Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

PAZ001>006-013>015-WVZ001-090200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT--THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WIND
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
405 PM EDT SAT AUG 08 1992

...STILL BE ON THE LOOKOUT EARLY TONIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH
   HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WIND ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
   AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE...

THIS EVENINGS CLOUDY BUT HUMID WEATHER WILL GENERALLY BE QUITE
BEARABLE FOR MOST OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...INCLUDING PITTSBURGHS THREE
RIVERS REGATTA...FIREWORKS AND STEELERS PRESEASON GAME...AND VARIOUS
AIR SHOWS.  HOWEVER...BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR DANGEROUS THUNDERTORMS WITH
HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WIND...AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY LIGHTNING.

WHENEVER THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN...GO INSIDE IF POSSIBLE.  GET OFF BOATS
AND AWAY FROM THE WATER.  IF YOU MUST TAKE SHELTER OUTDOORS...TAKE
COVER FROM THE WIND AND LIGHTNING IN EITHER LOW OR COVERED AREAS AWAY
FROM HIGH POINTY OBJECTS LIKE TALL TREES...POLES AND TOWERS.  HOWEVER
ALSO KEEP IN MIND...THAT YOU MAY HAVE TO TAKE HIGHER GROUND IF
HEAVY DOWNPOURS BEGIN TO CAUSE FLOODING.  NEVER GO THROUGH FLOODING TO
GET TO HIGHER GROUND.  SWIFT CURRENTS...EVEN SHALLOW ONES...CAN SWEEP
YOU AWAY.

GIORDANO

PAZ001>006-013>015-WVZ001-090300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT--SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
455 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 PM FOR NORTHWESTERN
   PENNSYLVANIA...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 1100 PM THIS EVENING.

THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE...

 CRAWFORD           LAWRENCE            VENANGO
 ERIE               MCKEAN              WARREN
 FOREST             MERCER

LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDtERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

PALKO/HIGGINS

PAZ001>006-013>015-WVZ001-090300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
745 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHWESTERN
   PENNSYLVANIA TIL 11 PM...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BUTLER
   COUNTY TIL 845 PM...

CLEAR:3

PAZ001>006-013>015-WVZ001-090300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
750 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHWESTERN
   PENNSYLVANIA TIL 11 PM...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BUTLER COUNTY TIL
   845 PM...

AT 745 PM SHOWED THREE BANDS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
DOWNPOURS ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.  THE MOST NORTHERN ONE WAS
ALONG THE NEW YORK STATE LINE BUT AFFECTING WARREN COUNTY.  THE SECOND
BAND WAS ACROSS VENANGO AND CRAWFORD AND NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY HEADING
INTO FOREST COUNTY.  THE THIRD BAND WAS OVER LAWRENCE AND BUTLER COUNTY
WITH MORE STORMS BACK TO CANTON OHIO.  EACH BAND WAS HEADING EAST AT 25
MPH.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN...MOVE INSIDE.  ALSO GET AWAY FROM WATER.
DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR TELEPHONES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER
CROSSINGS.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

ALONG WITH THE FLOODING THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING.

LAG/RWH

PAZ001>006-013>015-WVZ001-090300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
845 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHWESTERN
   PENNSYLVANIA TIL 11 PM...

...TORNADO WARNING UNTIL 915 PM FOR BEAVER AND BUTLER COUNTIES AND 945PM
PM FOR ARMSTRONG COUNTY...

AT 845 PM SHOWED TWO BANDS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
DOWNPOURS ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.  THE MOST NORTHERN ONE WAS FOUND
FROM RIDGWAY TO YOUNGSTOWN OHIO.  THE SECOND BAND WAS OCCURRING FROM
NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY WEST TO CANTON OHIO.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS FOUND JUST WEST OF EAST BRADY PENNSYLVANIA WITH
ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
PERHAPS A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF BEAVER FALLS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL
REACH THE DOWNTOWN AREA WITH THE REGATTA AND FIREWORKS DISPLAY AROUND
930 PM.

DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR TELEPHONES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER
CROSSINGS.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...GO INTO A BASEMENT OR UNDER A
STURDY TABLE.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO  CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON
FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROVUND.

ALONG WITH THE FLOODING THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING.

LAG/RWH/REL