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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

March 28, 2016Coshocton County, Muskingum County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this special weather statement at Mar 28, 2016, 12:58 AM EDT for Coshocton County, Muskingum County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 2016, 12:58 AM EDT (04:58 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2016, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Counties Coshocton County, OH, Muskingum County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 2016-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 00:00Z on 2016-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2208 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 28, 12:34 AM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 12:34 AM EDT, 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 9:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
920 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016

MDZ001-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029-031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021-
509>514-290130-
GARRETT-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-
RIDGES OF EASTERN MONONGALIA AND NORTHWESTERN PRESTON-PRESTON-
EASTERN PRESTON-WESTERN TUCKER-EASTERN TUCKER-
920 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST
VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-290130-
TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-
MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-
920 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT BRINGING A MARGINAL THREAT
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE MAIN THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 28, 12:58 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1258 AM EDT MON MAR 28 2016

OHZ048-057-058-280600-
MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-COSHOCTON-
1258 AM EDT MON MAR 28 2016

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

AT 1256 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR PATASKALA TO NEAR MILLERSPORT TO
NEAR LANCASTER. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ZANESVILLE...COSHOCTON...CAMBRIDGE...NEW CONCORD...WEST LAFAYETTE...SOUTH
ZANESVILLE...NORTH ZANESVILLE...DRESDEN...FRAZEYSBURG...PHILO...WARSAW...
PLEASANT GROVE...CONESVILLE...GRATIOT...FULTONHAM...PLAINFIELD...NELLIE...
NORWICH...EAST FULTONHAM AND BRIDGEVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES  INTERSTATE 70 IN OHIO NEAR MILE MARKER 143...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 145 AND 176.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3995 8223 3995 8220 4026 8219 4045 8188
      4044 8171 4037 8171 4037 8162 4022 8162
      4022 8160 4001 8162 3977 8207 3982 8208
      3982 8217 3991 8216 3991 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 0456Z 231DEG 47KT 3994 8260 3986 8253 3972 8255

TAX

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 2:27 AM EDTWind AdvisoryPBZClarion, Fayette, Forest, Jefferson, Venango, Westmoreland17 hr
Mar 28, 2:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMercer49 min
Mar 28, 1:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMarshall36 min
Mar 28, 1:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZCarroll, Harrison, Tuscarawas56 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Ohio, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.