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I am vacationing in Hilton Head and was mad that I missed out on some big storms in Pittsburgh the last 2 days.

I just had a storm pop up and move up the coast and now they are training, one right after another. I have had continuous ctg lightning for over an hour and a half. I do not have an ocean front but I am less than a block from the ocean. I have been watching out the front door but too dangerous to go out. Check out this radar from 30 minutes ago.

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I am vacationing in Hilton Head and was mad that I missed out on some big storms in Pittsburgh the last 2 days.

I just had a storm pop up and move up the coast and now they are training, one right after another. I have had continuous ctg lightning for over an hour and a half. I do not have an ocean front but I am less than a block from the ocean. I have been watching out the front door but too dangerous to go out. Check out this radar from 30 minutes ago.

Hey, anytime you wanna switch places in the future, feel free to PM me. LOL

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I am vacationing in Hilton Head and was mad that I missed out on some big storms in Pittsburgh the last 2 days.

I just had a storm pop up and move up the coast and now they are training, one right after another. I have had continuous ctg lightning for over an hour and a half. I do not have an ocean front but I am less than a block from the ocean. I have been watching out the front door but too dangerous to go out. Check out this radar from 30 minutes ago.

I'm heading down to Virginia Beach tomorrow. Leaving the currently cooler temps of Pittsburgh for the next several days to the heat of Virginia. I think the highs are supposed to be around 90 while we are down there. Certainly have dealt with hotter over the years in that area though.

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SXUS71 KPBZ 112135

RERPIT

RECORD EVENT REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

0535 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012

...RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT PITTSBURGH...

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY AT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS

68 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE RECORD FOR THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE

ON THIS DATE...69 DEGREES IN 1979.

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Haven't posted in a while.

I had a crazy experience 2 Sunday's ago.

Around 3:00 am during a minor thundershower with only distant lightning, I had a lightning strike in front of my house and it blew the transformer on the pole about 20 feet from my house. It shattered part of it into pieces all over my yard. It turned the furnace/ac on, which was turned off at the time and knocked power out to me and 2 of my neighbors who share the same transformer. Duquesne Light was out and put up a new transformer and had power on by mid morning. I was awake when it hit and saw it through the window. It scared the hell out of me, like a bomb going off.

I ended up losing a tv, my weather radio, a sensor light for my driveway, and the Circuit board and my transformer in my furnace were blown and had to be replaced. I was able to retrieve thanks to my homeowners less deductable. My neighbors each lost computers, playstations, Wii's, Cable box blown out, a stove, dishwasher and microwave.

In my house, every tv, game or computer that was on a surge protector was saved. Everything that was not on one no longer works. My advice. Make sure you have surge protectors. They do work.

We had another major storm with a lot of lightning strikes nearby on Saturday. I am more sensitive when there is a storm now.

I am looking forward to a calm Fall and tracking some snow storms.

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Haven't posted in a while.

I had a crazy experience 2 Sunday's ago.

Around 3:00 am during a minor thundershower with only distant lightning, I had a lightning strike in front of my house and it blew the transformer on the pole about 20 feet from my house. It shattered part of it into pieces all over my yard. It turned the furnace/ac on, which was turned off at the time and knocked power out to me and 2 of my neighbors who share the same transformer. Duquesne Light was out and put up a new transformer and had power on by mid morning. I was awake when it hit and saw it through the window. It scared the hell out of me, like a bomb going off.

I ended up losing a tv, my weather radio, a sensor light for my driveway, and the Circuit board and my transformer in my furnace were blown and had to be replaced. I was able to retrieve thanks to my homeowners less deductable. My neighbors each lost computers, playstations, Wii's, Cable box blown out, a stove, dishwasher and microwave.

In my house, every tv, game or computer that was on a surge protector was saved. Everything that was not on one no longer works. My advice. Make sure you have surge protectors. They do work.

We had another major storm with a lot of lightning strikes nearby on Saturday. I am more sensitive when there is a storm now.

I am looking forward to a calm Fall and tracking some snow storms.

Yeah, I have everything in my apartment plugged into a surge protector. You just never know. Glad to hear that it wasn't worse than that, like maybe YOU getting struck. Looks like we may see more storms today, some are moving through Ohio.

I'm starting to look forward to seeing some fall weather now. Football season starts in five days. My favorite time of the year actually. As much as I like tracking snowstorms in the winter (the few that we get around here), I still enjoy the fall weather the most.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

715 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012

PAZ014>016-021>023-073-050015-

ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-BUTLER PA-CLARION PA-INDIANA PA-JEFFERSON

PA-WESTMORELAND PA-

715 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012

...HEAVY RAIN...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE THROUGH THE

FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

ALLEGHENY...ARMSTRONG...BUTLER...CLARION...INDIANA...JEFFERSON AND

WESTMORELAND...

