Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 18, 2012Coshocton County, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2012, 5:49 PM EDT for Coshocton County, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. It was in force for 41 min. 3 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: Jun 18, 2012, 5:49 PM EDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Coshocton County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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
Jun 18, 6:02 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Dundee, OH	TREE DOWN ON STATE ROUTE 93
Jun 18, 6:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Dover, OH	TREE DOWN ON SCHILLING HILL ROAD BETWEEN DOVER AND SUGARCREEK.
Jun 18, 6:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Stone Creek, OH	TREE DOWN ON I-77 NEAR MILE MARKER 74.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 125 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 308 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

126 
WUUS51 KPBZ 182149
SVRPBZ
OHC031-157-182230-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.SV.W.0049.120618T2149Z-120618T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
549 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN COSHOCTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...
  TUSCARAWAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 546 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM STRASBURG TO SUGARCREEK TO BALTIC...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO  
  SUGARCREEK...         BALTIC...             BOLIVAR...
  STRASBURG...          BAKERSVILLE...        DOVER...
  STONE CREEK...        MINERAL CITY...       NEW PHILADELPHIA...
  GNADENHUTTEN...       UHRICHSVILLE...       GILMORE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM IS A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WIND...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING 
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS 
A KILLER. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE 
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE. 1-877-633-6772.

&&

LAT...LON 4045 8178 4045 8168 4062 8167 4064 8165
      4067 8143 4065 8138 4052 8128 4031 8134
      4025 8151 4045 8179
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 317DEG 20KT 4064 8157 4053 8162
          4043 8178

$$


15

2 follow-up statements

306 
WWUS51 KPBZ 182208
SVSPBZ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
608 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

OHC031-157-182230-
/O.CON.KPBZ.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120618T2230Z/
COSHOCTON OH-TUSCARAWAS OH-
608 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR TUSCARAWAS AND COSHOCTON COUNTIES...

AT 604 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS PART OF A THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER 
CENTERED NEAR STONE CREEK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO  
  SUGARCREEK...         STRASBURG...          BOLIVAR...
  BALTIC...             BAKERSVILLE...        DOVER...
  MINERAL CITY...       STONE CREEK...        NEW PHILADELPHIA...
  GNADENHUTTEN...       UHRICHSVILLE...       GILMORE...

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WIND...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING 
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS 
A KILLER. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE 
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE. 1-877-633-6772.

LAT...LON 4045 8168 4055 8165 4066 8145 4065 8138
      4052 8128 4031 8134 4025 8151 4045 8179
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 308DEG 28KT 4042 8158

$$


15

377 
WWUS51 KPBZ 182227
SVSPBZ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
627 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

OHC031-157-182236-
/O.EXP.KPBZ.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120618T2230Z/
COSHOCTON OH-TUSCARAWAS OH-
627 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TUSCARAWAS AND COSHOCTON
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 630 PM EDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE 
LIMITS AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WIND ARE STILL POSSIBLE 
AS A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE. 1-877-633-6772.

LAT...LON 4045 8168 4055 8165 4066 8145 4065 8138
      4052 8128 4031 8134 4025 8151 4045 8179
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 308DEG 24KT 4048 8129 4029 8152

$$


15

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 5:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Belmont	44 min
Jun 18, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Carroll, Tuscarawas	23 min
Jun 18, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton	37 min
Jun 18, 6:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Columbiana	25 min
Jun 18, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Coshocton, Guernsey	37 min
Jun 18, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Harrison	31 min
Jun 18, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Belmont, Guernsey, Harrison	30 min
Jun 18, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Belmont, Monroe, Noble	32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2012 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.