZANESVILLE... RURALDALE... PHILO...
FERNCLIFF... DUNCAN FALLS... DRAKE...
DILLON STATE PARK... COSHOCTON... CONESVILLE...
BRIDGEVILLE... BLUE ROCK STATE PARK...
ADAMSVILLE...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EST MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3962 8150 3968 8165 3975 8165 3976 8183
3991 8217 3992 8224 3994 8224 3995 8221
4022 8201 4042 8168 4033 8116
TIME...MOT...LOC 1120Z 270DEG 53KT 4007 8183
$$
WOODRUM188
WWUS51 KPBZ 281145
SVSPBZ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
645 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
OHC031-059-067-119-121-157-281156-
/O.EXP.KPBZ.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110228T1145Z/
NOBLE OH-MUSKINGUM OH-GUERNSEY OH-HARRISON OH-COSHOCTON OH-
TUSCARAWAS OH-
645 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TUSCARAWAS...COSHOCTON...
HARRISON...GUERNSEY...MUSKINGUM AND NOBLE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 645 AM
EST...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EST MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3962 8150 3968 8165 3975 8165 3976 8183
3991 8217 3992 8224 3994 8224 3995 8221
4022 8201 4042 8168 4033 8116
TIME...MOT...LOC 1120Z 270DEG 53KT 4006 8183
$$
WOODRUMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 8:34 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Monroe | 56 min |
| Feb 27, 9:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas | 56 min |
| Feb 27, 10:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Columbiana | 57 min |
| Feb 28, 2:46 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Coshocton, Tuscarawas | 3 days |
| Feb 28, 3:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Columbiana | 57 min |
| Feb 28, 3:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble | 25 min |
| Feb 28, 4:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson and 3 more | 24 min |
| Feb 28, 4:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Feb 28, 5:17 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 20 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:23 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas | 22 min |
| Feb 28, 5:44 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas | 61 min |
| Feb 28, 6:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe, Noble | 60 min |
| Feb 28, 9:01 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 10:00 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Coshocton | 24 days |
| Feb 28, 10:52 AM EST | River Flood Watch | PBZ | Belmont | 23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.