Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
1020 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 1986

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
OVERNIGHT. SOME COULD HAVE WIND GUSTS STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE DAMAGE
OR ENOUGH RAIN TO CAUSE FLOODING.

MOST BUILDINGS OFFER ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM LIGHTNING AND
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS. MOBILE HOMES THAT ARE NOT ANCHORED ARE NOT.
CAMPERS...IF A BAD THUNDERSTORM IS APPROACHING..YOU WOULD BE WISE TO
SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. FALLING TREES ARE NO MATCH FOR A TENT.

RAINFALL EXCEEDING 3 INCHES OVERNIGHT COULD CAUSE FLOODING. IF YOU
LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA..BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR REPEATED HEAVY
RAIN OR WATER LEVELS RAPIDLY RISING. NEVER GO THROUGH FLOODING TO
GET HIGHER GROUND. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK AND THE
FAST CURRENT COULD SWEEP YOU AWAY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THEN THE STRONG STORMS WILL YMOVE THROUGH
SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND THE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA MOUNTAINS
IN THE HOURS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAWN.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CLOSELY MONITORING THESE STORMS.
TUNE IN FOR LATER ADVISORIES.

GIORDANO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
1150 PM EDT MON JUL 28 1986

AT 1145 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF
EAST LIVERPOOL OHIO..ENTERING BEAVER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA.
FREQUENT..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO ALLEGHENY COUNTY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 130AM.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN TRUMBULL AND MAHONING
COUNTIES IN OHIO..AND IN MERCER..LAWRENCE..BUTLER COUNTIES IN
PENNSYLVANIA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SHOWERS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO FROM COLUMBUS TO ZANESVILLE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
12 MIDNIGHT EDT TUE JUL 29 1986

A SEVERE LIGHTNING STORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH BEAVER COUNTY AND
ALLEGHENY COUNTY BETWEEN NOW AND 2 AM. INDOORS IS THE SAFEST PLACE
FOR LIGHTNING. WHEN INDOORS HOWEVER..STAY OFF THE PHONE. UNPLUG
LARGE APPLIANCES. AND GET YOUR FLASHLIGHTS AND CANDLES READY.

THE LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM DESTOYED A BARN IN SALEM OHIO AND CAUSED
NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES AND TELEPHONE OUTAGES IN EAST LIVERPOOL OHIO.
HEAVY LIGHTNING HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN BEAVER COUNTY.

ALSO BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR STRONG WIND..LARGE HAIL..AND RAIN HEAVY
ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN FLOOD PRONE AREA..BE WATCHFUL
FOR PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN AND SUDDENLY RISING WATER LEVELS.

THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE WEST HILLS OF PITTSBURGH BETWEEN
MIDNIGHT AND 1 AM. BASED ON ITS PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST
AT 10 MILES AN HOUR..IT COULD BE GOING THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH
AREA BETWEEN 1 AM AND 2 AM.
.
USING BATTERY OPERATED RADIO AND TV...KEEP TUNED FOR LATER ADVISORIE.

GIORDANO/VISNESKI

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
1230 AM EDT TUE JUL 29 1986

AT 1205AM EDT IN BEAVER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA...POWER LINES WERE BLOWN
DOWN IN PLEASANTS TOWNSHIP AND MIDLAND PENNSYLVANIA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
157 AM EDT TUE JUL 29 1986

THUNDERSTORMS WERE LIGHTING UP THE SKIES OVER WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
..EASTERN OHIO..AND THE PAHANDLE OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

AT 130 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PITTSBURGH WAS
SHOWING SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE PENNSYLVANIA AND
OHIO STATE LINE. THE THUNDERSTROMS EXTENDED FROM LAKE ERIE SOUTH ALONG
THE STATE LINES INTO THE PANHANDLE OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK-OUT FOR DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING. LIGHTNING HAS ALREADY CAUSED NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES
THROUGH-OUT EASTERN OHIO..WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND THE WEST VIRGINIA
PANHANDLE.

THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. BECAUSE OF THE
SOME WHAT SLOW SPEED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS AND
CREEKS IS POSSIBLE.
HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKLES AND WINDS OVER 50 MILES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN
RECO&RDED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS.

STAY TUNED TO COMMERICAL RADIO AND TV..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
WEATHER BULLITINS AND BE READY TO TAKE ACTION IF THREATING WEATHER
APPROACHES YOUR AREA.

TAYLOR/WELLS