Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Issued by NWS Pittsburgh, PA
884 WWUS51 KPBZ 080450 SVSPBZ Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 1250 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024 OHC031-059-067-119-157-080515- /O.CON.KPBZ.SV.W.0058.000000T0000Z-240508T0515Z/ Harrison OH-Guernsey OH-Coshocton OH-Muskingum OH-Tuscarawas OH- 1250 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON...NORTHERN GUERNSEY...SOUTHEASTERN COSHOCTON...NORTHEASTERN MUSKINGUM AND SOUTHERN TUSCARAWAS COUNTIES... At 1249 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near West Lafayette, or 8 miles east of Coshocton, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Public. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines, resulting in some power outages. Locations impacted include... Coshocton, Newcomerstown, West Lafayette, Gnadenhutten, Antrim, Tuscarawas, Port Washington, Conesville, Plainfield, Gilmore, Otsego, Birmingham, Boden, Kimbolton, and Salt Fork State Park. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM EDT for east central Ohio. Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Please report severe weather by calling 412-262-1988, posting to the NWS Pittsburgh Facebook page, or using Twitter @NWSPITTSBURGH. && LAT...LON 4020 8199 4029 8177 4041 8137 4010 8133 4006 8195 TIME...MOT...LOC 0449Z 255DEG 43KT 4024 8169 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN WIND THREAT...OBSERVED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ MLB