Flash Flood Warning 172, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

PAZ004>036-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-
WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-MDZ001-250000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - POTENTIAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DAY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
430 AM EDT MON JUN 24 1996

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND TORRENTIAL
   DOWNPOURS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
   EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AND WESTERN
   MARYLAND...

TODAYS THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF OVER 60
MPH AND DOWNPOURS GREATER THAN 1 INCH IN AN HOUR WHICH MAY
CAUSE FLOODING ON ROADWAYS AND WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR. IF THE
DOWNPOURS LAST TOO LONG...AND CAUSE OVER 2 INCHES OF
RAINFALL...SMALL STREAMS MAY FLOOD ALSO.

THESE TYPE OF THUNDERSTORMS OFTEN HAVE LOTS OF CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SO BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER INDOORS...PREFERABLY IN
A STRONG BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MOTORISTS...PULL OVER
TIL AFTER THE STORMS PASS. BOATERS...GET TO SHORE AND GO
INDOORS.

TODAYS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FUELED BY THE HUMIDITY
INCREASING AHEAD OF A MIDWEST COLD FRONT THAT WILL BE
CROSSING THE WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA REGION THIS EVENING.

THE WORST STORMS WILL LIKELY COME THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
HOWEVER FOR EAST C"ENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND
FAR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...THE FIRST STORMS COULD DEVELOP THIS
MORNING.

LISTEN FOR FURTHER MESSAGES ABOUT THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...AND
KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY.

GIORDANO