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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

May 19, 1998Washington County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1998, 7:42 PM EDT for Washington County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 1998, 7:42 PM EDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 1998, 8:40 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Butler58 min
May 19, 7:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZFayette, Westmoreland70 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

Sources

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