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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
813 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

PAC003-019-121-129-180022-
/O.CAN.KPBZ.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-240418T0030Z/
Venango PA-Butler PA-Allegheny PA-Westmoreland PA-
813 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN VENANGO...EASTERN
BUTLER...NORTHEASTERN ALLEGHENY AND NORTHWESTERN WESTMORELAND
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for northwestern
and west central Pennsylvania.

&&

LAT...LON 4152 7930 4119 7903 4088 7913 4067 7955
      4082 7962 4114 7965
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 230DEG 56KT 4111 7971 4089 7953 4072 7959

$$

PAC005-031-053-063-065-180030-
/O.CON.KPBZ.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-240418T0030Z/
Indiana PA-Jefferson PA-Armstrong PA-Clarion PA-Forest PA-
813 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...WESTERN JEFFERSON...CENTRAL ARMSTRONG...
CLARION AND SOUTHWESTERN FOREST COUNTIES...

At 812 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 12 miles northwest of Rimersburg to near Kittanning to
near Ford City, moving northeast at 65 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

IMPACT...Trees snapped and uprooted. Power outages can be expected.

Locations impacted include...
Clarion, Kittanning, Brookville, Knox, Rimersburg, Ford City, New
Bethlehem, West Kittanning, East Brady, Rural Valley, Sligo, Dayton,
Strattanville, Summerville, Limestone, West Hills, Hawthorn,
Shippenville, Manorville, and Ford Cliff.

These storms have a history of producing damaging wind.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for northwestern
and west central Pennsylvania.

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 4152 7930 4119 7903 4088 7913 4067 7955
      4082 7962 4114 7965
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 230DEG 56KT 4111 7971 4089 7953 4072 7959

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

WM


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