Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued by NWS Pittsburgh, PA

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
138 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024

The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Beaver County in western Pennsylvania...
  Northern Washington County in southwestern Pennsylvania...
  Southern Allegheny County in southwestern Pennsylvania...
  Southwestern Westmoreland County in southwestern Pennsylvania...
  North central Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania...

* Until 215 AM EDT.

* At 137 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Imperial, or
  9 miles southwest of Moon Township, moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Pittsburgh, Mount Lebanon, Bethel Park, McMurray, McKeesport,
  Jeannette, Canonsburg, Gastonville, West Mifflin, Baldwin, Upper
  St. Clair, Scott Township, Whitehall, South Park Township, Robinson
  Township, Munhall, Cecil-Bishop, Jefferson Hills, North Versailles,
  and Brentwood.

This includes the following highways...
  Interstate 70 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 41 and 54.
  Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 66 and 72.
  Interstate 79 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 45 and 58.
  Interstate 376 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 65 and 66.

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 400 AM EDT for western and
southwestern Pennsylvania.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4036 8048 4048 8040 4032 7960 4007 7973
TIME...MOT...LOC 0537Z 291DEG 38KT 4041 8033

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

$$

WM