Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1999, 3:10 PM EDT for Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 35 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 2, 1999, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1999, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Westmoreland County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 3:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Whitney, PA | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines. |
| Jun 2, 3:36 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Derry, PA | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| Jun 2, 3:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Greensburg, PA | Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs. |
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.
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.