An MCS formed along a stalled frontal boundary across the Ohio Valley. These severe thunderstorms produced significant wind damage across parts of eastern Ohio, the northern West Virginia panhandle, and western Pennsylvania.
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The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
An MCS formed along a stalled frontal boundary across the Ohio Valley. These severe thunderstorms produced significant wind damage across parts of eastern Ohio, the northern West Virginia panhandle, and western Pennsylvania.
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 Jun 28, 12:57 PM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 157 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 .SYNOPSIS... THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE SEVERE THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT WITH DAMAGING WIND LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. THERE CAN BE ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AS A CANADIAN COLD FRONT CROSSES THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. IN THE FRONTS WAKE WILL COME A COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE CENTER THAT WILL MAINTAIN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO TUESDAY EVEN AS TEMPERATURES COOL DOWN AND HUMIDITIES BECOME COMFORTABLE. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/... CONCUR WITH SPC THAT THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE SEVERE INTO EARLY TONIGHT. THE HUMID AND NOW HEATED SURFACE LAYER WILL PROMOTE MODERATE INSTABILITY WITH CAPE VALUES OVER 1500 J/KG. WINDS ARE INCREASING AT ALL LEVELS WHICH WILL INCREASE VERTICAL WIND SHEAR SUFFICIENTLY/ THAT IS 0-6KM BULK SHEAR VALUES OVER 30 KTS/ TO PROMOTE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAN ORGANIZE INTO BOWING LINES. THIS SCENARIO FAVORS DAMAGING WIND AS THE PRIME HAZARD WITH LARGE HAIL SECONDARY. ALTHOUGH THE STORMS CAN GENERATE RAINFALL RATES OVER 1.5 INCHES AN HOUR...IN GENERAL THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE FAST ENOUGH AND NOT TRAIN TO CAUSE THIS MUCH RAINFALL FOR ANY ONE SPOT. HOWEVER SOIL CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT IF ANY LOCATION GETTING 1.5 INCHES IN LESS THAN 3 HOURS CAN SEE FLOODING DEVELOP WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR. JUDGING FROM RECENT SREF MODEL RUNS...THE STORMS WILL WEAKEN BY MIDNIGHT ...WITH SOME CLEARING LATE NIGHT. NEXT UPPER SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHES SUNDAY MORNING JUST AHEAD OF COLD FRONT...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG STORMS STARTING AROUND DAWN. THE COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACTING AS A CATALYST FOR MORE THUNDERSTORM GENESIS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SOMEWHAT FLAT SUNDAY...WITH LITTLE DIURNAL CURVE...GIVEN FRONTAL PASSAGE. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... BLEND OF RECENT SREF AND GEFS /GFS ENSEMBLE/ MODEL RUNS SHOW THE ENSUING COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTER PROMOTING SUFFICIENTLY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS INTO LATE TUESDAY TO INDUCE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FORECASTED TEMPERATURES TO BE SEVERAL DEGREES COLDER THAN NORMAL THIS PERIOD AS INDICATED BY BLEND OF VALUES FROM RECENT SREF MODELS...GFS MOS AND HPC GUIDANCE. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... LEND OF RECENT SREF AND GEFS /GFS ENSEMBLE/ MODEL RUNS SUGGEST A DRY INTERLUDE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY AS THE UPPER LOW MIGRATES TO HUDSONS BAY. HOWEVER A FAIRLY ROBUST SHORT WAVE TROUGH ALOFT WILL DEVELOP A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THURSDAY THAT COULD MOVE THROUGH THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. THIS SCENARIO WILL PROMOTE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE JULY 4TH HOLIDAY PERIOD. FORECASTED TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY INDICATE A REBOUND TO NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES BUT THE PROSPECTS OF A SECOND FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH PRECIPITATION SUGGEST COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES BY THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. ANOTHER WAVE WILL CROSS THE REGION SUNDAY MORNING WITH A WAVE OF STORMS POSSIBLE. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH MORE STORMS. WHILE CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT VFR THROUGH SUNDAY...IFR CONDITIONS CAN OCCUR IN AND NEAR STORMS. WIND GUSTS CAN GO OVER 50 KTS AND THERE CAN BE LARGE HAIL. BLEND OF RECENT SREF AND GEFS /GFS ENSEMBLE/ MODEL RUNS SHOW SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS WELL...WITH COLD MID LEVEL UPPER LOW HOLDING. A FEW PERIODS OF IFR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. MORE SETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY...BEFORE ANOTHER COLD FRONT AFFECTS THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND SHORT-LIVED BOUTS OF IFR LATE THURSDAY INTO SATURDAY. