Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Issued by NWS Pittsburgh, PA
571 WWUS51 KPBZ 211916 SVSPBZ Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 316 PM EDT Sat Sep 21 2024 PAC051-WVC061-077-211930- /O.CON.KPBZ.SV.W.0257.000000T0000Z-240921T1930Z/ Fayette PA-Monongalia WV-Preston WV- 316 PM EDT Sat Sep 21 2024 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FAYETTE, NORTHWESTERN PRESTON AND NORTHEASTERN MONONGALIA COUNTIES... At 316 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles south of Uniontown, moving southeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Emergency management reported. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Brookhaven, Laurel Run, Cheat Lake and Clifton Mills. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Anyone outdoors should move to shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. This storm has produced widespread damaging winds and large hail. Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. Seek shelter immediately in an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built structure. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning is one of nature`s leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. && LAT...LON 3967 7988 3967 7987 3968 7987 3969 7986 3969 7985 3971 7983 3971 7982 3972 7981 3972 7980 3973 7980 3973 7979 3974 7978 3974 7977 3975 7976 3975 7973 3976 7972 3977 7970 3977 7969 3971 7958 3957 7981 TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 305DEG 21KT 3975 7977 TORNADO...POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN WIND THREAT...OBSERVED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH $$ MLB