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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2025, 7:12 PM EDT for Indiana County, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 37 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 1, 2025, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2025, 7:49 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Indiana County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 70 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1293 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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.
NWS Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 1, 4:12 PM EDT, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 1, 4:12 PM EDT, 3 hours before
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Local storm report, May 1, 1:29 PM EDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
129 PM EDT Thu May 1 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0442 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 NW Glenmoor 40.68N 80.63W
04/29/2025 Columbiana OH Public
Trees down from high thunderstorm wind.
0442 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 NE Wheeling 40.08N 80.69W
04/29/2025 Ohio WV Public
Tree snapped and down on roof of house.
0452 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 E Burgettstown 40.38N 80.36W
04/29/2025 Washington PA Public
Trees down. Siding and shingles removed from
homes.
0453 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 3 S West Alexander 40.06N 80.51W
04/29/2025 M77 MPH Washington PA Public
Measured on a home weather sensor along
Chambers Ridge Rd.
0457 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 NW Carnot-Moon 40.54N 80.25W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Numerous trees down off of Scottsdale Dr.
0457 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Imperial-Enlow 40.45N 80.25W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
0457 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 S Beaver 40.66N 80.31W
04/29/2025 Beaver PA Public
Shingles off roof and outbuilding lost roof.
0457 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 W South Heights 40.56N 80.28W
04/29/2025 Beaver PA Public
Large tree trunk snapped.
0459 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 SW Leetsdale 40.56N 80.23W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Tree down on power lines.
0500 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 WNW Sturgeon 40.39N 80.22W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
A number of trees down along School Ave.
0500 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 E Imperial-Enlow 40.46N 80.21W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
0500 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 E Imperial-Enlow 40.46N 80.21W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Trees down along Rogers Drive. Also, lamp
post bent and fence down in neighborhood.
0500 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 W South Heights 40.56N 80.28W
04/29/2025 Beaver PA Public
0501 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 NW Oakdale 40.43N 80.20W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Multiple mature pine trees down with trunks
snapped.
0501 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 3 W Robinson Township 40.48N 80.17W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Trees down along Bertley Ridge Drive.
Shingles removed from multiple homes in
neighborhood.
0501 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 NW Cecil-Bishop 40.32N 80.20W
04/29/2025 Washington PA Public
Multiple trees snapped in Cecil Township.
0503 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 W Robinson Township 40.46N 80.15W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Shingles and fascia damage along Sonni Ln.
Heavy deck furniture was thrown from a
covered porch.
0504 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 NNE Emsworth 40.52N 80.09W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA NWS Employee
Tree blown down across Camp Horne Rd.
0504 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 SW Thompsonville 40.26N 80.15W
04/29/2025 Washington PA Public
Several downed trees, numerous branches
down, shingle and siding damage to houses.
0505 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 SW Carnegie 40.40N 80.10W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Siding and shingles removed from homes.
Multiple trees down.
0505 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 W Bradford Woods 40.64N 80.10W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Oak tree uprooted. Multiple trees snapped,
and power poles down along Neely School Rd.
0505 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Rosslyn Farms 40.42N 80.09W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Large limbs snapped off healthy tree.
Another healthy tree trunk snapped.
0505 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 SSW Thompsonville 40.26N 80.13W
04/29/2025 Washington PA Public
0505 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 SSW Thompsonville 40.26N 80.13W
04/29/2025 Washington PA Public
0505 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 SSW Thompsonville 40.26N 80.13W
04/29/2025 Washington PA Public
Several large trees down along Robinhood
Lane near Waterdam Road, including onto a
house. House has been rendered
uninhabitable.
0507 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Crafton 40.44N 80.07W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Multiple large trees snapped and uprooted.
0508 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 SE Dormont 40.38N 80.03W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Widespread tree damage.
0509 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 E McCandless Township 40.58N 80.00W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Large trees uprooted. Large branches and
limbs down.
0510 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 SE Millvale 40.47N 79.95W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA NWS Employee
Large limbs snapped off a healthy tree along
Penn Ave across from St Marys Cemetery.
0511 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 S Pittsburgh 40.43N 79.98W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Awnings ripped off homes in South Side.
0511 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 N Brentwood 40.39N 79.98W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Tree down on Waterman Ave.
0512 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 N Hampton Township 40.62N 79.94W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Numerous treetops sheared off along Cook Rd.
