Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 8:35 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Pleasant City, OH | |
| May 14, 8:37 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Nnw Derwent, OH | |
| May 14, 8:38 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 1 Nnw Derwent, OH | |
| May 14, 8:46 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | Senecaville, OH | RELAYED 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 1:23 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 14, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 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.
- 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
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
$$
KRAMARThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum | 50 min |
| May 14, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Noble | 48 min |
| May 14, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas | 45 min |
| May 14, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Columbiana | 23 min |
| May 14, 9:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Harrison, Jefferson | 40 min |
| May 15, 11:04 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | PBZ | Coshocton | 21 hr |
| May 15, 7:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 24 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.