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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

May 14, 2014Guernsey County, Muskingum County, Noble County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2014, 8:02 PM EDT for Guernsey County, Muskingum County, Noble County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 min. 4 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
May 14, 2014, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2014, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Guernsey County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 14, 8:35 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Pleasant City, OH
May 14, 8:37 PM EDTHAIL 11 Nnw Derwent, OH
May 14, 8:38 PM EDTHAIL 1.251 Nnw Derwent, OH
May 14, 8:46 PM EDTHAIL 1.5Senecaville, OHRELAYED BY WFO GSP

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 14, 1:23 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
May 14, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2014-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 291 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2014-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

060 
WUUS51 KPBZ 150002
SVRPBZ
OHC059-119-121-150045-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.SV.W.0021.140515T0002Z-140515T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
802 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN GUERNSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...
  SOUTHEASTERN MUSKINGUM COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...
  NORTHERN NOBLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 801 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED NEAR
  RURALDALE...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM IS
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURALDALE...          BLUE ROCK STATE PARK...
  HIGH HILL...          CUMBERLAND...         BELLE VALLEY...
  CALDWELL...           WOLF RUN STATE PARK...
  SARAHSVILLE...        SENECAVILLE...        SENECA LAKE PARK...
  BYESVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4005 8149 3979 8135 3968 8164 3975 8165
      3976 8198 3977 8199
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 240DEG 25KT 3974 8183

$$


KRAMAR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 8:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum50 min
May 14, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Noble48 min
May 14, 8:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas45 min
May 14, 8:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZColumbiana23 min
May 14, 9:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZHarrison, Jefferson40 min
May 15, 11:04 AM EDTRiver Flood WatchPBZCoshocton21 hr
May 15, 7:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZTuscarawas24 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.