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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

May 21, 2022Coshocton County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2022, 5:11 PM EDT for Coshocton County, Ohio. It was in force for 34 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
May 21, 2022, 5:11 PM EDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2022, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Coshocton County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 21, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 12:00Z on 2022-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 820 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 12:00Z on 2022-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 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
820 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-200 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1222 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 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 May 21, 3:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 3:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 2:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
250 PM EDT Sat May 21 2022

OHZ039>041-048>050-057-058-PAZ007-008-013-014-020-WVZ001-221900-
Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Coshocton-Harrison-Jefferson OH-
Muskingum-Guernsey-Mercer-Venango-Lawrence-Butler-Beaver-Hancock-
250 PM EDT Sat May 21 2022

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 255 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

OHZ059-068-069-PAZ009-015-016-021>023-029-073-WVZ002>004-221900-
Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Forest-Clarion-Jefferson PA-Allegheny-Armstrong-
Indiana-Washington-Westmoreland-Brooke-Ohio-Marshall-
250 PM EDT Sat May 21 2022

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible this evening. The main
severe threat will be damaging wind gusts.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

PAZ031-074>076-WVZ012-021-509>514-221900-
Greene-Higher Elevations of Westmoreland-Fayette-
Higher Elevations of Fayette-Wetzel-Marion-Monongalia-
Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-Preston-
Eastern Preston-Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker-
250 PM EDT Sat May 21 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Pennsylvania and
northern West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 21, 4:31 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZLawrence, Mercer26 min
May 21, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMercer36 min
May 21, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZCoshocton, Muskingum44 min
May 21, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMuskingum43 min
May 21, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZTuscarawas45 min
May 21, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMuskingum33 min
May 21, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZTuscarawas36 min
May 21, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZCarroll, Harrison35 min
May 21, 6:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZColumbiana36 min
May 21, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZColumbiana, Jefferson23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.