{"id":31295,"date":"2019-01-08T18:59:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T18:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=31295"},"modified":"2019-01-11T15:24:45","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T15:24:45","slug":"tornado-in-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/31295","title":{"rendered":"Tornadoes in Ohio and Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"

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GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 \u00b5m, left)<\/em> and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m, right)<\/em> images [click to play animation | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0GOES-16 (GOES-East)<\/em> “Red” Visible (0.64 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images (above)<\/strong><\/em> showed an isolated thunderstorm which produced an EF-1 tornado in northeastern Ohio and 1.0-inch diameter hail in northwestern Pennsylvania during the morning hours on 08 January 2019<\/a><\/strong> (SPC storm reports<\/strong><\/a>). (09 January update<\/strong>: a storm survey<\/a><\/strong> conducted by NWS Pittsburgh also confirmed an EF-1 tornado with the same storm that earlier produced the 1.0-inch diameter hail)<\/p>\n

GOES-16 Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images (below)<\/strong><\/em> revealed the broad cyclonic flow associated with a trough of low pressure aloft over the Great Lakes, and RAP40 model fields showed an elongated lobe of 500 hPa vorticity pivoting across Ohio and Pennsylvania. After the initial tornado\/hail-producing thunderstorms during the late morning hours, a second round of storms produced additional hail in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

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GOES-16 Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 \u00b5m)<\/em> images, with overlays of surface fronts and NAM40 model 500 hPa geopotential height and vorticity [click to play animation | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>
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An EF-1 tornado occurred in Cortland, OH in Trumbull County this morning: https:\/\/t.co\/VypmgiqrIG<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/p8LQzoXuwN<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 NWS Cleveland (@NWSCLE) January 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n