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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 16, 1998Beaver County, Butler County, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1998, 5:05 PM EDT for Beaver County, Butler County, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 60 min. 3 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 16, 1998, 5:05 PM EDT (21:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1998, 6:05 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Lawrence County, PA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 5:25 PM EDTThunderstorm WindEvans City, PAThunderstorm winds blew down several large trees.
Jun 16, 5:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 52Butler, PAA private citizen reported a 60 MPH wind gust from a thunderstorm.
Jun 16, 5:45 PM EDTThunderstorm WindButler, PAThunderstorm winds blew several large trees down.

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 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 16, 4:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
403 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

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

0240 PM    ZANESVILLE                OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/16/98   MUSKINGUM                      TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE

0307 PM    CAMBRIDGE                 OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/16/98   GUERNSEY                       TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE

0340 PM    WOODSFIELD                OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   MONROE

0400 PM    CADIZ                     OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   HARRISON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 8:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMuskingum, Noble3 hr
Jun 16, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMuskingum58 min
Jun 16, 2:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMuskingum4 hr
Jun 16, 3:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZGuernsey, Noble4 hr
Jun 16, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGuernsey, Noble57 min
Jun 16, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMonroe59 min
Jun 16, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont59 min
Jun 16, 3:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont, Monroe4 hr
Jun 16, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZHarrison, Tuscarawas55 min
Jun 16, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson59 min
Jun 16, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZColumbiana60 min
Jun 16, 5:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZColumbiana4 hr
Jun 16, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBeaver, Greene, Washington60 min
Jun 16, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZFayette54 min
Jun 16, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Westmoreland54 min
Jun 16, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland58 min
Jun 16, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZIndiana44 min
Jun 16, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMarshall59 min
Jun 16, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWetzel59 min
Jun 16, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMarion, Monongalia59 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.