Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
322 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2000

VORT MAX OVER LAKE KICKING OFF SOME STRONG STORMS. THESE ARE
PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. ANOTHER VORT MAX IS
EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE AREA ALONG WITH THE SFC FRONT LATE
TONIGHT OR EARLY IN THE MORNING.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME MORE PREVALENT OVER THE
ENTIRE CWA WHEN THIS HAPPENS. MODELS INDICATE THAT THIS FRONT WILL
PUSH THROUGH ENOUGH TO BRING COOLER LESS HUMID CONDITIONS TO THE
AREA.

CAT

FCSTID = 66
PIT   67  82  58  78 /  60  70  20  10
HLG   68  83  59  79 /  60  70  20  10
MGW   69  84  60  80 /  60  70  20  10
ZZV   68  83  59  80 /  60  70  20  10
PHD   66  83  58  79 /  60  70  20  10
FKL   65  78  52  75 /  70  60  20  10
DUJ   64  77  51  74 /  60  60  20  10
LBE   66  83  58  79 /  60  70  30  10
BTP   66  81  56  77 /  60  60  20  10
IDI   65  80  59  78 /  60  70  30  10
ODM   68  83  58  78 /  60  70  30  10

.PBZ...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 600 PM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR ZONES
PAZ007>009.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR ZONES PAZ007>009.

WV...NONE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1040 AM EDT WED AUG 2 2000

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-022200-
ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-BEAVER PA-BELMONT OH-BROOKE WV-BUTLER PA-
CARROLL OH-CLARION PA-COLUMBIANA OH-COSHOCTON OH-FAYETTE PA-
FOREST PA-GARRETT MD-GREENE PA-GUERNSEY OH-HANCOCK WV-HARRISON OH-
INDIANA PA-JEFFERSON OH-JEFFERSON PA-LAWRENCE PA-MARION WV-
MARSHALL WV-MERCER PA-MONONGALIA WV-MONROE OH-MUSKINGUM OH-NOBLE OH-
OHIO WV-PRESTON WV-TUCKER WV-TUSCARAWAS OH-VENANGO PA-WASHINGTON PA-
WESTMORELAND PA-WETZEL WV-
1040 AM EDT WED AUG 2 2000

...HEAVY DOWNPOURS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY ACCOMPANY ANY OF
THESE STORMS INTO TONIGHT WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING IF
STORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA.

SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1253 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2000

PAZ007>009-022200-
FOREST PA-MERCER PA-VENANGO PA-
1253 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2000

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 6 PM
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PA...

FOREST...MERCER AND VENANGO.

THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM
WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN
THE WATCH AREA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
411 PM EDT WED AUG 02 2000

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

0310 PM    GREENVILLE                PA   WIND DAMAGE
08/02/00   MERCER                         LARGE TREES AND WIRES
                                          BLOWN DOWN.

N

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
421 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2000

PAZ013>015-022151-
BUTLER PA-CLARION PA-LAWRENCE PA-
421 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2000

...THUNDERSTORM UPDATE...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PARTS OF LAWRENCE AND BUTLER COUNTIES AND MUCH OF CLARION COUNTIES
THROUGH 6 PM. WIND GUSTS CAN GO OVER 30 MPH WITH SMALL HAIL. RAIN
AMOUNTS CAN GO OVER AN INCH IN AN HOUR CqAUSING PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADS AND WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR. THERE CAN BE SHORT PERIODS OF
FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING.