Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued
From
Harrison Township
Sent
Sat, Aug 12 @ 6:31pm
Description
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 12 at 6:21PM EDT until August 12 at 7:00PM EDT by NWS Pittsburgh PA
The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Butler County in west central Pennsylvania...
Northeastern Allegheny County in southwestern Pennsylvania...
Northwestern Westmoreland County in southwestern Pennsylvania...
Southwestern Armstrong County in west central Pennsylvania...
* Until 700 PM EDT.
* At 621 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Hampton
Township, or near McCandless Township, moving east 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...
Penn Hills, Vandergrift, Apollo, Shaler Township, Plum,
Murrysville, Hampton Township, New Kensington, Lower Burrell,
Harrison Township, O'hara Township, Oakmont, Fox Chapel, Arnold,
Tarentum, Natrona Heights, Springdale, Brackenridge, Gibsonia, and
Leechburg.
This includes Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 38 and 50.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for southwestern
and west central Pennsylvania.
Please report severe weather by calling 412-262-1988, posting to
the NWS Pittsburgh Facebook page, or using Twitter @NWSPITTSBURGH.
This notification was posted by Harrison Township. Harrison Township is solely responsible for this notification and unless specifically indicated, no other community or individual utilizing Savvy Citizen is sponsoring, responsible for, or endorsing this notification.
