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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 30, 20154 counties in Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2015, 4:31 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 29 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 30, 2015, 4:31 PM EDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2015, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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
Jun 30, 12:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 12:00Z on 2015-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2015-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 30, 2:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 2:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
221 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
UNSETTLED WEATHER AND SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY A WARMING TREND AND DRIER
CONDITIONS AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE AREA.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE VORTEX OVER WESTERN OHIO...APPARENT IN BOTH
THE RADAR AND SATELLITE...WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE ITS WAY TOWARD
THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. OUT AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...CLOUDS HAVE
SCATTERED OUT SUFFICIENTLY TO WARM AND DESTABILIZE THE AREA...WITH
ABOUT 1000J/KG OF MUCAPE AS SUGGESTED BY THE MESOANALYSIS. WITH
30-35KTS OF BULK SHEAR...AND SOME COOLING ALOFT AS THE UPPER
LEVEL SHORTWAVE APPROACHES...SOME STORMS SHOULD BE SUPPORTED TO
STRONG OR SEVERE LEVELS. AS SUCH...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS
ADDED OUR AREA TO A SLIGHT RISK AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE REGION. DAMAGING WIND WILL BE THE
PRIMARY THREAT BUT WITH FREEZING LEVELS NEAR 12KFT...SOME HAIL
WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL.

TRIED TO TIME THE HIGHEST POPS WITH THE LONE OF CONVECTION OVER
OHIO THAT THE HRRR REPRESENTED WELL THIS MORNING. CURRENT TIMING
HAS THE BULK OF THE CONVECTION EAST OF THE REGION BY 8PM. WEAK
COLD ADVECTION WILL ENSUE OVERNIGHT BUT WITH LITTLE
MIXING...TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN NEAR NORMAL VALUES.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
NEW MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT MOST OF THE AREA SAVE FOR THE
NORTHERN COUNTIES AND THE RIDGES MAY REMAIN DRY...AS SUBSIDENCE
AND WARMING TAKES PLACE ALOFT AND MIXING DRIES OUT THE SURFACE.
THIS MAY TAKE MOST OF THE DAY THOUGH...SO SOME SHOWERS MAY BE
POSSIBLE...IN THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS...WHERE BETTER INSTABILITY
MAY BE IN PLACE PER THE LATEST NAM SOUNDINGS.

IN ADDITION...THE 12Z GUIDANCE WANTS TO SHUNT MOST OF THE
PRECIPITATION SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT
TERM...WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING AT THE SURFACE AND A SURFACE
BOUNDARY REMAINING JUST SOUTH OF THE MASON DIXON LINE. HAVE PUSHED
CHANCE POPS SOUTHWARD FROM THE PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH THESE
TRENDS. HAVE INCREASED POPS SLIGHTLY OVER NORTHERN WV THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AS MODEL CONSENSUS HAS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RIDING
ALONG THE STALLED BOUNDARY FROM KENTUCKY TO WEST VIRGINIA DURING
THIS TIME FRAME.

TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO STAY JUST BELOW OR NEAR SEASONAL
AVERAGES WITH THE UPPER TROUGH REMAINING IN PLACE.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
HAVE NOT NEEDED TO MAKE MUCH IN THE WAY OF CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED
PORTION OF THE FORECAST. A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE
TO PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR DAILY SHOWERS AND STORMS...BUT COMPARED TO
EARLIER IN THE WEEK...THE BOUNDARY WILL BE SHIFTED FARTHER TO THE
SOUTH. AS A RESULT...THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA HAS A
BETTER CHANCE TO SEE SOME DRY DAYS. HARD TO PINPOINT ANY
PARTICULAR POINT WHEN RAIN IS LIKELY...BUT SO FAR FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY APPEAR TO HAVE THE BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN. TEMPERATURES
SHOULD NOT SHIFT MUCH DURING THE PERIOD...WITH HIGHS AROUND 80 AND
LOWS IN THE MID 60S.

&&

.AVIATION /17Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSING THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY WILL BRING
INCREASING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT
MOST...IF NOT ALL OF THE TAF SITES WILL EXPERIENCE A THUNDERSTORM
AS INSTABILITY IS INCREASING WITH PEAKS OF SUNSHINE. THUS...HAVE
ADDED TSRA TEMPO GROUPS WITH PRIMARILY MVFR VSBY/CIG RESTRICTIONS.
WIND GUSTS TO 20KTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS.

