Pittsburgh, PA Weather Alerts

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has
issued a code ORANGE air quality alert for Friday, including
the greater Pittsburgh region, including Allegheny, Butler,
Beaver, Armstrong, Washington, Westmoreland and Fayette counties.

A code ORANGE air quality alert means that air pollution
concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for
sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children, the elderly,
and people suffering from asthma, heart disease, or other lung
diseases. The effects of air pollution can be minimized by
avoiding outdoor exercise or strenuous activity.

For more information on ground-level ozone and
fine particles, visit http://www.airnow.gov and
https://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/AQPartnersWeb/

* WHAT...Prolonged dangerous hot conditions are likely. Heat index
values up to 110 degrees are expected during the day. Little
relief will be observed at night with temperatures ranging from 70
to 75 degrees.

* WHERE...Beaver, Fayette, Washington, Allegheny, Butler, and
Westmoreland Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
extreme heat and high humidity events.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has
issued a code ORANGE air quality alert for Thursday, including
the greater Pittsburgh region, including Allegheny, Butler,
Beaver, Armstrong, Washington, Westmoreland and Fayette counties.

A code ORANGE air quality alert means that air pollution
concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for
sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children, the elderly,
and people suffering from asthma, heart disease, or other lung
diseases. The effects of air pollution can be minimized by
avoiding outdoor exercise or strenuous activity.

For more information on ground-level ozone and
fine particles, visit http://www.airnow.gov and
https://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/AQPartnersWeb/

* WHAT...Prolonged dangerous hot conditions are likely. Heat
index values ranging from 105 to 110 degrees are expected
during the day. Little relief will be observed at night with
temperatures ranging from 70 to 75 degrees.

* WHERE...Beaver, Fayette, Washington, Allegheny, Butler, and
Westmoreland Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
extreme heat and high humidity events.

* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 104
possible.

* WHERE...Portions of east central Ohio, northwest, southwest, and
western Pennsylvania, and northern and the northern panhandle of
West Virginia.

* WHEN...From Monday morning through Friday evening.

* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
extreme heat and high humidity events.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
413 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO

BELMONT CARROLL COSHOCTON
GUERNSEY HARRISON JEFFERSON OH
MONROE MUSKINGUM NOBLE
TUSCARAWAS

IN PENNSYLVANIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA

ALLEGHENY FAYETTE GREENE
WASHINGTON WESTMORELAND

IN WEST VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES

IN NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA

PRESTON TUCKER

IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA

MARION MONONGALIA WETZEL

IN THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA

BROOKE HANCOCK MARSHALL
OHIO

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CADIZ, CALDWELL, CAMBRIDGE,
CANONSBURG, CARROLLTON, CONNELLSVILLE, COSHOCTON, DAVIS, DOVER,
FAIRMONT, FOLLANSBEE, GREENSBURG, KINGWOOD, LATROBE,
MARTINS FERRY, MASONTOWN, MORGANTOWN, MOUNDSVILLE, MURRYSVILLE,
NEW KENSINGTON, NEW MARTINSVILLE, NEW PHILADELPHIA, PARSONS,
PITTSBURGH METRO AREA, ST. CLAIRSVILLE, STEUBENVILLE, TERRA ALTA,
THOMAS, UNIONTOWN, WASHINGTON, WAYNESBURG, WEIRTON, WELLSBURG,
WHEELING, WOODSFIELD, AND ZANESVILLE.

FFWPBZ

The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Allegheny County in southwestern Pennsylvania...

* Until 715 AM EDT.

* At 413 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated slow-moving thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.5
inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.25 to
0.75 inches per hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches
are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Pittsburgh, Penn Hills, Mount Lebanon, Ross Township, McCandless
Township, Moon Township, Franklin Park, Shaler Township, Plum,
North Side Pittsburgh, Baldwin, Hampton Township, Scott Township,
Wilkinsburg, Robinson Township, New Kensington, Lower Burrell,
Harrison Township, Economy and Dormont.

Areas of fog continue across the region this morning. The fog is
locally dense, with visibilities of a quarter of a mile or less in
some locations, especially in the river valleys. The fog will
continue early this morning, before dissipating after 8 AM.

Use caution if traveling this morning. Slow down when encountering
fog, use low beam headlights, and allow extra time to reach your
destination.

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30. This replaces the
Frost Advisory previously issued.

* WHERE...Portions of east central Ohio, southwest and western
Pennsylvania, and northern and the northern panhandle of West
Virginia.

* WHEN...Until 9 AM EDT this morning.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
plumbing.

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 34 will result in frost formation.

* WHERE...Portions of east central Ohio, southwest and western
Pennsylvania, and northern and the northern panhandle of West
Virginia.

* WHEN...From 2 AM to 8 AM EDT Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive
outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.