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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Aug 16, 2026, 3:22 PM EDT for Beaver County, Butler County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 23 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
- Aug 16, 2026, 3:22 PM EDT (19:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2026, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Beaver, Lawrence, Washington | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 18 min |
| Aug 16, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Washington | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene, Washington | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Westmoreland | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 4:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Washington | 5 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Indiana, Westmoreland | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 4:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 26 min |
| Aug 16, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Westmoreland | 20 min |
| Aug 16, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 16 min |
| Aug 16, 6:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Venango | 5 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 12:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 1:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Noble | 5 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Tuscarawas | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Monroe, Muskingum, Noble | 13 hr |
| Aug 16, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Tuscarawas | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 1:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Jefferson | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Harrison, Tuscarawas | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Muskingum, Noble, Tuscarawas | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 2:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Jefferson | 26 min |
| Aug 16, 2:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Noble | 23 min |
| Aug 16, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monroe, Noble | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe, Noble and 1 more | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 6:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum | 4 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 4 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Noble | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 11:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 50 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.