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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

July 29, 2021Carroll County, Columbiana County, Jefferson County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Jul 29, 2021, 5:02 PM EDT for Carroll County, Columbiana County, Jefferson County, Ohio. It was in force for 13 min. 7 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: Jul 29, 2021, 5:02 PM EDT (21:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

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

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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
Jul 29, 5:02 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 E Eckley, OH	NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETECTED EFO TORNADO DAMAGE ALONG CHANNEL RD NE WHERE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO FARM OUTBUILDINGS AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OCCURED. TIME ESTIMATE BASED ON RADAR.
Jul 29, 5:04 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Eckley, OH	20X30FT SHED DESTROYED AND CHIMNEY BLOWN OFF HOUSE NEAR 3100 CHANNEL ROAD.
Jul 29, 5:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Wsw Mechanicstown, OH	REPORT OF TREES DOWN AND A NEIGHBOR'S MACHINERY SHED DESTROYED IN WASHINGTOWN TOWNSHIP.
Jul 29, 5:06 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Wsw Mechanicstown, OH	TREES AND UTILITY POLES DOWN ALONG STATE ROUTE 39
Jul 29, 5:09 PM EDT	TORNADO	1 S Scroggsfield, OH	NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETECTED EF0 TORNADO DAMAGE ALONG PARMA RD SE, WHERE 1-3 INCH DIAMETER HARDWOOD TREE BRANCHES WERE BROKEN.
Jul 29, 5:15 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 Nw Bergholz, OH	NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETECTED EF0 TORNADO DAMAGE ALONG TR 263 WHERE HARDWOOD TREES WERE UPROOTED. TIME BASED ON RADAR.
Jul 29, 5:20 PM EDT	TORNADO	Bergholz, OH	NWS SURVEY TEAM IDENTIFIED EF1 TORNADO DAMAGE ALONG TR 276 WHERE MULTIPLE HARDWOOD TREES WERE LEVELED NORTH OF BERKHOLZ CEMETERY AND WEST OF THE TOWN OF BERKHOLZ.

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
Jul 29, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 74 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: 136 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1222 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

472 
WFUS51 KPBZ 292102
TORPBZ
OHC019-029-081-292115-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.TO.W.0011.210729T2102Z-210729T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
502 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Jefferson County in east central Ohio...
  South central Columbiana County in east central Ohio...
  Northeastern Carroll County in east central Ohio...

* Until 515 PM EDT.
    
* At 501 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Carrollton, moving southeast 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northwestern Jefferson, south central Columbiana and northeastern
  Carroll Counties, including the following locations... Bergholz,
  Salineville, Amsterdam, Irondale and Mechanicstown.

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 @NWSPITTSBURGH. 
 
&&

LAT...LON 4070 8099 4057 8069 4046 8092 4064 8106
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 308DEG 25KT 4063 8099 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

1 follow-up statement

140 
WWUS51 KPBZ 292107 RRA
SVSPBZ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
507 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

OHC019-029-081-292115-
/O.CON.KPBZ.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-210729T2115Z/
Jefferson OH-Columbiana OH-Carroll OH-
507 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON...SOUTH CENTRAL COLUMBIANA AND NORTHEASTERN
CARROLL COUNTIES...
    
At 507 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles east of Carrollton, moving southeast 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.

Locations impacted include...
Salineville...                    Bergholz...
Amsterdam...                      Irondale...
Mechanicstown...                  

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 @NWSPITTSBURGH. 

&&

LAT...LON 4068 8097 4057 8069 4046 8092 4061 8104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 308DEG 25KT 4060 8094 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Muskingum	27 min
Jul 29, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum	44 min
Jul 29, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Columbiana	25 min
Jul 29, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Guernsey, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble	48 min
Jul 29, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Guernsey	45 min
Jul 29, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Harrison	25 min
Jul 29, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Columbiana, Jefferson	45 min
Jul 29, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Harrison, Jefferson	14 min
Jul 29, 4:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Harrison, Jefferson	22 min
Jul 29, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monroe, Noble	36 min
Jul 29, 5:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Columbiana, Jefferson	16 min
Jul 29, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Jefferson	36 min
Jul 29, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Harrison, Jefferson	47 min
Jul 29, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Monroe, Noble	38 min
Jul 29, 5:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Jefferson	21 min
Jul 29, 5:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PBZ	Jefferson	31 min
Jul 29, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Harrison, Jefferson	48 min
Jul 29, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Harrison, Jefferson	24 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.