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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

August 21, 2022Muskingum County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2022, 3:06 PM EDT for Muskingum County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 21, 2022, 3:06 PM EDT (19:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2022, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Muskingum County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 330 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2022-08-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 29 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2022-08-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 21, 2:21 PM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 2:21 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 12:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
1223 PM EDT Sun Aug 21 2022

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031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021-509>514-221630-
Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Coshocton-Harrison-Jefferson OH-
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Lawrence-Butler-Clarion-Jefferson PA-Beaver-Allegheny-Armstrong-
Indiana-Washington-Greene-Westmoreland-
Higher Elevations of Westmoreland-Fayette-
Higher Elevations of Fayette-Hancock-Brooke-Ohio-Marshall-Wetzel-
Marion-Monongalia-
Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-Preston-
Eastern Preston-Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker-
1223 PM EDT Sun Aug 21 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, western
Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Isolated to scattered severe storms are possible this afternoon and
evening. The main threat will be damaging wind gusts. Some heavy
rainfall that may lead to minor flooding is also possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Hazardous weather is not 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

Local storm report, Aug 21, 9:19 AM EDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 7:39 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZAllegheny3 hr
Aug 21, 9:12 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZAllegheny, Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland3 hr
Aug 21, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZJefferson37 min
Aug 21, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZBeaver48 min
Aug 20, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton, Guernsey, Tuscarawas44 min
Aug 20, 8:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMuskingum43 min
Aug 20, 8:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZGuernsey37 min
Aug 20, 8:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll, Harrison, Tuscarawas50 min
Aug 20, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont, Guernsey, Monroe, Noble49 min
Aug 20, 9:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont, Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe49 min
Aug 20, 9:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZColumbiana41 min
Aug 21, 3:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMuskingum2 hr
Aug 21, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZGuernsey29 min
Aug 21, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMonroe28 min
Aug 21, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMarion25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.