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Tornado Watch 501
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jul 25, 2022, 1:40 AM EDT for Columbiana County, Mahoning County, Stark County, Ohio; 13 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 2022, 1:40 AM EDT (05:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2022, 5:01 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
Counties Columbiana County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Stark County, OH, Armstrong County, PA, Butler County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Elk County, PA, Forest County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, McKean County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Potter County, PA, Venango County, PA, Warren County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:39 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.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 5%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 50%
Warnings issued inside it
6 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 1:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Mercer, Venango | 59 min |
| Jul 25, 1:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Stark | 38 min |
| Jul 25, 1:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull | 64 min |
| Jul 25, 1:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana | 62 min |
| Jul 25, 2:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 67 min |
| Jul 25, 4:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Jefferson | 54 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 12:27 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashtabula, Geauga, Trumbull | 93 min |
| Jul 25, 12:52 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bradford, Cameron, Crawford, Elk, Forest, Lycoming and 8 more | 113 min |
| Jul 25, 3:54 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Cameron, Clearfield, Elk, Jefferson, Tioga | 96 min |
| Jul 25, 11:25 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Northampton | 95 min |
| Jul 25, 1:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chester, Delaware, Philadelphia | 118 min |
| Jul 25, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Pike | 7 hr |
| Jul 25, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery and 2 more | 8 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.