PRECIPITATION WILL LINGER INTO THIS EVENING AS THE UPPER TROUGH
PIVOTS TO THE EAST. WHILE WE DO NOT EXPECT TO FULLY DECOUPLE
OVERNIGHT...RAINFALL WILL ONCE AGAIN BRING THE CHANCE FOR MVFR AND
IFR RESTRICTIONS IN STRATUS AND FOG...ESPECIALLY OVER KFKL AND
KDUJ THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.OUTLOOK.../WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
COOL NW FLOW MAY BRING OCCASIONAL RESTRICTIONS WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON BEFORE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVERHEAD FOR MOST OF THE
REGION ON THURSDAY. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD RESTRICTIONS
WILL BE WITH APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 2:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
217 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029-031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-011830-
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-
217 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 371 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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...THIS AFTERNOON AND 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...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
238 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

OHZ058-059-068-069-301900-
GUERNSEY-MONROE-NOBLE-BELMONT-
238 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN NOBLE...EAST
CENTRAL GUERNSEY...NORTHWESTERN MONROE AND SOUTHWESTERN BELMONT
COUNTIES...

AT 238 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BARNESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
QUAKER CITY...SOMERTON AND BATESVILLE.

LAT...LON 3980 8124 3985 8136 4002 8126 3991 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 219DEG 18KT 3987 8128

KRAMAR
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
244 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

OHZ048-301915-
COSHOCTON-
244 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN COSHOCTON COUNTY...

AT 243 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
FRAZEYSBURG...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEWARK...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COSHOCTON...WARSAW...CONESVILLE...NELLIE...BLISSFIELD...COOPERDALE
AND NEW GUILFORD.

LAT...LON 4034 8219 4045 8187 4019 8177 4017 8218
      4017 8219 4024 8218 4024 8220 4025 8220
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 253DEG 24KT 4024 8220

KRAMAR
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
304 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

OHZ048-057-301930-
MUSKINGUM-COSHOCTON-
304 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN MUSKINGUM
AND WESTERN COSHOCTON COUNTIES...

AT 304 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF DRESDEN TO NEAR FRAZEYSBURG.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COSHOCTON...DRESDEN...FRAZEYSBURG...WARSAW...CONESVILLE...NELLIE...
DRAKE...COOPERDALE...NEW GUILFORD AND DILLON STATE PARK.

LAT...LON 4023 8218 4024 8218 4024 8220 4030 8219
      4043 8185 4003 8189 3999 8220
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 246DEG 30KT 4025 8215 4005 8217

KRAMAR
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
330 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

OHZ039-048-057-058-302000-
MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-COSHOCTON-TUSCARAWAS-
330 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN MUSKINGUM...
SOUTHEASTERN COSHOCTON...NORTHWESTERN GUERNSEY AND SOUTHWESTERN
TUSCARAWAS COUNTIES...

AT 330 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR COSHOCTON...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COSHOCTON...NEWCOMERSTOWN...WEST LAFAYETTE...CONESVILLE...
PLAINFIELD...OTSEGO...BAKERSVILLE...BODEN AND KIMBOLTON.

THIS INCLUDES  INTERSTATE 77 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52 AND 69.

LAT...LON 4012 8194 4028 8195 4039 8158 4010 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 257DEG 28KT 4021 8183

KRAMAR
Local storm report, Jun 30, 4:10 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 1:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZBeaver, Butler118 min
Jun 30, 2:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZArmstrong, Jefferson2 hr
Jun 30, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMercer35 min
Jun 30, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Beaver, Washington33 min
Jun 30, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZBeaver28 min
Jun 30, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZGreene39 min
Jun 30, 5:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZMercer3 hr
Jun 30, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Butler, Westmoreland34 min
Jun 30, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZWashington32 min
Jun 30, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Westmoreland30 min
Jun 30, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZIndiana26 min
Jun 30, 6:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZAllegheny, Westmoreland3 hr
Jun 30, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZWestmoreland29 min
Jun 30, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZJefferson33 min
Jun 30, 7:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZFayette18 min
Jun 30, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZForest42 min
Jun 30, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMonroe22 min
Jun 30, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZCoshocton31 min
Jun 30, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZCoshocton26 min
Jun 30, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZCoshocton30 min
Jun 30, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton, Guernsey, Tuscarawas27 min
Jun 30, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll, Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas27 min
Jun 30, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont, Guernsey, Noble31 min
Jun 30, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMonroe26 min
Jun 30, 4:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZColumbiana3 hr
Jun 30, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZHancock32 min
Jun 30, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZHancock27 min
Jun 30, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMonongalia43 min
Jun 30, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZPreston40 min

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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.