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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
259 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024

PAZ073-074-077-078-080745-
Higher Elevations of Indiana PA-Westmoreland Ridges PA-
Westmoreland PA-Indiana PA-
259 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN
WESTMORELAND COUNTIES THROUGH 345 AM EDT...

At 258 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Black Lick to near Lawson Heights to near
West Newton. Movement was east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Latrobe, Homer City, Donora, Mount Pleasant,
McChesneytown-Loyalhanna, Blairsville, Derry, Lawson Heights, New
Stanton, Ligonier, Black Lick, Calumet-Norvelt, New Florence, Seward,
Bolivar, Youngstown, Hunker, Laurel Mountain, Armagh, and Lucerne
Mines.

This includes the following highways...
  Interstate 70 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 49 and 52.
  Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 76 and 84, and near
  mile marker 86.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4037 7899 4020 7913 4018 7913 4018 7914
      4016 7914 4016 7916 4014 7916 4017 7986
      4023 7953 4056 7925 4058 7887
TIME...MOT...LOC 0658Z 270DEG 38KT 4051 7921 4024 7944 4019 7969

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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