As a warm front moved northeast across the upper Ohio Valley a mesoscale convective complex developed across the eastern Great Lakes and moved south across portions of eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Some of these thunderstorms were severe and produced scattered wind damage.
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The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
As a warm front moved northeast across the upper Ohio Valley a mesoscale convective complex developed across the eastern Great Lakes and moved south across portions of eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Some of these thunderstorms were severe and produced scattered wind damage.
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 7, 8:06 AM EST, 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 906 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE REGION TODAY WILL BRING A THUNDERSTORMS WITH INCREASING WARMTH AND HUMIDITY. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY UNDER HIGH PRESSURE. AN APPROACHING FRONT WILL BRING THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... 9AM UPDATE... MCS CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH OVER CWA. STRONGEST CONVECTION WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS NOW OVER EXTREME WESTERN PA IN EXTREME WESTERN PA AND WESTWARD THROUGH OHIO PORTION OF CWA. GUST FRONT MOVING OUT AHEAD OF PRECIP. SPC INDICATES THAT DEVELOPMENT MAY OCCUR TO THE SSW AS COMPLEX MOVES THOUGH. MODIFIED POP GRIDS TO REFLECT CURRENT RADAR AND HRRR GUIDANCE. PREVIOUS NEAR TERM DISSCUSION FOLLOWS... BROAD RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE COUNTRY WILL BE SHIFTING EASTWARD OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SHORTWAVE MOVING OVER THE RIDGE TODAY HAS SPAWNED AN MCS OVER ONTARIO THIS MORNING THAT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST TOWARD REGION ESPECIALLY I-80 CORRIDOR AND RIDGES. INSTABILITY WILL BE INCREASING AS HIGHER DEW POINTS SURGE NORTHEAST. EXTENT OF THUNDERSTORMS IS QUESTIONABLE WITH SOME CAPPING PRESENT ON FORECAST SOUNDINGS. KEPT CHC POPS HIGHEST NORTHEAST AND RIDGES. AREA REMAINS IN SLIGHT RISK WITH CAPE INCREASING TO 2000 TO 3000 J/KG THIS AFTERNOON WHILE 0-6KM BULK SHEAR IS NEAR 30KTS. STORMS THAT DO FORM POTENTIALLY SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND WILL CONTINUE MENTION IN HWO. AS SHORTWAVE EXITS THIS EVENING UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD IN TO END THUNDERSTORM THREAT WITH WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EAST WEDNESDAY WITH HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS AND ONLY AN ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM AT BEST. BY THURSDAY, RIDGE EROSION IS PROGGED TO BE WELL UNDERWAY VIA CROSSING SHORTWAVE ENERGY. THE SCENARIO PULLS A SURFACE COLD FRONT OVER THE UPPER OHIO REGION AND STALLS IT. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. CONTINUED HUMID WITH TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE NORMAL. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... COLD FRONT IS ANTICIPATED TO MOVE INTO FORECAST AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND THEN HANG UP ACROSS REGION INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL KEEP SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES IN THE FORECAST WITH BEST COVERAGE AND TIMING DIFFICULT DEPENDING ON EXACT PLACEMENT OF FRONT AND WHEN ANY IMPULSES WILL MOVE ALONG IT. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES UNTIL A STRONGER SHORTWAVE MAY PUSH THE FRONT FARTHER SOUTH WITH TEMPERATURES TRENDING TOWARD NORMAL WITH LOWERING HUMIDITY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. && .AVIATION /13Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... EXCEPT FOR SOME IFR RESTRICTIONS IN PATCHY FOG EARLY THIS MORNING AT KZZV...GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. AN UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE RIDING SOUTHEAST OVER TOP OF AN UPPER RIDGE COULD TRIGGER WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MUCH UNCERTAINTY EXISTS IN THE TIMING AND LOCATION...THEREFORE MENTION OF CB WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE TERMINALS. SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 10 KT DURING THIS AFTERNOON. AVIATION OUTLOOK /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTH FROM THE GREAT LAKES. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 723 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011 OHZ039>041-048>050-PAZ007-008-013-014-020-WVZ001-081130- TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-MERCER- VENANGO-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-BEAVER-HANCOCK- 723 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 436 IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY 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. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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-OHZ057>059-068-069-PAZ009-015-016-021>023-029-031-073>076- WVZ002>004-012-021>023-041-081130- GARRETT-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-FOREST-CLARION- JEFFERSON PA-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-GREENE- WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-BROOKE-OHIO- MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER- 723 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
837 AM EDT TUE JUN 07 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0820 AM TSTM WND DMG SHARON 41.23N 80.49W
06/07/2011 MERCER PA 911 CALL CENTER
TREES DOWN IN SHARON
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EVENT NUMBER PBZ1100832
RCCSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 852 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011 PAZ007-008-013>015-020>023-073-071345- ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-BEAVER PA-BUTLER PA-CLARION PA-INDIANA PA- LAWRENCE PA-MERCER PA-VENANGO PA-WESTMORELAND PA- 852 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ARMSTRONG...BUTLER...EASTERN LAWRENCE...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WESTMORELAND...NORTHEASTERN BEAVER...NORTHERN ALLEGHENY...SOUTHEASTERN MERCER...SOUTHWESTERN CLARION...SOUTHWESTERN VENANGO AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA COUNTIES... AT 847 AM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE LEADING EDGE ALONG A LINE FROM 3 MILES EAST OF EMLENTON TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF MERCER WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS IS RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF APPROXIMATELY AN INCH PER HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR STOVERS MILL...CALLENSBURG...EASTON...AND ZION HILL AROUND 855 AM...TOBY...MOUNT AIRY...WHISKERVILLE...AND REDMOND AROUND 900 AM...BELA AND HUEY AROUND 905 AM. MOVE INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH AND PLEASE REPORT DOWNED TREES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772. LAT...LON 4058 7926 4054 8013 4125 8027 4126 7955 15
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
917 AM EDT TUE JUN 07 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 AM TSTM WND DMG JAMESTOWN 41.48N 80.44W
06/07/2011 MERCER PA 911 CALL CENTER
TREES...BRANCHES AND WIRES DOWN
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EVENT NUMBER PBZ1100833
RCCThe Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:19 UTC.
9 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter reported trees and power lines down on State Route 62 near Salem.
A trained spotter reported trees and power lines down on State Route 62 near Salem.
Law enforcement reported numerous trees down down on State Route 14 west of Columbiana.
Department of transportation reported trees down near Lisbon.
Department of transportation reported numerous trees and power lines down in Strasburg.
Postal workers reported trees down in Bloomingdale and Unionport.
Emergency management reported trees and power lines down in Martins Ferry.
Emergency management reported trees down in Coshocton.
Law enforcement reported trees down in Woodsfield.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, June 2011
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: 321012, 321013, 321014, 321015, 321016, 321011, 321017, 321018, 321019, 321021.