419  
WWUS81 KPBZ 010303  
SPSPBZ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA  
1103 PM EDT FRI MAR 31 2023  
 
PAZ013>015-022-010330-  
ARMSTRONG PA-BUTLER PA-CLARION PA-LAWRENCE PA-  
1103 PM EDT FRI MAR 31 2023  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE  
CENTRAL  
BUTLER...WEST CENTRAL ARMSTRONG AND SOUTHWESTERN CLARION COUNTIES  
THROUGH 1130 PM EDT...  
 
AT 1103 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9  
MILES SOUTH OF SLIPPERY ROCK, OR 12 MILES EAST OF NEW CASTLE, MOVING  
EAST AT 55 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
SHANOR-NORTHVUE, SLIPPERY ROCK, PROSPECT, CHICORA, EAST BRADY,  
PARKER, PLAIN GROVE TOWNSHIP, BRUIN, WEST LIBERTY, HARLANSBURG,  
PORTERSVILLE, AND PETROLIA.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 79 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 95  
AND 106.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4088 8017 4103 8020 4115 7965 4091 7957  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 256DEG 49KT 4094 8012  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH  
 
 
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