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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued by NWS Pittsburgh, PA

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WUUS51 KPBZ 172253
SVRPBZ
OHC029-067-081-PAC003-005-007-019-031-073-125-129-WVC009-029-180000-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.SV.W.0052.240417T2253Z-240418T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
653 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Harrison County in east central Ohio...
  Jefferson County in east central Ohio...
  Eastern Columbiana County in east central Ohio...
  Beaver County in western Pennsylvania...
  Butler County in west central Pennsylvania...
  Allegheny County in southwestern Pennsylvania...
  West central Armstrong County in west central Pennsylvania...
  Southwestern Clarion County in west central Pennsylvania...
  Northern Washington County in southwestern Pennsylvania...
  Southern Lawrence County in western Pennsylvania...
  Northwestern Westmoreland County in southwestern Pennsylvania...
  Brooke County in northern West Virginia...
  Hancock County in northern West Virginia...

* Until 800 PM EDT.

* At 653 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Columbiana to near Wellsville to near Cadiz, moving
  east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Pittsburgh, Penn Hills, Mount Lebanon, Bethel Park, Ross Township,
  McCandless Township, Monroeville, Cranberry, Moon Township, New
  Castle, McMurray, Weirton, McKeesport, Steubenville, Butler,
  Franklin Park, East Liverpool, Aliquippa, Canonsburg, and Beaver
  Falls.

This includes the following highways...
  Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 1 and 55.
  Interstate 79 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 43 and 105.
  Parkway North between mile markers 1 and 13.
  Interstate 376 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 15 and 83.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for east central
Ohio...western, southwestern and west central Pennsylvania...and
northern West Virginia.

Please report severe weather by calling 412-262-1988, posting to
the NWS Pittsburgh Facebook page, or using Twitter @NWSPITTSBURGH.

&&

LAT...LON 4108 7952 4059 7963 4022 7997 4024 8108
      4054 8080 4090 8072 4090 8052 4099 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 266DEG 41KT 4090 8066 4055 8073 4030 8096

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

$$

WM