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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 30, 1987Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1987, 7:20 PM EDT for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 1987, 7:20 PM EDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1987, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Allegheny County, PA

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 30, 8:10 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Allegheny, PA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 30, 3:20 PM EDT, 4 hours before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
244 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1987

DATE       TIME EDT   COUNTY/STATE   CITY               EVENT

6/29/87    510PM      BEAVER, PA   HOPEWELL TWP       TREES DOWN, PORCH
                                   (NEAR SOUTH HEIGHTS)TORN OFF A HOUSE

6/29/87    535PM      HANCOCK, WV   WEIRTON           1.75 INCH HAIL

6/29/87    610PM      WASHINGTON,PA CECIL             1.25 INCH HAIL

6/29/87    615PM      ALLEGHENY,PA  SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS TREES AND POWER
                                                      LINES DOWN

6/29/87    630PM      WASHINGTON,PA EIGHTY FOUR      1.75 INCH HAIL

6/29/87    650PM      WESTMORELAND,PA SMITHTON       GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL

6/29/87   700PM    WESTMORELAND, PA   BURNSVILLE        TREES AND POWER
                                      (FINLEY TWP IN SW LINES DOWN
                                       PART OF COUNTY)

6/29/87   800PM    FAYETTE,PA         EVERSON           1 INCH HAIL AND
                                                        TREES DOWN

6/29/87   835PM    MARSHALL, WV       NORTH OF MOUNDSVILLE  TREES DOWN

6/29/87   915PM    WASHINGTON, PA     PARIS             TREES DOWN,
                                                        ROOFS OF HOMES,
                                                        1.75 INCH HAIL

6/29/87   945PM    ALLEGHENY, PA      SOUTHERN SUBURBS  TREES AND POWER
                                      OF PITTSBURGH     LINES DOWN

6/29/87   949PM    BROOKE, WV         COLLIERS          TREES DOWN

6/29/87   1155PM   BUTLER,PA          SLIPPERY ROCK     TREES DOWN
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:44 PM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
344 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1987

...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
AND EASTERN OHIO...

A FRONTAL SYSTEM PUSHING UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE OHIO VALLEY
THIS AFTERNOON HAS CAUSED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOPE
IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND EASTERN OHIO. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO DEVELOPE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS AND WILL BE MONITORED
CLOSELY.

SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
STRIKES...POWER OUTAGES...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS SOME
OF WHICH MAY CAUSE THE FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...LOWLAND AND
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APP%ROACHES...GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY OR
IN THE EVENT OF RAPIDLY RISING WATERS MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...REMEMBER
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
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END/COMEAUX
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
434 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR A LARGE
PORTION OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA FROM INTERSTATE 80...SOUTHWARD TO
THE WEST VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND BORDER...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORM FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR A LARGE
PORTION OF SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
FROM MORGANTOWN EXTENDING EASTWARD INTO WESTERN MARYLAND NEAR
CUMBERLAND AND EXTREME SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA OVER GREENE AND FAYETTE
COUNTIES.

ANOTHER AREA OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WERE LOCATED OVER EASTERN
OHIO FROM AKRON TO ZANESVILLE. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.
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OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE TRI-STATE AREA
EXTENDING FROM LAKE ERIE TO PORTIONS OF EASTERN OHIO AND WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA.

SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
STRIKES...POWER OUTAGES...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS SOME
OF WHICH MAY CAUSE THE FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...LOWLAND AND
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

IF THREATEN_ING WEATHER APPROACHES...GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY OR
IN THE EVENT OF RAPIDLY RISING WATERS MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...REMEMBER
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

END/COMEAUX
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:28 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
628 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR A LARGE
PORTION OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA FROM INTERSTATE 80...SOUTHWARD TO
THE WEST VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND BORDER...

VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER CAMBRIA...WESTMORELAND AND
FAYETTE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS SOMERSET AND
CAMBRIA COUNTIES.

A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM FRANKILN
PENNSYLVANIA TO JUST NORTH OF ZANESVILLE OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING TOWARDS BEAVER...BUTLER...CLARION...ARMSTRONG...
ALLEGHENY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA...AND
TOWARDS HANCOCK AND BROOKE COUNTIES IN THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE
OF WEST VIRGINIA.

ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
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OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE TRI-STATE AREA
IN EASTERN OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
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SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
STRIKES...POWER OUTAGES...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS SOME
OF WHICH MAY CAUSE THE FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...LOWLAND AND
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMED;IATELY OR
IN THE EVENT OF RAPIDLY RISING WATERS MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...REMEMBER
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

AS OF 615 PM THIS EVENING NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

END/COMEAUX
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:37 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
635 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR A LARGE
PORTION OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA FROM INTERSTATE 80...SOUTHWARD TO
THE WEST VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND BORDER...

VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER WESTMORELAND AND
FAYETTE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS SOMERSET AND
CAMBRIA AND BEDFORD COUNTIES.

A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM FRANKILN
PENNSYLVANIA TO JUST NORTH OF ZANESVILLE OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING TOWARDS BEAVER...BUTLER...CLARION...ARMSTRONG...
ALLEGHENY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA...AND
TOWARDS HANCOCK AND BROOKE COUNTIES IN THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE
OF WEST VIRGINIA.

ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
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OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE TRI-STATE AREA
IN EASTERN OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
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SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
STRIKES...POWER OUTAGES...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS SOME
OF WHICH MAY CAUSE THE FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...LOWLAND AND
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY OR
IN THE EVENT OF RAPIDLY RISING WATERS MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...REMEMBER
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

AS OF 615 PM THIS EVENING NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

BEND/COMEAUX
CORRECTION TO SECOND PARAGRAPH.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 9:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWashington67 min
Jun 29, 9:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGreene67 min
Jun 29, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny55 min
Jun 29, 11:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBeaver40 min
Jun 29, 11:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZButler70 min
Jun 30, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZButler50 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.