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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2015, 4:04 PM EDT for Garrett County, Maryland; Preston County, West Virginia. It was in force for 26 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
- Jun 23, 2015, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2015, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Garrett County, MD, Preston County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 4:05 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Corinth, WV | 1.00 INCH HAIL IN CORINTH |
| Jun 23, 4:23 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Swanton, MD | PICTURES OF A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR SWANTON |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 1125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 899 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
420
WFUS51 KPBZ 232004
TORPBZ
MDC023-WVC077-232030-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.TO.W.0009.150623T2004Z-150623T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
404 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN GARRETT COUNTY IN WESTERN MARYLAND...
EAST CENTRAL PRESTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 404 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TERRA ALTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
OAKLAND AROUND 410 PM EDT.
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK AND DEER PARK AROUND 415 PM EDT.
ACCIDENT AROUND 430 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SWALLOW FALLS STATE PARK...MCHENRY...MCCOMAS BEACH...CRELLIN...HUTTON
AND DEEP CREEK LAKE STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CALLING 412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE
NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER AT NWSPITTSBURGH.
&&
LAT...LON 3937 7954 3946 7959 3964 7930 3948 7915
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 244DEG 28KT 3945 7949
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
242 follow-up statements
686
WWUS51 KPBZ 232011
SVSPBZ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
411 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
WVC077-232021-
/O.CAN.KPBZ.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150623T2030Z/
PRESTON WV-
411 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PRESTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
WESTERN MARYLAND.
LAT...LON 3948 7915 3939 7948 3949 7948 3962 7928
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 251DEG 28KT 3945 7940
$$
MDC023-232030-
/O.CON.KPBZ.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150623T2030Z/
GARRETT MD-
411 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GARRETT COUNTY...
AT 411 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER OAKLAND...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
DEER PARK AROUND 415 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
MCHENRY...SWALLOW FALLS STATE PARK...MCCOMAS BEACH...HUTTON...DEEP
CREEK LAKE STATE PARK AND CRELLIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CALLING 412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE
NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER AT NWSPITTSBURGH.
&&
LAT...LON 3948 7915 3939 7948 3949 7948 3962 7928
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 251DEG 28KT 3945 7940
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
24188
WWUS51 KPBZ 232023
SVSPBZ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
423 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
MDC023-232033-
/O.EXP.KPBZ.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150623T2030Z/
GARRETT MD-
423 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GARRETT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
430 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
WESTERN MARYLAND.
LAT...LON 3948 7915 3939 7948 3949 7948 3962 7928
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 244DEG 28KT 3945 7940
$$
07The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Garrett | 58 min |
| Jun 23, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Garrett | 49 min |
| Jun 23, 4:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Garrett | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Garrett | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Garrett | 58 min |
| Jun 23, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 48 min |
| Jun 23, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 42 min |
| Jun 23, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 54 min |
| Jun 23, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marion | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Tucker | 55 min |
| Jun 23, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Tucker | 29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.