CoraopolisWx Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Did you catch any of that 65 dbz precip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatwad Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 PAC003-005-007-019-125-129-232200- /O.NEW.KPBZ.SV.W.0020.110323T2055Z-110323T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 455 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ARMSTRONG COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... NORTHWESTERN WESTMORELAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... EAST CENTRAL BEAVER COUNTY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA... SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 454 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BEAVER... IMPERIAL... MCDONALD... MOON... ALIQUIPPA... ECONOMY BORO... OAKDALE... SEWICKLEY... BRIDGEVILLE... UPPER SAINT CLAIR... CARNEGIE... FRANKLIN PARK... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE. 1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WIND AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE. 1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. && LAT...LON 4074 7967 4032 7980 4028 8023 4072 8031 TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 266DEG 38KT 4049 8029 $$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatwad Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Did you catch any of that 65 dbz precip I think so, not sure, was outside at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraopolisWx Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Largest hail I ever collected. Impressive hail stones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 This hailstone was approx 1.25 maybe 1.50. I put a quarter next to it to show the size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraopolisWx Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 It looks like its 8:00 pm outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 It looks like its 8:00 pm outside. Getting another hail storm again. I have never seen so much hail. I still have hail on the ground from the storm 1 hour ago. Sky is black. It is dark as night. This is unbelievable. Just saw the funnel cloud on WTAE in Greensburg. Someone sent in video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Westmoreland Co. took a definite tornado hit, houses reported gone, roofs off, wires and trees down county wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraopolisWx Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Getting another hail storm again. I have never seen so much hail. I still have hail on the ground from the storm 1 hour ago. Sky is black. It is dark as night. This is unbelievable. Just saw the funnel cloud on WTAE in Greensburg. Someone sent in video. I know, back to back hail producing cells is really rare for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPITblizz Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 It looks like its 8:00 pm outside. Damn.. you weren't kidding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Just picked this out of the WTAE send in your reports, pics, vids, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Tornado in Greensburg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatwad Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 powers flickering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Tornado in Greensburg. Wow, thats about 1 mile from where I work. I saw the storms developing so I took about a half hour of personal time to try and beat the storms home and I am sure glad I did! I did drive through the storm at one point it was almost completely dark, hail stones smashing off the windshield, cloud to ground pink and blueish lighting bolts hitting less than a mile way (although there was less lightening than you would have expected), and my phone kept going off with PA Weather Alert text messages. When the message came in with the Tornado warning I was pretty sure I was in or close to the cell that was producing the warning. (I was just north of Delmont when this was happening) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumres Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 My daughter had her windshield cracked by the second storm. She said it was close to softball size on Center Ave in Pittsburgh. That might be a little exaggerated on the size, but I am sure they were big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paweatherguy1 Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Wow...rough day here in WPA...this is by far the most severe storm damage I have seen in my lifetime in western PA...plus, that video coming out of Hempfield high is as impressive as I have ever seen. Usually when we get tornadoes around here they are quite weak....this seems to be a different story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatwad Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 My daughter had her windshield cracked by the second storm. She said it was close to softball size on Center Ave in Pittsburgh. That might be a little exaggerated on the size, but I am sure they were big. That's pretty impressive, softball sized hail are common in the Midwestern/plains region. The severe season have started off on a good note, I wonder if we will get a great season for severe weather this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burghblizz Posted March 24, 2011 Author Share Posted March 24, 2011 Never seen it literally go dark like that ever! I wonder if it would have been quite that dark if it was noon - but clearly it was still "daytime" out at 5:00. First batch of hail downtown today was probably nickel sized.....second batch was golf ball...maybe a bit bigger with some. I don't think I've seen hail in several years let alone back to back storms. As usual with the really big time weather you have mixed feelings. On one hand I was thrilled to see what was historic weather for this area. On the other hand I was worried about my car.....and even more so about others life and property as the tornado and hail reports came in. Hope everyone had a safe day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digger Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 It was around 4 o'clock when I was downtown, and the largest I saw was about pea-sized.. My wife was pretty POed though. She had to wait for the kids to get off the school bus, which happened to be right in the middle of the hail we had here.at the same time. She doesn't like getting all wet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Oh my, I just came across this youtube over on WTAE's website. Bunch of high schoolers shot this from Hempfield HS.. which is I believe the school that ended up having its roof damaged. Also.. note that they see and pan over to the ACTUAL tornado/funnel at 0:31, and adjust your speakers accordingly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJMtySuXxgM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rib Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 They closed their Youtube account, how lame. There is this one which is going viral. What a SW PA accent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutch Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Wow, scary storm. here are some more picture of the aftermath http://www.pittsburg...t=550&width=625 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 412 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR RILLTON TO FORT ALLEN IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA... LOCATION...RILLTON TO FORT ALLEN IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA DATE...MARCH 23 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...445 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...2 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...120 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...300 YARDS PATH LENGTH...7 MILES BEGINNING IN RILLTON PA * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraopolisWx Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 The last F2 tornado in SW PA was 4/28/2002 near Indiana, PA. Looking at those pictures, I'm glad nobody was killed. There is alot of high exposed terrain out in Hempfied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I'm sure many of you have seen the videos on Youtube. This one is the only one that I have found that you can see the touchdown and debris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraopolisWx Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 I'm sure many of you have seen the videos on Youtube. This one is the only one that I have found that you can see the touchdown and debris. It was like a strong Cat. 3 hurricane concentrated in a 300 yard swath. With the cold air trying to hang around this spring, another event like yesterday is possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 ...Spring is here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackngoldrules Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 The models seem to be trending more south now with the next system, so I don't think we're going to see much accumulation, if any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraopolisWx Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 As chilly as it's been, and forecasted to be, I forget sometimes that we're almost in April. Although at this point I'm cool with whatever, blizzard or golf. Weekend storm is gaining a bit of momentum, although most forecasts are favoring a more coastal track solution at this time. However this being spring, I could see more of a piedmont track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPITblizz Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 ...Yeah.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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