0512 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 N Hampton Township 40.62N 79.94W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
0512 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 SE Hampton Township 40.58N 79.95W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Numerous trees down.
0514 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 N Fox Chapel 40.55N 79.89W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Numerous trees down.
0515 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Turtle Creek 40.41N 79.82W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Uprooted tree.
0516 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 W Russellton 40.62N 79.86W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Multiple trees down.
0516 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Oakmont 40.53N 79.84W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Numerous large trees down in Oakmont,
several on houses.
0516 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Edgewood 40.44N 79.88W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Multiple trees down in a concentrated area.
Structural wall blown out nearby.
0516 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Port Vue 40.34N 79.87W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Large tree snapped. Small limbs removed from
numerous trees.
0517 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 N Churchill 40.45N 79.84W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Multiple trees down, numerous more with
snapped limbs. Shingles removed from roof.
0517 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Churchill 40.44N 79.85W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Trees down in William Penn Memorial
Cemetery.
0517 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Mars 40.69N 80.01W
04/29/2025 Butler PA Public
Trees/wires down, on fire.
0519 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Monongahela 40.20N 79.93W
04/29/2025 Washington PA Public
Trees and branches down around town.
0520 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 1 W Churchill 40.44N 79.86W
04/29/2025 M75 MPH Allegheny PA Mesonet
0520 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 NW Pitcairn 40.42N 79.78W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Numerous trees sheared off. Power poles
down.
0522 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 NE Plum 40.53N 79.74W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Numerous trees damaged in the area.
0522 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 3 NW Saxonburg 40.80N 79.85W
04/29/2025 Butler PA Public
Multiple large trees down.
0523 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 NNW Murrsyville 40.44N 79.71W
04/29/2025 Allegheny PA Public
Trees down. Shingles, soffits and fascia
removed from homes along Wiltshire Circle.
0524 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 NNE Murrsyville 40.44N 79.69W
04/29/2025 Westmoreland PA Public
Several large trees uprooted and numerous
others with large limbs sheared off along
Verner Ct.
0524 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 N Murrsyville 40.44N 79.69W
04/29/2025 Westmoreland PA Public
Trees snapped and uprooted.
0525 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg NE Murrsyville 40.44N 79.68W
04/29/2025 Westmoreland PA Public
Hardwood trees snapped, softwood tree
uprooted.
0525 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 N Murrsyville 40.44N 79.70W
04/29/2025 Westmoreland PA Public
Numerous trees down along Kellington Ct,
uprooted and snapped. Minor roof damage also
noted.
0526 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 4 SE Lower Burrell 40.54N 79.67W
04/29/2025 Westmoreland PA Public
A number of large trees snapped along Lower
Drennen Rd.
0526 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 NNE Murrsyville 40.44N 79.69W
04/29/2025 Westmoreland PA Public
A large number of trees down along Sardis Rd
between Verner Ct and Cal-Ken Ct. Home
damage also reported.
0526 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 NE Murrsyville 40.44N 79.68W
04/29/2025 Westmoreland PA Public
Multiple hardwood and softwood trees down
off Woodcliff Ct.
0527 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 E Centerville 40.04N 79.93W
04/29/2025 Washington PA Public
Snapped power pole and four trees downed.
0527 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Twilight 40.11N 79.89W
04/29/2025 Washington PA Public
A dozen trees dow along State St between
Maple Dr and Mt Tabor Rd.
0528 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 N Manor 40.36N 79.67W
04/29/2025 Westmoreland PA Public
Large trees down.
0530 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg West Brownsville 40.03N 79.89W
04/29/2025 Washington PA Public
Tree snapped and several large branches
downed.
0542 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 3 SW Jacksonville 40.52N 79.32W
04/29/2025 Indiana PA Public
Trees down, both snapped and uprooted along
Saltsburg Rd.
0600 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 4 W Punxsutawney 40.92N 79.05W
04/29/2025 Jefferson PA Public
Numerous trees uprooted.
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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
435 PM EDT Thu May 01 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0418 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 E Blissfield 40.40N 81.95W
05/01/2025 Coshocton OH 911 Call Center
Trees down on County Road 25
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Event Number PBZ2506900
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Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 49 min |
| May 1, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Westmoreland | 47 min |
| May 1, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Indiana, Westmoreland | 43 min |
| May 1, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Muskingum | 41 min |
| May 1, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas | 50 min |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.