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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2026, 9:52 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 38 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
- Mar 22, 2026, 9:52 PM EDT (01:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2026, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Coshocton County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 1017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 Mar 22, 7:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 7:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 1235 PM EDT Sun Mar 22 2026 OHZ039>041-049-050-058-059-068-069-PAZ013>016-020>022-029-031- 073>078-WVZ001>004-012-021-509-510-231645- Tuscarawas-Carroll-Columbiana-Harrison-Jefferson OH-Guernsey-Belmont- Noble-Monroe-Lawrence-Butler-Clarion-Jefferson PA-Beaver-Allegheny- Armstrong-Washington-Greene-Westmoreland- Higher Elevations of Westmoreland-Fayette- Higher Elevations of Fayette-Indiana-Higher Elevations of Indiana- Hancock-Brooke-Ohio-Marshall-Wetzel-Marion-Monongalia- Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston- 1235 PM EDT Sun Mar 22 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. There is a Enhanced (level 3 of 5) risk of severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Large hail and damaging wind gusts are the primary threats, with the stronger storms potentially producing hail of baseball size. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. OHZ048-057-PAZ007>009-WVZ511>514-231645- Coshocton-Muskingum-Mercer-Venango-Forest-Preston-Eastern Preston- Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker- 1235 PM EDT Sun Mar 22 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, northwest Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. There is a Slight (level 2 of 5) risk of severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Large hail and damaging wind gusts are the primary threats, with the stronger storms potentially producing hail of golf ball size. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. Milcarek
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 22, 7:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Mar 22, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango | 44 min |
| Mar 22, 9:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Washington | 24 min |
| Mar 22, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Tuscarawas | 39 min |
| Mar 22, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Muskingum, Tuscarawas | 51 min |
| Mar 22, 10:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Harrison, Jefferson | 21 min |
| Mar 22, 10:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble | 23 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.