AT 707 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING

FROM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DORA TO 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARS...MOVING

EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE TRAINING OVER THE SAME AREAS AND

ARE GENERATING HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL RAPIDLY POND WATER IN LOW LYING

AREAS AND FILL SMALL STREAMS. EXPECT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS

INCLUDE...

SAXONBURG... NEW BETHLEHEM... CLIMAX...

DORA... MUFF... LERNERVILLE...

KITTANNING... SARVER... FREEPORT...

FORD CITY... DAYTON...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH

MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW SAFE PASSAGE. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

PLEASE REPORT HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.

&&

LAT...LON 4099 7898 4065 7962 4066 8007 4105 7926

$$

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Forecast of partly cloudy overnight. I have a thunderstorm moving through my area with some loud cracks of thunder. Figures.

NWS PBZ made a post on their facebook wall mentioning this renegade storm last night. I either slept through it, or it was just to my north & east. It's been so damn dry here in Canonsburg, so much of what has been hitting around the airport and other parts of Allegheny County and other points north has completely missed us down this way. Well this should change as we head into a more synopitc mode over the next few months.

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A snippet of some chilly readings this morning:

NOUS41 KPBZ 111318

PNSPBZ

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

916 AM EDT TUE SEP 11 2012

...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE PAST 24 HOURS...

...LOCATION... ...TIME... ...MIN...

6 SW LYNCH (FOREST PA) (1766 FT)(RAWS) 707 AM SEP 11 37 F

5 ESE SALISBURY (GARRETT MD) (AIRNOW) 800 AM SEP 11 37 F

RURAL VALLEY (ARMSTRONG PA) (AWS) 714 AM SEP 11 37 F

1 S DONEGAL (WESTMORELAND PA) (AWS) 714 AM SEP 11 38 F

1 W PUNXSUTAWNEY (JEFFERSON PA) 712 AM SEP 11 38 F

OAKLAND (ALLEGHENY PA) (960 FT)(GOES) 700 AM SEP 11 38 F

7 NE CLYMER (INDIANA PA) (APRSWXNET) 711 AM SEP 11 39 F

2 WSW MOUNT PLEASANT (WESTMORELAND PA) 704 AM SEP 11 39 F

HASSON HEIGHTS (VENANGO PA) (AWS) 605 AM SEP 11 39 F

CLINTONVILLE (VENANGO PA) (AWS) 650 AM SEP 11 39 F

1 NE ELLWOOD CITY (LAWRENCE PA) 711 AM SEP 11 40 F

3 SW RUSSELLTON (ALLEGHENY PA) 715 AM SEP 11 40 F

3 NNE ACCIDENT (GARRETT MD) (AWS) 704 AM SEP 11 40 F

NEW BETHLEHEM (CLARION PA) (AWS) 805 AM SEP 11 40 F

PUNXSUTAWNEY (JEFFERSON PA) (AWS) 654 AM SEP 11 40 F

5 WNW SPRAGGS (GREENE PA) (AWS) 645 AM SEP 11 40 F

OBSERVATIONS ARE COLLECTED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES WITH VARYING

EQUIPMENT AND EXPOSURES. NOT ALL DATA LISTED IS CONSIDERED OFFICIAL. THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THANKS ITS PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PARTNERS FOR

PROVIDING US WITH THIS DATA.

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

PAC003-007-019-125-222345-

/O.NEW.KPBZ.SV.W.0206.120922T2302Z-120922T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

702 PM EDT SAT SEP 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

WESTERN ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

SOUTHEASTERN BEAVER COUNTY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 659 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS

OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ECONOMY BORO...MOVING EAST

AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

SEWICKLEY... OAKDALE... MOON...

MCDONALD... IMPERIAL... FLORENCE...

ECONOMY BORO... CARNEGIE... BRIDGEVILLE...

MCKEES ROCKS... FRANKLIN PARK... CRANBERRY...

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...

I-279 PARKWAY NORTH BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 13.

I-376 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 48 AND 70.

I-79 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 51 AND 80.

I-76 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 27 AND 44.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. 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...OR POSTING TO

OUR FACEBOOK OR TWITTER SITES.

&&

LAT...LON 4075 7970 4032 8010 4043 8045 4081 8000

TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 255DEG 41KT 4063 8016

$$

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