Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, April 19, 2002

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
305 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002

LAKE BREEZE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN PORTION OF CWA
HAS PRODUCED A FEW HEAVY STORMS DROPPING SOME MEDIUM TO LARGE HAIL.

FRONT IS STILL TO OUR WEST SO I WILL LEAVE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE FORECAST TONIGHT.

MODELS WANT TO STALL THE FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND BRING
ANOTHER WAVE THROUGH OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THIS COULD PRODUCE A
SERIES OF TRAINING STORMS THROUGH SATURDAY. A FLOOD WATCH IS A
POSSIBILITY LATER WHEN THE FRONT GIVES AN INDICATION WHERE IT WILL SET
UP. BASIN RAINFALL COULD BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE RIVER FLOODING.

EVENTUALLY OVER THE WEEKEND THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH BRINGING
COOLER WEATHER FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

FCSTID = 66
PIT   53  58  37  50 /  60  40  30  30
HLG   53  59  38  50 /  60  40  30  30
MGW   56  62  41  53 /  80  50  30  30
ZZV   54  61  40  52 /  60  40  30  40
PHD   53  60  39  51 /  60  40  30  40
FKL   51  56  34  48 /  40  30  10  30
DUJ   50  55  33  47 /  40  30  10  30
LBE   53  59  37  49 /  60  40  30  30
BTP   52  58  36  49 /  60  40  30  30
IDI   52  57  35  49 /  60  40  30  30
ODM   52  62  36  50 /  80  60  40  30

.PBZ...
MD...NONE.
OH...FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 500 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR OHZ048.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

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