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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

May 2, 2016Carroll County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this special weather statement at May 2, 2016, 2:07 AM EDT for Carroll County, Ohio. It was in force for 38 min. 5 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 2, 2016, 2:07 AM EDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2016, 2:45 AM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA

County Carroll County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:10 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 2, 2:18 AM EDT	HAIL 1	Dover, OH
May 2, 2:18 AM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Dover, OH	HAIL RANGED FROM THE SIZE OF QUARTERS TO GOLF BALLS. ACCOMPANIED BY PHOTOGRAPHS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
May 2, 2:20 AM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Strasburg, OH	QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
May 2, 2:23 AM EDT	HAIL 1	1 Wnw New Philadelphia, OH	RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
May 2, 2:45 AM EDT	HAIL 1.75	4 E Sherrodsville, OH

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 112 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1427 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

763 
WWUS81 KPBZ 020608
SPSPBZ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
207 AM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

OHZ039-040-020645-
TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-
207 AM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN CARROLL AND NORTHERN
TUSCARAWAS COUNTIES...

AT 207 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WINESBURG...OR 9
MILES NORTHWEST OF DOVER...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW PHILADELPHIA...DOVER...CARROLLTON...MINERVA...STRASBURG...SUGARCREEK...
MALVERN...BOLIVAR...MINERAL CITY...DELLROY...SHERRODSVILLE...ROSWELL...
PARRAL...ZOAR AND ATWOOD LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES  INTERSTATE 77 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 80 AND 94.
 
LAT...LON 4060 8166 4063 8167 4065 8147 4067 8146
      4066 8144 4065 8144 4065 8124 4072 8124
      4072 8120 4073 8120 4073 8109 4049 8102
      4047 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 262DEG 33KT 4058 8165 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 3:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Beaver, Washington	31 min
May 2, 3:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Washington, Westmoreland	32 min
May 1, 8:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia	30 min
May 1, 9:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Monongalia	49 min
May 2, 3:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Hancock	28 min
May 2, 10:28 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker, Wetzel	11 hr
May 1, 10:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Muskingum	48 min
May 2, 2:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Tuscarawas	31 min
May 2, 2:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas	33 min
May 1, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Garrett	16 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.