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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

April 16, 2013Monroe County, Noble County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2013, 6:21 PM EDT for Monroe County, Noble County, Ohio. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2013, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2013, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Monroe County, OH, Noble County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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
Apr 16, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 220 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2013-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 118 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2013-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 266 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
118 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
788 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 16, 4:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 4:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 4:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
406 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029-
031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021-022-172015-
TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-
MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-
LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-
INDIANA-WASHINGTON-GREENE-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE-
FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-
406 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 111 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF
WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MDZ001-WVZ023-041-172015-
GARRETT-PRESTON-TUCKER-
406 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND NORTHERN
WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 5:21 PM EDT, 1 hour before
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Local storm report, Apr 16, 5:56 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 16, 6:00 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
600 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

OHZ058-059-068-069-162245-
BELMONT OH-GUERNSEY OH-MONROE OH-NOBLE OH-
600 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NOBLE...NORTHERN MONROE...
SOUTHEASTERN GUERNSEY AND WESTERN BELMONT COUNTIES...

AT 553 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM BYESVILLE
TO 4 MILES NORTH OF WOLF RUN STATE PARK TO CALDWELL...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE PENNY SIZE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN WILL POND WATER
ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

  LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOLF RUN STATE PARK...                      DUDLEY...
  CALDWELL...           BYESVILLE...          BELLE VALLEY...
  SENECAVILLE...        SARAHSVILLE...        OLD WASHINGTON...
  SENECA LAKE PARK...   SUMMERFIELD...        QUAKER CITY...
  LEWISVILLE...

  HIGHWAYS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  I-70 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 181 AND 215.
  I-77 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 18 AND 43.

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING
TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER
@NWSPITTSBURGH.

LAT...LON 4004 8153 4011 8091 3992 8101 3970 8097
      3964 8158 3985 8162
Local storm report, Apr 16, 6:10 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
610 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0556 PM     HAIL             1 NW BYESVILLE          39.98N  81.56W
04/16/2013  M0.88 INCH       GUERNSEY           OH   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER PBZ1301861

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Beaver29 min
Apr 16, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZAllegheny, Indiana43 min
Apr 16, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Washington, Westmoreland49 min
Apr 16, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZNoble39 min
Apr 16, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZGuernsey29 min
Apr 16, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZBelmont, Monroe, Noble45 min
Apr 16, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZHarrison41 min
Apr 16, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMuskingum34 min
Apr 16, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMonroe41 min
Apr 16, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGuernsey, Muskingum, Noble41 min
Apr 16, 7:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZBrooke39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.