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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 13, 20139 counties in Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2013, 1:52 AM EDT for 9 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 68 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: Jun 13, 2013, 1:52 AM EDT (05:52 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2013, 3:00 AM EDT
In force: 68 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:55 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 12, 11:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 114 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: 1421 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1057 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 330 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.7
Supercell composite: 10.1

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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 Jun 13, 12:06 AM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 12:06 AM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 1:35 AM EDT, 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
135 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029-031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-140545-
GARRETT-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-PRESTON-TUCKER-
135 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
...PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 302
IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...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.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
   PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 12, 11:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 12:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1217 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

OHZ049-050-058-059-130515-
BELMONT OH-GUERNSEY OH-HARRISON OH-JEFFERSON OH-
1217 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EXTREME NORTHEASTERN GUERNSEY...
NORTHERN BELMONT...SOUTHERN HARRISON AND SOUTHERN JEFFERSON
COUNTIES...

AT 1213 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PIEDMONT...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. HEAVY RAIN WILL POND WATER ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL DITCHES
AND SMALL STREAMS.

  LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PIEDMONT...           CLENDENING...         FLUSHING...
  CADIZ...              NEW ATHENS...         HOPEDALE...
  ADENA...              NEWELL...             SMITHFIELD...
  DILLONVALE...         JUG RUN...            YORKVILLE...

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

LAT...LON 4035 8123 4036 8064 4025 8064 4023 8066
      4020 8067 4013 8072 4014 8124

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 12:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1245 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

WVZ021>023-130530-
MARION WV-MONONGALIA WV-PRESTON WV-
1245 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL PRESTON...SOUTH CENTRAL
MONONGALIA AND SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTIES...

AT 1241 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WORTHINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

  LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WORTHINGTON...        MONONGAH...           FESTUS...
  FARMINGTON...         BENTONS FERRY...      BARRACKVILLE...
  FAIRMONT...           COLFAX...             VALLEY FALLS...
  WINFIELD...           BROWNS CHAPEL...      GLADESVILLE...

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

LAT...LON 3930 7990 3943 7990 3944 7995 3940 8002
      3938 8007 3940 8010 3939 8020 3943 8027
      3944 8032 3952 8033 3953 7958 3927 7958

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 12:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1246 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

WVZ041-130530-
TUCKER WV-
1246 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN TUCKER COUNTY...

AT 1245 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF
PLEASANT RUN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

  LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PLEASANT RUN...       ELK...
  CANAAN VALLEY STATE PARK...                 LANEVILLE...

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

LAT...LON 3897 7940 3897 7951 3902 7974 3904 7978
      3905 7978 3909 7933 3907 7929 3898 7933
      3896 7935

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:08 AM EDT, 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
108 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

OHZ050-059-PAZ029-WVZ002>004-130615-
BELMONT OH-BROOKE WV-JEFFERSON OH-MARSHALL WV-OHIO WV-WASHINGTON PA-
108 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN BELMONT...
NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL...OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON...SOUTHERN
BROOKE AND SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 104 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF
DILLONVALE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

  LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BRIDGEPORT...         MARTINS FERRY...      YORKVILLE...
  WHEELING...           TILTONSVILLE...       RAYLAND...
  WARWOOD...            CLEARVIEW...          BETHLEHEM...
  WINDSOR HEIGHTS...    TRIADELPHIA...        WEST LIBERTY...

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

LAT...LON 4021 8033 3998 8051 4006 8089 4024 8071

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:23 AM EDT, 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
123 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

PAZ029-031-075-130615-
FAYETTE PA-GREENE PA-WASHINGTON PA-
123 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL GREENE...
NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE AND SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 123 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF
MARIANNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

  LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MARIANNA...           BENTLEYVILLE...       BROWNSVILLE...
  CALIFORNIA...

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

LAT...LON 4023 7999 4003 7982 3996 8020 4004 8027

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 1:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Washington	52 min
Jun 13, 2:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Beaver	34 min
Jun 13, 3:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Butler, Lawrence, Mercer	57 min
Jun 13, 3:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Washington	65 min
Jun 13, 3:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Forest, Mercer, Venango	54 min
Jun 13, 4:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Westmoreland	57 min
Jun 13, 4:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Greene, Washington	48 min
Jun 13, 4:27 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Allegheny	4 hr
Jun 13, 4:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Washington, Westmoreland	48 min
Jun 13, 4:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson, Westmoreland	77 min
Jun 13, 4:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Washington, Westmoreland	4 hr
Jun 13, 8:16 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Allegheny, Westmoreland	3 hr
Jun 12, 8:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Coshocton	45 min
Jun 12, 8:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Guernsey, Tuscarawas	39 min
Jun 12, 8:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Guernsey	49 min
Jun 12, 8:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas	27 min
Jun 12, 9:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Guernsey, Noble	27 min
Jun 12, 9:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Guernsey, Monroe, Noble	47 min
Jun 12, 9:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton	56 min
Jun 12, 10:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Monroe	51 min
Jun 12, 10:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Coshocton	25 min
Jun 12, 10:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Monroe	45 min
Jun 12, 10:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Tuscarawas	49 min
Jun 12, 11:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Tuscarawas	67 min
Jun 12, 11:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monroe	46 min
Jun 12, 11:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas	64 min
Jun 12, 11:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Guernsey, Tuscarawas	31 min
Jun 13, 12:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Harrison	58 min
Jun 13, 1:38 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas	8 hr
Jun 13, 2:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas	68 min
Jun 12, 11:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia, Wetzel	50 min
Jun 13, 12:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Marion, Preston	45 min
Jun 13, 12:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Tucker	44 min
Jun 13, 1:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Ohio	67 min
Jun 13, 1:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia, Preston	66 min
Jun 13, 2:34 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Ohio	4 hr
Jun 13, 5:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Tucker	53 min
Jun 13, 6:25 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Ohio	3 hr
Jun 13, 9:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Marion, Preston	48 min
Jun 13, 10:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Preston	33 min
Jun 13, 11:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Tucker	42 min
Jun 13, 12:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Tucker	49 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.