741  
WUUS51 KPBZ 172229  
SVRPBZ  
PAC031-053-065-172300-  
/O.NEW.KPBZ.SV.W.0051.240417T2229Z-240417T2300Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA  
629 PM EDT WED APR 17 2024  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...  
NORTHEASTERN CLARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...  
SOUTH CENTRAL FOREST COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...  
 
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 628 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CLARION,  
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...  
CLARION, STRATTANVILLE, SHIPPENVILLE, FISHER, LEEPER, CLARINGTON,  
CLEAR CREEK STATE PARK, AND COOK FOREST STATE PARK.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 64  
AND 68.  
 
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 4139 7909 4134 7909 4135 7908 4135 7905  
4136 7903 4135 7902 4115 7932 4123 7947  
4137 7939 4149 7927  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 227DEG 30KT 4123 7937  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
HEFFERAN  
 
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