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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 4, 2011Coshocton County, Ohio

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 4, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2011-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 567 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 167 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
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

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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

$$

WOODRUM
1 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

$$

WOODRUM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 8:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Monroe53 min
Jun 4, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll, Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas64 min
Jun 4, 8:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Monroe, Noble and 1 more45 min
Jun 4, 9:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZNoble52 min
Jun 4, 9:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMonroe, Noble48 min
Jun 4, 9:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZGuernsey41 min
Jun 4, 9:42 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZCoshocton15 min
Jun 4, 9:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZHarrison, Tuscarawas44 min
Jun 4, 9:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton, Muskingum54 min
Jun 4, 9:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble, Tuscarawas47 min
Jun 4, 10:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMonroe28 min
Jun 4, 10:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZGuernsey, Muskingum, Noble44 min
Jun 4, 11:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZTuscarawas50 min
Jun 4, 11:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZMuskingum3 hr
Jun 5, 12:19 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMuskingum4 hr
Jun 5, 12:29 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZCoshocton3 hr
Jun 5, 4:15 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZMuskingum4 hr
Jun 5, 4:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZBelmont48 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.