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

PAC003-005-007-019-073-125-129-180000-
/O.CON.KPBZ.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-240418T0000Z/
Beaver PA-Washington PA-Lawrence PA-Butler PA-Allegheny PA-
Westmoreland PA-Armstrong PA-
739 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN BEAVER...NORTHERN WASHINGTON...SOUTHERN LAWRENCE...
SOUTHERN BUTLER...ALLEGHENY...NORTHWESTERN WESTMORELAND AND WEST
CENTRAL ARMSTRONG COUNTIES...

At 738 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles northwest of Meridian to near Franklin Park to
6 miles northeast of Avella, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Law enforcement.

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

Locations impacted include...
Pittsburgh, Penn Hills, Ross Township, McCandless Township,
Monroeville, Cranberry, Moon Township, Butler, Franklin Park,
Aliquippa, Shaler Township, Plum, North Side Pittsburgh, Baldwin,
Hampton Township, Scott Township, Wilkinsburg, Robinson Township, New
Kensington, and Lower Burrell.

These storms have a history of producing damaging wind.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for western,
southwestern 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 4059 7963 4040 7981 4041 8036 4054 8028
      4089 8021 4090 7956
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 266DEG 41KT 4093 8006 4058 8014 4033 8037

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

$$

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