Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2012, 6:27 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 33 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
- Jun 29, 2012, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Belmont County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 6:29 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Freeport, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 2131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1114 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
756 WFUS51 KPBZ 292227 TORPBZ OHC013-059-067-157-292300- /O.NEW.KPBZ.TO.W.0004.120629T2227Z-120629T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 627 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL BELMONT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO... EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL GUERNSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO... SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO... SOUTHEASTERN TUSCARAWAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO... * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 625 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TIPPECANOE...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TIPPECANOE... FREEPORT... CLENDENING... PIEDMONT... FLUSHING... CADIZ... NEW ATHENS... 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 IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE IT AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE. 1-877-633-6772. && LAT...LON 4035 8092 4013 8100 4020 8141 4035 8139 TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 272DEG 58KT 4027 8131 $$ 34
1 follow-up statement
254 WWUS51 KPBZ 292237 SVSPBZ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 637 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 OHC013-059-067-157-292300- /O.CON.KPBZ.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120629T2300Z/ BELMONT OH-GUERNSEY OH-HARRISON OH-TUSCARAWAS OH- 637 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR TUSCARAWAS...HARRISON...GUERNSEY AND BELMONT COUNTIES... AT 634 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CLENDENING... MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TIPPECANOE... PIEDMONT... FREEPORT... CLENDENING... FLUSHING... CADIZ... NEW ATHENS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE IT AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE. 1-877-633-6772. LAT...LON 4035 8130 4035 8092 4013 8100 4019 8134 TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 272DEG 58KT 4026 8110 $$ 34
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Muskingum, Noble and 1 more | 72 min |
| Jun 29, 6:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Tuscarawas | 26 min |
| Jun 29, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson and 3 more | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 6:55 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson and 4 more | 22 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Harrison, Jefferson | 35 min |
| Jun 29, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Harrison, Jefferson | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 7:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.