Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2015, 7:54 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio; Brooke County, Hancock County, West Virginia. It was in force for 36 min. 2 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 11, 2015, 7:54 PM EDT (23:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2015, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 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, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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 11, 8:11 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Sunshine Park, OH | TREES DOWN |
| May 11, 8:17 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Weirton, WV | TREES DOWN |
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 11, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1342 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
779 WUUS51 KPBZ 112354 SVRPBZ OHC019-029-067-081-WVC009-029-120030- /O.NEW.KPBZ.SV.W.0021.150511T2354Z-150512T0030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 754 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO... SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIANA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO... NORTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO... SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO... HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... NORTH CENTRAL BROOKE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 830 PM EDT * AT 754 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CADIZ... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WEIRTON...STEUBENVILLE...EAST LIVERPOOL...WELLSVILLE...CADIZ... TORONTO...CALCUTTA...WINTERSVILLE...CHESTER...NEW CUMBERLAND... SALINEVILLE...HOPEDALE...NEWELL...JEWETT...BERGHOLZ...AMSTERDAM... RICHMOND...IRONDALE...NEW MANCHESTER AND EMPIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CALLING 412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER AT NWSPITTSBURGH. && LAT...LON 4026 8100 4052 8113 4076 8053 4040 8052 TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 235DEG 44KT 4037 8102 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ 15
1 follow-up statement
685
WWUS51 KPBZ 120014
SVSPBZ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
814 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015
OHC067-120023-
/O.CAN.KPBZ.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150512T0030Z/
HARRISON OH-
814 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 4076 8053 4040 8052 4030 8087 4042 8086
4043 8100 4057 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 235DEG 44KT 4051 8076
$$
OHC019-029-081-WVC009-029-120030-
/O.CON.KPBZ.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150512T0030Z/
JEFFERSON OH-COLUMBIANA OH-CARROLL OH-HANCOCK WV-BROOKE WV-
814 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR JEFFERSON...SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIANA...SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL...
HANCOCK AND NORTH CENTRAL BROOKE COUNTIES...
AT 813 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF NEW
CUMBERLAND...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WELLSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEIRTON...STEUBENVILLE...EAST LIVERPOOL...WELLSVILLE...TORONTO...
CALCUTTA...WINTERSVILLE...CHESTER...NEW CUMBERLAND...SALINEVILLE...
NEWELL...BERGHOLZ...AMSTERDAM...RICHMOND...IRONDALE...NEW
MANCHESTER...EMPIRE...STRATTON...BLOOMINGDALE AND UNIONPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CALLING 412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE
NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER AT NWSPITTSBURGH.
&&
LAT...LON 4076 8053 4040 8052 4030 8087 4042 8086
4043 8100 4057 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 235DEG 44KT 4051 8076
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
33The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Muskingum | 46 min |
| May 11, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Tuscarawas | 31 min |
| May 11, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble | 44 min |
| May 11, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Carroll, Tuscarawas | 36 min |
| May 11, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas | 40 min |
| May 11, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Monroe, Noble | 47 min |
| May 11, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Harrison, Jefferson | 29 min |
| May 11, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.