Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2011, 3:40 PM EDT for Carroll County, Coshocton County, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. It was in force for 65 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 23, 2011, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carroll County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 3:55 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | Dover, OH | |
| Mar 23, 4:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Baltic, OH |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 15 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.
156
WUUS51 KPBZ 231940
SVRPBZ
OHC019-031-157-232045-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.SV.W.0009.110323T1940Z-110323T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
340 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN COSHOCTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...
NORTHERN TUSCARAWAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...
WESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 337 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
LAYLAND...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
NELLIE... BLISSFIELD... LAYLAND...
BALTIC... SUGARCREEK... STRASBURG...
DOVER... NEW PHILADELPHIA... BOLIVAR...
MINERAL CITY... SHERRODSVILLE... DELLROY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 4045 8167 4062 8166 4067 8144 4065 8142
4065 8124 4071 8124 4073 8116 4072 8107
4049 8100 4033 8208 4046 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 256DEG 37KT 4044 8199
$$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 Mar 23, 2:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 2:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 233 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE FROM PITTSBURGH SOUTHWARD. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD IN FOR THE END OF THE WEEK...WITH MAINLY DRY BUT MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS FORMING IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT ACROSS INDIANA INTO SOUTHWEST OHIO. PER FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT AND HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS...THIS LINE WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AND MOVE ACROSS EASTERN OHIO LATER THIS AFTN...AND ACROSS WESTERN PA AROUND EVENING COMMUTE. WITH SIGNIFICANT DEEP LAYER SHEAR INCREASING AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES...STRONG TO SEVERE TSTMS WILL LIKELY OCCUR AS THE LINE PASSES. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR AREAS FROM PITTSBURGH SOUTHWARD. SHWRS AND TSTMS WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT EXITS TO THE EAST. COLDER AIR WILL WORK INTO THE AREA...WITH PRECIP CHANGING TO SNOW NORTH TO SOUTH. SOME POCKETS OF SLEET ARE POSSIBLE IN THE CHANGEOVER NORTH OF PIT THIS EVENING. WITH GROUND TEMPERATURES WARM AND THE COVERAGE SCATTERED...ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINIMAL...WITH COATING POSSIBLE ALONG THE I-80 CORRIDOR AND THE WV/MD RIDGES. RESIDUAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH BY THURSDAY AFTN AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA. DO THINK CLOUDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY AFTN UNDER NW FLOW/COLD ADVECTION. MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL...WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 30S. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... MAINLY DRY BUT COLD CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL UNDER HIGH PRESSURE AND NORTHERLY FLOW THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. A SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST MAY BRING SCATTERED RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS FROM PIT SOUTH BY LATE SATURDAY. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK EAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRIEFLY REBUILD ON MONDAY WITH ANOTHER SYSTEM TRACKING ACROSS THE SOUTH BY TUESDAY. THIS LOW WILL PROVIDE A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW AGAIN TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO RANGE BETWEEN 10 AND 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. && .AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... EXPECT WARM FRONT TO PUSH NORTH OF KFKL AND KDUJ BY 21Z WITH IFR CEILINGS QUICKLY LIFTING TO MVFR AS FLOW BECOMES SOUTHWEST IN WARM SECTOR. BROKEN CEILINGS 3000 TO 4000 FEET WILL PREVAIL AT REMAINDER OF TERMINALS AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT WHICH WILL CROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS EVENING. LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH A FEW REACHING SEVERE LIMITS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER OHIO AND MOVE RAPIDLY EAST THROUGH 00Z. BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY IN STORMS...AND LARGE HAIL AND GUSTS OVER 50KT ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN TERMINALS. NORTHWEST FLOW GUSTING TO 25 KT AT TIMES WILL BRING MUCH COLDER AIR INTO THE REGION TONIGHT WITH LEFT OVER SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS CHANGING OVER TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING. COLD ADVECTION WILL LIKELY MAINTAIN MVFR STRATOCUMULUS OVER MOST TERMINALS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...WITH BASES LIFTING ABOVE 3000 FEET BY AFTERNOON. VFR WEATHER IS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY UNDER SURFACE RIDGE. THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK SOUTH OF THE REGION SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH SCATTERED RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE RESTRICTIONS. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 23, 1:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 116 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 OHZ057-068-069-WVZ012-021-241730- MUSKINGUM-NOBLE-MONROE-WETZEL-MARION- 116 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...TORNADO WATCH 55 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO 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. TORNADO WATCH. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-058-059-PAZ020-021-029-031-073>076- WVZ001>004-022-023-041-241730- GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON- JEFFERSON OH-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-WASHINGTON-GREENE- WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK- BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER- 116 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...TORNADO WATCH 55 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...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. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. PAZ007>009-013>016-022-023-241730- MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-ARMSTRONG- INDIANA- 116 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 2:56 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 256 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 OHZ039>041-050-WVZ001-232000- CARROLL OH-COLUMBIANA OH-HANCOCK WV-JEFFERSON OH-TUSCARAWAS OH- 256 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... COLUMBIANA...JEFFERSON...TUSCARAWAS...CARROLL AND HANCOCK... AT 251 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES SOUTH OF MINERAL CITY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... NEW PHILADELPHIA... MINERAL CITY... SHERRODSVILLE... DELLROY... CARROLLTON... AUGUSTA... MECHANICSTOWN... BERGHOLZ... MILLPORT... SALINEVILLE... HAMMONDSVILLE... TOMLINSON RUN STATE PARK... THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HALF INCH HAIL TO THREE QUARTER INCH AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. 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. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 4080 8061 4054 8053 4043 8143 4060 8148
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 3:36 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
336 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
MDZ001-PAZ075-076-WVZ021>023-041-232030-
FAYETTE PA-FAYETTE RIDGES PA-GARRETT MD-MARION WV-MONONGALIA
WV-PRESTON WV-TUCKER WV-
336 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
...THUNDERSTORMS...
THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
GARRETT...FAYETTE...TUCKER...MARION...PRESTON...MONONGALIA AND
FAYETTE RIDGES...
AT 330 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH
INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CHEAT NECK
TO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BENTONS FERRY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
PENNY SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THE STORMS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
WINFIELD... WESTOVER... MORGANTOWN...
FAIRMONT... EVERETTVILLE... DELLSLOW...
COLFAX... CHEAT NECK... BENTONS FERRY...
ELLIOTTSVILLE... VALLEY FALLS... NEEL...
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.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3904 7979 3909 7979 3913 7985 3922 7982
3930 7992 3944 7992 3944 7997 3938 8007
3941 8023 3981 7980 3976 7940 3972 7939
3970 7893 3941 7914 3920 7947 3919 7947
3922 7932 3919 7929 3911 7934 3897 7949The 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, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 66 min |
| Mar 23, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas | 45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.