Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

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SPECIAL WEATHER/FLOOD STATEMENT AND WEATHER RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
645 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990

...TORNADO WATCH TIL 10 PM FOR THE WEST VIRGINIA NORTHERN PANHANDLE AND
FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.  FLOOD WATCH FOR AREA
STREAMS AND CREEKS TIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 645 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALLEGHENY
COUNTY OF PENNSYLVANIA.  ONE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH
...AND THE OTHER WAS JUST TO THE WEST OF DOWNTOWN.

HAIL...A HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...WAS REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH
WITH ONE STORM.  HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY
ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.
THERE WERE OTHER STORMS IN OHIO BEHIND THIS ONE...AND THESE COULD BRING
HEAVY RAIN AND HIGH WIND TO THE PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST VIRGINIA WATCH
AREA LATER THIS EVENING.  SO IF YOURE OUT THIS EVENING...KEEP AN EYE
OUT FOR APPROACHING BAD WEATHER ANDG WHERE YOU CAN GO FOR SAFE SHELTER.
ALSO KEEP THE RADIO OR TV ON FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

GIORDANO/STEWART/REHAK

PAZ001>006-013>015-WVZ001-090400-

SPECIAL WEATHER/FLOOD STATEMENT AND WEATHER RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
645 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990

...TORNADO WATCH TIL 10 PM FOR THE WEST VIRGINIA NORTHERN PANHANDLE AND
FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.  FLOOD WATCH FOR AREA
STREAMS AND CREEKS TIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 645 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALLEGHENY
COUNTY OF PENNSYLVANIA.  ONE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH
...AND THE OTHER WAS JUST TO THE WEST OF DOWNTOWN.

HAIL...A HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...WAS REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH
WITH ONE STORM.  STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ALSO OCCUR.
REPEATED HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING.  NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODING.

THERE WERE OTHER STORMS IN OHIO BEHIND THIS ONE...AND THESE COULD BRING
HEAVY RAIN AND HIGH WIND TO THE PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST VIRGINIA WATCH
AREA LATER THIS EVENING.  SO IF YOURE OUT THIS EVENING...NKEEP AN EYE
OUT FOR BAD WEATHER AND FOR SAFE PLACES TO TAKE SHELTER.
ALSO KEEP THE RADIO OR TV ON FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

REHAK/GIORDANO/NOUHAN

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SPECIAL WEATHER/FLOOD STATEMENT AND WEATHER RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
740 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990

...TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTMORELAND COUNTY TIL 815...
...TORNADO WATCH TIL 10 PM FOR THE WEST VIRGINIA NORTHERN PANHANDLE AND
FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.  FLOOD WATCH FOR AREA
STREAMS AND CREEKS TIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 730 PITTSBURGH WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS STILL CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO AND LARGE HAIL OVER NORTHERN WESTMORELAND COUNTY
HEADING EASTWARD AT 25 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD VANDERGRIFT AND BLAIRSVILLE
IN SOUTHERN ARMSTRONG AND INDIANA COUNTIES.  THERE WERE OTHER STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN WESTMORELAND COUNTY AND NORTHERN FAYETTE
COUNTY ALSO GOING EAST...AFFECTING MOUNT PLEASANT AND CONNELLSVILLE.
REPEATED HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE FLOODING.

RADAR SHOWED OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN CLEARFIELD DUBOIS AND FRANKLIN...WITH STILL MORE
OVER EASTERN OHIO...BETWEEN YOUNGSTOWN AND AKRON...AND NEAR THE TAPPAN
RESEVOIR AND COLUMBUS AREAS.  ALL MOVING EASTSOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN
HOUR.

IF YOURE OUT THIS EVENING...BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER...KNOW WHERE YOU CAN GO FOR SAFE SHELTER...AND KEEP TUNED FOR
ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES AND UPDATES.

GIORDANO/HIGGINS/REHAK/NOUHAN

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SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1040 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990

...TORNADO WATCH TIL 3 AM FOR THE WEST VIRGINIA NORTHERN PANHANDLE AND
FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SOUTH OF PITTSBURGH AND ALTOONA...

...FLOOD WATCH FOR THE WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE AND ALL OF WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA TIL 4 AM...

THE WEST VIRGINIA NORTHERN PANHANDLE AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
PARTICULARLY THOSE AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WILL CONTINUE TO BE
PLAGUED OVERNIGHT BY THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND STRONG WIND
GUSTS.  THE DOWNPOURS MAY BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING ALONG SMALL
STREAMS AND WHERE THERES POOR DRAINAGE.  THE WIND GUSTS MAY BE DAMAGING
WITH EVEN A TORNADO POSSIBLE.

IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA PRONE TO FLOODING FROM SMALL STREAMS AND POOR
DRAINAGE...WATCH OUT FOR REPEATED HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND RISING WATER.
BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF NEEDED.  WHENEVER THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS.  LIGHTNING KILLS AS OFTEN AS
STRONG WIND AND FLOODING.

HIGH HUMIDITY AND A STALLED FRONT ARE THE CAUSE OF TONIGHTS DANGEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS.  STORMS FROM OHIO WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO WEST
VIRGINIA AND PENNSYLVANIA OVERNIGHT.  THERE MAY BE A BREAK SATURDAY
MORNING...BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WHEN A SECOND FRONT COMING FROM WISCONSIN MOVES THE STALLED
FRONT OUT.

GIORDANO/STEWART/HIGGINS/ALESSI

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