Alert archive / Ohio / Mesoscale Discussions in 2023
Mesoscale Discussion 342
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 25, 2023, 2:07 PM EDT for 17 counties in Ohio; 16 counties in Pennsylvania; 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2023, 2:07 PM EDT (18:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2023, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe thunderstorm watch 80
All 37 counties
Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Medina County, OH, Portage County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Crawford County, PA, Forest County, PA, Greene County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA, Warren County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Ohio County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 59 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 502 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1020 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 11:50 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton and 33 more | 85 min |
| Mar 25, 1:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana and 26 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2023Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2023Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2023Every mesoscale discussion in 2023
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.