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 121 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007-008-013-014-020-021-029- 031-WVZ001>004-012-021-022-291730- TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH- MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-VENANGO-LAWRENCE- BUTLER-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-WASHINGTON-GREENE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO- MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- 121 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 629 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF 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. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT CAN CAUSE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN CAN POSE A FLOOD HAZARD IN LOCATIONS THAT GET MORE THAN 1.5 INCHES IN LESS THAN 3 HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE SPOTTER NET HAS BEEN ACTIVATED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. PAZ015-022-291730- CLARION-ARMSTRONG- 121 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD IS DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. THE SECONDARY HAZARD IS LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN CAN POSE A FLOOD HAZARD IN LOCATIONS THAT GET MORE THAN 1.5 INCHES IN LESS THAN 3 HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE SPOTTER NET HAS BEEN ACTIVATED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MDZ001-PAZ009-016-023-030-032-WVZ023-041-291730- GARRETT-FOREST-JEFFERSON PA-INDIANA-WESTMORELAND-FAYETTE-PRESTON- TUCKER- 121 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD IS DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. THE SECONDARY HAZARD IS LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN CAN POSE A FLOOD HAZARD IN LOCATIONS THAT GET MORE THAN 1.5 INCHES IN LESS THAN 3 HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE SPOTTER NET HAS BEEN ACTIVATED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 235 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 PAZ030-281930- WESTMORELAND PA- 235 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTY... WESTMORELAND... AT 232 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 3 MILES EAST OF WEST NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 36 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... DARLINGTON...DERRY...GREENSBURG...JEANNETTE...LATROBE...LAUREL MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...LIGONIER...NEW FLORENCE...NEW STANTON...WEST NEWTON...BAGGALEY...HOSTETTER...LAUGHLINTOWN...LYCIPPUS AND NORVELT THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 342 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 OHZ048-282045- COSHOCTON OH- 342 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTY... COSHOCTON... AT 340 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 22 MILES WEST OF NEW GUILFORD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... BLISSFIELD...CONESVILLE...COOPERDALE...COSHOCTON...LAYLAND... NELLIE...NEW GUILFORD...PLAINFIELD...WARSAW...WEST LAFAYETTE... BACON...BLUE ROW...BLUFF...CANAL LEWISVILLE AND CAVALLO THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND MAY REQUIRE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IF IT SUSTAINS ITSELF. WINDGUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE WARNING. 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 409 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 WVZ012-021-022-282115- MARION WV-MONONGALIA WV-WETZEL WV- 409 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... MARION...WETZEL AND MONONGALIA... AT 407 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SMITHFIELD... MOVING EAST AT 32 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ARCHER...ARNETTSVILLE...BAKER RIDGE...BANE...BARRACKVILLE... BASNETTVILLE...BAXTER...BEHLER...BELLVIEW...BENDOLPH...BENTONS FERRY...RANDALL...BERTHA HILL...GARDEN VILLAGE AND BEVERLY HILLS THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 416 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 OHZ050-PAZ021-029-WVZ002-003-282115- ALLEGHENY PA-BROOKE WV-JEFFERSON OH-OHIO WV-WASHINGTON PA- 416 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... JEFFERSON...WASHINGTON...ALLEGHENY...OHIO AND BROOKE... AT 415 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER BETHANY...MOVING EAST AT 32 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... AVELLA...BALDWIN...BESSEMER...BETHEL PARK...BRIDGEVILLE... CANONSBURG...CARNEGIE...DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH...ELIZABETH BORO...FOX CHAPEL...JEFFERSON BORO...MCDONALD...MCKEES ROCKS...MCKEESPORT AND MCMURRAY THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported numerous trees down around Coshocton and across the county.
Law enforcement reported trees down along SR 516 in Wayne Twp.
Emergency management reported damage to the roof of a school as well as trees and power lines down near Strasburg and across the county.
Emergency management reported large trees down in Lisbon.
A trained spotter reported trees and power lines down in and around Steubenville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, June 2008
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: 114887, 114889, 114891, 114886, 114888.