Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Issued

Aug 16, 1997, 12:10 PM EDT (16:10 UTC)

Expired

Aug 16, 1997, 1:15 PM EDT

In force

65 min

Issued by

NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Area

Whole counties

County Lawrence County, PA

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KPIT 161609 RRA
SVRPIT
PAC073-161715-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1210 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...LAWRENCE COUNTY
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PITTSBURGH HAS DETECTED A CLUSTER
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING LAWRENCE COUNTY. THE STORMS HAVE A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.
WIND SPEEDS WILL LIKELY EXCEED 70 MILES AN HOUR WITH THESE STORMS. TREES
AND POWER LINES WILL LIKELY BE DOWNED BY THE STRONG WINDS.
 
THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR.
COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE FAST MOVING STORMS ARE NEW BEDFORD...
PULASKI...VILLA MARIA...FRIZZLEBURG...NASHUA AND NEW CASTLE. TAKE
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.
 
 
 
IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING
WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL
POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

In the hours before

PAZ004>019-162100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1103 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 5 PM FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 5 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
WARREN    VENANGO   CLINTON   JEFFERSON
MCKEAN    FOREST    LAWRENCE  CLEARFIELD
POTTER    ELK       BUTLER    CENTRE
MERCER    CAMERON   CLARION

IN THE WATCH AREA THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND...LARGE
HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES
ARE POSSIBLE.

SKYWARN/HAM RADIO ACTIVATION IS LIKELY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEDIA SOURCES FOR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

PAZ004>019-162100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1103 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 5 PM FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 5 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
WARREN    VENANGO   CLINTON   JEFFERSON
MCKEAN    FOREST    LAWRENCE  CLEARFIELD
POTTER    ELK       BUTLER    CENTRE
MERCER    CAMERON   CLARION

IN THE WATCH AREA THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND...LARGE
HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES
ARE POSSIBLE.

SKYWARN/HAM RADIO ACTIVATION IS LIKELY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEDIA SOURCES FOR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.