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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
200 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024

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/O.CON.KPBZ.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-240508T0615Z/
Washington PA-Allegheny PA-Westmoreland PA-Fayette PA-
200 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN ALLEGHENY...SOUTHWESTERN
WESTMORELAND AND NORTH CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTIES...

At 200 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bethel Park,
moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines, resulting in some
         power outages.

Locations impacted include...
Pittsburgh, Mount Lebanon, Bethel Park, McKeesport, Jeannette,
Gastonville, West Mifflin, Baldwin, Upper St. Clair, Scott Township,
Whitehall, South Park Township, Munhall, Jefferson Hills, North
Versailles, Brentwood, Dormont, Castle Shannon, Pleasant Hills, and
Carnegie.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM EDT for southwestern
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 4037 8015 4042 8008 4032 7960 4007 7973
TIME...MOT...LOC 0600Z 291DEG 38KT 4032 8002

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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