Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1994, 4:01 PM EDT for Allegheny County, Armstrong County, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 74 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
- Jul 5, 1994, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1994, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 74 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 5:10 PM EDT | Tornado F1 | Jeannette, PA | A tornado downed large trees from Jeannette to Greensburg, closing State Route 30. An apartment roof was blown off at Greensburg, leaving eight families homeless. Other buildings sustained minor damage. Structural damage was estimated at $428,000. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 41 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 395 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1068 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Butler | 61 min |
| Jul 5, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Cambria, Indiana, Somerset, Westmoreland | 90 min |
| Jul 5, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Bedford | 48 min |
| Jul 5, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.