Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
440 PM SAT MAY 2 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING TOWARD WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 440 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HARD DOWNPOURS...
DEADLY LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 55 MILES AN HOUR...AND HAIL HAD FORMED
IN THE WARM MOIST AIR OVER NORTHERN OHIO AND WILL BE IN THE KEYSTONE
STATE WITHIN THE HOUR.

THIS LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM ASHTABULA OHIO SOUTHWEST TO MANSFIELD
OHIO.  THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS CENTERED BETWEEN SANDUSKY AND CLEVELAND
AND ALSO OVER MANSFIELD OHIO.  MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS EAST AT
50 MILES AN HOUR.

WITH THIS PROJECTED SPEED...THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE IN THE ERIE AREA
AROUND 5 PM...IN THE FRANKLIN AREA AROUND 545 PM...PITTSBURGH WHEELING
AND DUBOIS BY 630PM.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  IF YOU
ARE OUT IN AN OPEN FIELD...LIE DOWN IN A CROUCHED POSITION.  DO NOT
USE THE TELEPHONE EXCEPT IN AN EMERGENCY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL END LATE THIS EVENING...FOLLOWED BY VERY COOL
WEATHER THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK.

KOHLHAGEN/LEONARDON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
540 PM SAT MAY 2 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 540 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HARD DOWNPOURS...
DEADLY LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 55 MILES AN HOUR...AND HAIL HAD FORMED
IN THE WARM MOIST AIR OVER NORTHERN OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

THIS LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM JAMESTOWN NEW YORK SOUTHWEST TO
ZANESVILLE OHIO.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN OVER PYMATUNING
RESERVOIR...20 MILES WEST OF CANTON OHIO...10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MT. VERNON OHIO...AND JUST SOUTH OF ERIE.

WITH THIS PROJECTED SPEED...THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE IN THE FRANKLIN
AREA BY 615 PM...IN THE PITTSBURGH AND WHEELING AREAS BY 645PM...AND IN
DUBOIS BY 715 PM.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...GET AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  IF CAUGHT
OUT IN THE OPEN...DO NOT STAND UNDERNEATH A TALL TREE.  THE SAFEST
PLACE IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS IN A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR HALLWAY.
DO NOT USE A TELEPHONE EXCEPT IN AN EMERGENCY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL END LATE THIS EVENING...FOLLOWED BY VERY COOL
WEATHER THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK.

LEONARDON/KOHLHAGEN

PAZ001>006-013>015-WVZ001-030300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UPDATE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
605 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND
   THE WEST VIRGINIA NORTHERN PANHANDLE TIL 9 PM...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND ALL
   OF THE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA MOUNTAINS TIL 11 PM...

A SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM OHIO...WITH POTENTIALLY DAMAGING
WIND...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL
COME THROUGH THE WEST VIRGINIA NORTHERN PANHANDLE AND WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA AREA THIS EVENING.

WHEN THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...TAKE COVER INDOORS...PREFERABLY
WITHIN THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STRONG BUILDING...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING RAPIDLY AT 40 TO 50 MPH WILL COME THROUGH
FRANKLIN BY 630...THEN BRADFORD...DUBOIS...PITTSBURGH...AND WHEELING
BY AROUND 730 PM...AND JOHNSTOWN FALTOONA AND STATE COLLEGE BY AROUND
9 OR 10 PM.

GIORDANO/ALESSI/REED/LEONARDON/KOHLHAGEN/WAGNER

PAZ001>006-013>015-WVZ001-030300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UPDATE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
630 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA TIL 9PM AND
   THE WEST VIRGINIA NORTHERN PANHANDLE TIL 10 PM...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND ALL
   OF THE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA MOUNTAINS TIL 11 PM...

A SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM OHIO...WITH POTENTIALLY DAMAGING
WIND...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE WEST VIRGINIA NORTHERN PANHANDLE AND WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

WHEN THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...TAKE COVER INDOORS...PREFERABLY
WITHIN THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STRONG BUILDING...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING RAPIDLY AT 40 TO 50 MPH IS APPROACHING
FRANKLIN AND BRADFORD CURRENTLY.  THE STORMS WILL REACH PITTSBURGH AND
WHEELING BY 7 PM...AND WILL REACH JOHNSTOWN AROUND 9 PM AND THEN
ALTOONA AND STATE COLLEGE AROUND 930 PM.

SOME OF THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS JUST SOUTH OF YOUNGSTOWN OHIO
...AND WILL MOVE OVER THE MERCER AND LAWRENCE COUNTY BORDER LINE.

GIORDANO/LEONARDON/KOHLHAGEN