020  
WUUS51 KPBZ 172253  
SVRPBZ  
OHC029-067-081-PAC003-005-007-019-031-073-125-129-WVC009-029-180000-  
/O.NEW.KPBZ.SV.W.0052.240417T2253Z-240418T0000Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA  
653 PM EDT WED APR 17 2024  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
NORTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...  
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...  
EASTERN COLUMBIANA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...  
BEAVER COUNTY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...  
BUTLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...  
ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...  
WEST CENTRAL ARMSTRONG COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...  
SOUTHWESTERN CLARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...  
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...  
SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...  
NORTHWESTERN WESTMORELAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...  
BROOKE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...  
HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...  
 
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 653 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM COLUMBIANA TO NEAR WELLSVILLE TO NEAR CADIZ, MOVING  
EAST AT 50 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. POWER OUTAGES CAN BE  
EXPECTED.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
PITTSBURGH, PENN HILLS, MOUNT LEBANON, BETHEL PARK, ROSS TOWNSHIP,  
MCCANDLESS TOWNSHIP, MONROEVILLE, CRANBERRY, MOON TOWNSHIP, NEW  
CASTLE, MCMURRAY, WEIRTON, MCKEESPORT, STEUBENVILLE, BUTLER,  
FRANKLIN PARK, EAST LIVERPOOL, ALIQUIPPA, CANONSBURG, AND BEAVER  
FALLS.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 55.  
INTERSTATE 79 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 43 AND 105.  
PARKWAY NORTH BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 13.  
INTERSTATE 376 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 83.  
 
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 EAST CENTRAL  
OHIO...WESTERN, SOUTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...AND  
NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.  
 
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CALLING 412-262-1988, POSTING TO  
THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE, OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4108 7952 4059 7963 4022 7997 4024 8108  
4054 8080 4090 8072 4090 8052 4099 8052  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 266DEG 41KT 4090 8066 4055 8073 4030 8096  
 
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH  
 

 
 
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