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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 2, 1998Allegheny County, Butler County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1998, 5:17 PM EDT for Allegheny County, Butler County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 58 min. 9 reports 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
Jun 2, 1998, 5:17 PM EDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1998, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Allegheny County, PA, Butler County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 5:47 PM EDTHail 1Ingomar, PA
Jun 2, 5:50 PM EDTHail 1Wexford, PA
Jun 2, 5:55 PM EDTHail 0.75Wildwood, PA
Jun 2, 5:55 PM EDTTornado F1Carnegie, PA
Jun 2, 5:56 PM EDTHail 0.75Etna, PA
Jun 2, 6:05 PM EDTHail 0.75Wilkinsburg, PA
Jun 2, 6:10 PM EDTHail 0.75Verona, PA
Jun 2, 6:15 PM EDTThunderstorm WindTurtle Creek, PAThunderstorm winds blew down several large trees.
Jun 2, 6:15 PM EDTHail 0.75Pleasant Hills, PA

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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 2, 4:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

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

Local storm report, Jun 2, 4:39 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
439 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0425 PM    NORTH GEORGETOWN          OH   1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   COLUMBIANA

0435 PM    SALEM                     OH   .88 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   COLUMBIANA
Local storm report, Jun 2, 4:39 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
439 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0425 PM    NORTH GEORGETOWN          OH   1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   COLUMBIANA

0435 PM    SALEM                     OH   .88 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   COLUMBIANA
Local storm report, Jun 2, 4:54 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
454 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0425 PM    NORTH GEORGETOWN          OH   1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   COLUMBIANA

0435 PM    SALEM                     OH   .88 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   COLUMBIANA

0437 PM    SHARPSVILLE               PA   .88 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   MERCER

0442 PM    SALEM                     OH   1.13 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   COLUMBIANA

0450 PM    SALEM                     OH   FLOODING
06/02/98   COLUMBIANA                     STREET FLOODING
Local storm report, Jun 2, 4:54 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
454 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0425 PM    NORTH GEORGETOWN          OH   1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   COLUMBIANA

0435 PM    SALEM                     OH   .88 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   COLUMBIANA

0437 PM    SHARPSVILLE               PA   .88 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   MERCER

0442 PM    SALEM                     OH   1.13 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   COLUMBIANA

0450 PM    SALEM                     OH   FLOODING
06/02/98   COLUMBIANA                     STREET FLOODING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZColumbiana60 min
Jun 2, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZColumbiana60 min
Jun 2, 4:52 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZColumbiana53 min
Jun 2, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZColumbiana56 min
Jun 2, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson43 min
Jun 2, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMercer57 min
Jun 2, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZVenango56 min
Jun 2, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBeaver, Lawrence63 min
Jun 2, 5:25 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZBeaver45 min
Jun 2, 5:29 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZAllegheny51 min
Jun 2, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWashington50 min
Jun 2, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWestmoreland55 min
Jun 2, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZClarion51 min
Jun 2, 6:09 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZWestmoreland61 min
Jun 2, 6:13 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZAllegheny27 min
Jun 2, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZLawrence, Mercer60 min
Jun 2, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson65 min
Jun 2, 6:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZAllegheny, Westmoreland2 hr
Jun 2, 6:36 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZJefferson59 min
Jun 2, 6:45 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZFayette45 min
Jun 2, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZVenango57 min
Jun 2, 6:56 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZIndiana34 min
Jun 2, 6:58 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZBeaver, Lawrence62 min
Jun 2, 7:05 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZAllegheny, Butler70 min
Jun 2, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZClarion61 min
Jun 2, 7:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBeaver105 min
Jun 2, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson62 min
Jun 2, 7:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZAllegheny, Westmoreland2 hr
Jun 2, 7:53 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZWestmoreland67 min
Jun 2, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWashington58 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.