A convective complex drove southeastward our of Ohio ahead of approaching surface front on the 14th. While the strongest part of the line moved just south of our forecast area, a portion of the line brought damage to Noble and Harrison counties.
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The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
A convective complex drove southeastward our of Ohio ahead of approaching surface front on the 14th. While the strongest part of the line moved just south of our forecast area, a portion of the line brought damage to Noble and Harrison counties.
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 Jul 14, 1:43 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 243 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 .SYNOPSIS... THUNDERSTORMS SOME SEVERE WILL IN THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LESS HUMID CONDITIONS WILL RETURN LATER WEDNESDAY INTO FRIDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... LINE OF STORMS...SOME SEVERE IN CENTRAL OHIO HEADING EASTWARD. ALTHOUGH RAPID MOVEMENT WITH THESE STORMS, AS THE LINE LAYS OUT IN A MORE EAST-WEST DIRECTIONS, MAY LEAD TO INCREASED DURATION OVER A PARTICULAR AREA LEADING TO SOME LOCALLY HIGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS. CAT POPS INTO EARLY EVENING AS MAIN UPPER TROUGH EXITS EAST. DIMINISHING SHOWER CHANCES THROUGH THE NIGHT AS UPPER TROUGH AND MUCH DRIER AIR WORKS SOUTHEAST. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING LOWER HUMIDITY AND SEASONAL TEMPERATURES INTO FRIDAY. DEVELOPING ZONAL FLOW AND WARM ADVECTION WILL RETURN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES LATE FRIDAY AND AGAIN INTO THE WEEKEND. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN U.S. WILL RETROGRADE WESTWARD WITH THE OHIO VALLEY BEING PLACED IN ZONAL FLOW ON TOP OF THE RIDGE. TEMPERATURES NEAR SEASONAL AVERAGE WITH INCREASING HUMIDITY THROUGH THE PERIOD AS HARD TO TIME SHORTWAVE RACE EAST ACROSS THE REGION WITH CHANCE POPS. && .AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE GREAT LAKES THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. RESTRICTIONS IN SCATTERED STORMS WITH STRONGER GUSTS IN OR NEAR STRONGER STORMS. BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT COLD ADVECTION BRINGS ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS IN LOWER STRATOCU. OUTLOOK...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... RESTRICTIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATER FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AS A SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. && .EQUIPMENT... KPBZ RADAR BACK UP IN OPERATION. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1247 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 MDZ001-OHZ057>059-068-069-PAZ031-075-076-WVZ003-004-012-021>023-041- 151700- GARRETT-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-GREENE-FAYETTE- FAYETTE RIDGES-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER- 1247 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 421 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST 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. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ039>041-048>050-PAZ014-020>023-029-073-074-WVZ001-002-151700- TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-BUTLER- BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND- WESTMORELAND RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE- 1247 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 421 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA 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. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ007>009-013-015-016-151700- MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA- 1247 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 421 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .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. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 233 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 PAZ007-141930- MERCER- 233 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY... AT 232 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR KINSMAN...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHARPSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HERMITAGE...GREENVILLE...MERCER...CLARK...JAMESTOWN...FREDONIA... JACKSON CENTER...SHEAKLEYVILLE AND MAURICE K GODDARD STATE PARK. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 79 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 118 AND 135. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. LAT...LON 4147 8010 4121 8016 4128 8052 4149 8052 TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 278DEG 22KT 4141 8066 88
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
312 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
OHZ039>041-049-142015-
COLUMBIANA-HARRISON-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-
312 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT COLUMBIANA...
NORTHWESTERN HARRISON...CARROLL AND TUSCARAWAS COUNTIES...
AT 312 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF SEBRING TO SUGARCREEK. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW PHILADELPHIA...DOVER...SALEM...COLUMBIANA...UHRICHSVILLE...EAST
PALESTINE...CARROLLTON...NEWCOMERSTOWN...MINERVA...LISBON...
DENNISON...STRASBURG...SUGARCREEK...LEETONIA...NEW WATERFORD...
AUGUSTA...SALINEVILLE...GNADENHUTTEN...MALVERN AND TUSCARAWAS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 77 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 60 AND 95.
LAT...LON 4044 8171 4046 8167 4063 8167 4067 8146
4065 8124 4072 8124 4073 8109 4090 8108
4090 8090 4093 8089 4093 8082 4090 8082
4090 8052 4084 8052 4030 8127 4030 8134
4021 8134 4022 8162 4037 8162 4037 8171
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 309DEG 26KT 4102 8106 4050 8163The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 136 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:13 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Department of highways reported trees down on State Route 145.
Twenty to thirty hardwood trees were bent, snapped, and toppled on an acre of land just north of Scio. Owner of the land sent several pictures of trees snapped 30-50 feet off the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, July 2015
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: 594621, 594623.