Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2011, 9:28 PM EDT for Coshocton County, Ohio. It was in force for 32 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
- Jun 4, 2011, 9:28 PM EDT (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2011, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Coshocton County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 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, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 567 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 9.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
818
WFUS51 KPBZ 050128
TORPBZ
OHC031-050200-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.TO.W.0008.110605T0128Z-110605T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
928 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN COSHOCTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
* AT 925 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LAYLAND...
MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAYLAND... BLISSFIELD... COSHOCTON...
WEST LAFAYETTE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE. 1-877-633-6772. WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND
NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4045 8183 4045 8175 4023 8166 4019 8195
4045 8201
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 345DEG 20KT 4044 8187
$$
WOODRUM1 follow-up statement
710
WWUS51 KPBZ 050148 RRA
SVSPBZ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
948 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2011
OHC031-050200-
/O.CON.KPBZ.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110605T0200Z/
COSHOCTON OH-
948 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
COSHOCTON COUNTY...
AT 947 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST LAFAYETTE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
COSHOCTON... WEST LAFAYETTE...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE. 1-877-633-6772. WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4044 8183 4043 8175 4023 8166 4021 8185
4042 8190
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 334DEG 27KT 4030 8178
$$
WOODRUMThe 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 | Belmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Monroe | 53 min |
| Jun 4, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas | 64 min |
| Jun 4, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Monroe, Noble and 1 more | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 9:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Noble | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monroe, Noble | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Guernsey | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 9:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Coshocton | 15 min |
| Jun 4, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Harrison, Tuscarawas | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 9:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Muskingum | 54 min |
| Jun 4, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble, Tuscarawas | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 10:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Monroe | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 10:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 11:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 11:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Muskingum | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 12:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 12:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Coshocton | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 4:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 4:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Belmont | 48 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.