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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
752 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Venango County in northwestern Pennsylvania...
  Eastern Butler County in west central Pennsylvania...
  Northwestern Indiana County in west central Pennsylvania...
  Northeastern Allegheny County in southwestern Pennsylvania...
  Western Jefferson County in west central Pennsylvania...
  Northwestern Westmoreland County in southwestern Pennsylvania...
  Armstrong County in west central Pennsylvania...
  Clarion County in west central Pennsylvania...
  Southwestern Forest County in northwestern Pennsylvania...

* Until 830 PM EDT.

* At 751 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Shanor-Northvue to near Sarver to Fox Chapel,
  moving northeast at 65 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

  IMPACT...Trees snapped and uprooted. Power outages can be 
           expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Butler, Clarion, Kittanning, Brookville, Knox, Rimersburg, New
  Kensington, Lower Burrell, Harrison Township, O'hara Township,
  Homeacre-Lyndora, Oakmont, Fox Chapel, Arnold, Shanor-Northvue,
  Tarentum, Natrona Heights, Meridian, Sharpsburg, and Brackenridge.

This includes the following highways...
  Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 43 and 48.
  Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 43 and 81.

These storms have a history of producing damaging wind. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for
southwestern, northwestern and west central Pennsylvania.

Please report severe weather by calling 412-262-1988, posting to 
the NWS Pittsburgh Facebook page, or using Twitter @NWSPITTSBURGH. 

&&

LAT...LON 4152 7930 4119 7903 4088 7913 4048 7993
      4067 7987 4091 8004
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 230DEG 56KT 4092 8002 4070 7984 4053 7990 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

WM