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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
557 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHERN BEAVER COUNTY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
EAST CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 554 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF RACCOON CREEK STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RACCOON CREEK STATE PARK... HARSHAVILLE...
MOON... SEWICKLEY... ECONOMY BORO...
ALIQUIPPA...
HIGHWAYS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
I-376 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 42 AND 52.
I-376 PARKWAY WEST BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 54.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS A KILLER. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE
CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND
WESTERN 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 4067 8027 4051 8013 4042 8053 4049 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 233DEG 26KT 4048 8049
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