Widely scattered severe thunderstorms formed ahead of a cold fornt in southeast Ohio.
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The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
Widely scattered severe thunderstorms formed ahead of a cold fornt in southeast Ohio.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at May 27, 1:48 PM EST, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 248 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2007 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS BOUNDARY WILL LINGER ALONG THE WEST VIRGINIA AND PENNSYLVANIA BORDER ON MONDAY. OTHERWISE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL COVER MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... FRONT WILL CROSS BETWEEN 21 AND 03Z...THEN HANG NEAR THE PA/WV BORDER OVERNIGHT. STRONG STORMS WILL FOCUS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY. THEN WILL SEE SHOWERS CONTINUE INTO MONDAY ALONG THE STALLED BOUNDARY SOUTH. WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO GOING TO FORECAST. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER REGION MONDAY NIGHT WITH MUCH DRIER AIR. DISSIPATING FRONT AND HIGHER DEWPOINTS WILL BE JUST TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF CWA THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. HIGHER DEWPOINTS BEGIN TO WORK BACK OVER REGION WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF SHORE. CANT TOTALLY DISCOUNT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY...BUT KEPT IT IN SLIGHT CHANCE CATEGORY. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF APPROACHING FRONT WILL BRING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. MODELS STILL NOT SETTLED ON HOW SHORTWAVE MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM THE PLAINS ON THURSDAY WILL EVOLVE INTO THE WEEKEND. CLOSED LOW DEPICTED BY GFS SEEMS A BIT OUT OF PLACE...BUT KEPT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE WEEKEND IN CASE FRONT SLOWS DOWN OR UPPER LOW STALLS OVER OHIO RIVER VALLEY ON DAY 6 AND 7. && .AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... STRONG CONVECTION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. CIGS AND VSBYS WILL GENERALLY BE VFR TODAY...WITH LIFR TO MVFR EXPECTED IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH FOG FORMING. GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH MVFR CONDITIONS IN FOG MONDAY NIGHT AND AROUND SHOWERS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. AN UNSETTLED PERIOD IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH RESTRICTED CIGS AND VSBYS IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 209 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2007 OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029>032- WVZ001>004-281815- TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH- MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER- CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON- WESTMORELAND-GREENE-FAYETTE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL- 209 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 300 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. .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. MDZ001-OHZ068-069-WVZ012-021>023-041-281815- GARRETT-NOBLE-MONROE-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER- 209 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
114 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0640 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SW CORAOPOLIS 40.49N 80.19W
05/26/2007 ALLEGHENY PA NWS EMPLOYEE
LARGE TREE BRACH TORN FROM TREE ALONG BROADHEAD ROAD NEAR
INTERSECTION WITH SHAFER ROAD.
&&SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 132 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2007 OHZ039-048-057-271830- COSHOCTON OH-MUSKINGUM OH-TUSCARAWAS OH- 132 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2007 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... MUSKINGUM...COSHOCTON AND TUSCARAWAS... AT 129 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SUGARCREEK TO NEAR NEWARK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND SOME WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ADAMSVILLE...BAKERSVILLE...BLISSFIELD...CONESVILLE...COOPERDALE... COSHOCTON...DILLON STATE PARK...DOVER...DRAKE...FERNCLIFF... LAYLAND...MINERAL CITY...NELLIE...NEW PHILADELPHIA...PLAINFIELD... STONE CREEK...STRASBURG...SUGARCREEK...WARSAW AND WEST LAFAYETTE KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 244 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2007 PAZ007-271945- MERCER PA- 244 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2007 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTY... MERCER... AT 241 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HERMITAGE... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...SMALL HAIL AND SOME WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... FREDONIA...HERMITAGE...MAURICE K GODDARD STATE PARK AND STONEBORO KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 314 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2007 PAZ008-272015- VENANGO PA- 314 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2007 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTY... VENANGO... AT 310 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF POLK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... OIL CITY...OIL CREEK STATE PARK...POLK...SENECA AND SUGARCREEK SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...SMALL HAIL AND SOME WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 411 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2007 OHZ057-272115- MUSKINGUM OH- 411 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2007 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTY... MUSKINGUM... AT 405 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 3 MILES NORTH OF EAST FULTONHAM... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ADAMSVILLE...BRIDGEVILLE...CANNELVILLE...CHANDLERSVILLE...DRAKE... PHILO...DUNCAN FALLS...EAST FULTONHAM...NEW CONCORD...NORWICH... OTSEGO AND ZANESVILLE SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...SMALL HAIL AND SOME WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 516 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2007 OHZ039-048-057-058-272215- COSHOCTON OH-GUERNSEY OH-MUSKINGUM OH-TUSCARAWAS OH- 516 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2007 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... MUSKINGUM...GUERNSEY...COSHOCTON AND TUSCARAWAS... AT 513 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER FERNCLIFF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... BAKERSVILLE...BIRMINGHAM...BODEN...CONESVILLE...FERNCLIFF... GILMORE...GNADENHUTTEN...KIMBOLTON...NEW PHILADELPHIA... NEWCOMERSTOWN...OTSEGO...PLAINFIELD...STONE CREEK AND WEST LAFAYETTE SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...SMALL HAIL AND SOME WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:03 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported trees down along Cresent Street in Goshen Township.
Law enforcement reported trees down along SR 12 in Warren Township.
The public reported penny size hail near Leesville.
Emergency management reported numerous trees and power lines down throughout Carrollton.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, May 2007
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 26641, 26644, 26646, 26649.