Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Allegheny, 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 DOWNSpecial 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. < 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. < 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. < OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE TRI-STATE AREA IN 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 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. < OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE TRI-STATE AREA IN 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 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 67 min |
| Jun 29, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene | 67 min |
| Jun 29, 9:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 11:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 40 min |
| Jun 29, 11:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler | 70 min |
| Jun 30, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler | 50 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.