Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2012, 6:55 PM EDT for Harrison County, Jefferson County, Ohio. It was in force for 35 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 29, 2012, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2012, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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 29, 7:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Steubenville, OH | LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN |
| Jun 29, 7:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mount Pleasant, OH | NUMEROUS LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN. |
| Jun 29, 7:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tiltonsville, OH | NUMEROUS LARGE TREES BLOWN 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 57 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.
410
WFUS51 KPBZ 292255
TORPBZ
OHC067-081-292330-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.TO.W.0005.120629T2255Z-120629T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
655 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT
* AT 651 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ADENA...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW
ATHENS... JEWETT... HOPEDALE...
CADIZ... ADENA... UNIONPORT...
NEWELL... SMITHFIELD... DILLONVALE...
JUG RUN... TILTONSVILLE... WINTERSVILLE...
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. 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 SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE. 1-877-633-6772.
&&
LAT...LON 4038 8102 4040 8065 4038 8061 4034 8061
4031 8060 4027 8062 4025 8065 4020 8067
4016 8070 4015 8077 4017 8104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 268DEG 41KT 4024 8085
$$1 follow-up statement
559
WWUS51 KPBZ 292315
SVSPBZ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
715 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012
OHC067-081-292330-
/O.CON.KPBZ.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120629T2330Z/
HARRISON OH-JEFFERSON OH-
715 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR JEFFERSON
AND HARRISON COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...
AT 712 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SMITHFIELD...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SMITHFIELD... NEWELL... JUG RUN...
DILLONVALE... ADENA... TILTONSVILLE...
RAYLAND... WINTERSVILLE... BRILLIANT...
STEUBENVILLE... MINGO JUNCTION...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE IT AND GET INSIDE A STURDY
SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH
OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND
NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE. 1-877-633-6772.
LAT...LON 4039 8081 4040 8065 4038 8061 4035 8061
4031 8060 4027 8062 4025 8065 4020 8067
4016 8070 4015 8080 4016 8089
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 265DEG 30KT 4026 8073
$$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, 6:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 6:55 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson and 4 more | 22 hr |
| 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 |
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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.