678  
WUUS51 KPBZ 172149  
SVRPBZ  
PAC005-019-031-121-172215-  
/O.NEW.KPBZ.SV.W.0046.240417T2149Z-240417T2215Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA  
549 PM EDT WED APR 17 2024  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHERN VENANGO COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...  
NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...  
NORTHWESTERN ARMSTRONG COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...  
SOUTHWESTERN CLARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...  
 
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 549 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF  
BUTLER, MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS POSSIBLE. EXPECT WIND  
DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES, RESULTING IN SOME POWER  
OUTAGES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
RIMERSBURG, CHICORA, EAST BRADY, PARKER, SLIGO, WORTHINGTON,  
EMLENTON, BRUIN, ST. PETERSBURG, PETROLIA, KARNS CITY, CALLENSBURG,  
FAIRVIEW, AND FOXBURG.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN PENNSYLVANIA NEAR MILE MARKER 44, AND  
BETWEEN MILE  
MARKERS 46 AND 55.  
 
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 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 4079 7967 4084 7983 4115 7977 4123 7955  
4107 7940  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 201DEG 41KT 4089 7972  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
HEFFERAN  
 
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