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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

July 26, 1993Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1993, 3:12 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1993, 3:12 PM EDT (19:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1993, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Jefferson County, PA

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

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 12:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
PAZ001>006-013>015-262300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1240 PM EDT MON JUL 26 1993

...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF PENNSYLVANIA TIL 7PM EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TIL 7PM EDT FOR ALL OF WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA.  THIS INCLUDES THE SURROUNDING CITIES OF PITTSBURGH...
ERIE...FRANKLIN...DUBOIS...BRADFORD...CLEARFIELD...STATE COLLEGE...
CHAMBERSBURG...ALTOONA...JOHNSTOWN...AND SOMERSET.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER AS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

PM/RD/FLH

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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 12:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 2:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWashington43 min
Jul 26, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Westmoreland64 min
Jul 26, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGreene64 min
Jul 26, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZClarion64 min
Jul 26, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZSomerset40 min
Jul 26, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZArmstrong, Clarion30 min
Jul 26, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZIndiana, Jefferson48 min
Jul 26, 4:11 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZIndiana49 min
Jul 26, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZClarion57 min
Jul 26, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZIndiana42 min
Jul 26, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCambria66 min
Jul 26, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Westmoreland53 min
Jul 26, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWashington51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993

Sources

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