THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
605 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
BELMONT CARROLL COLUMBIANA
COSHOCTON GUERNSEY HARRISON
JEFFERSON OH TUSCARAWAS
IN PENNSYLVANIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES
IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
FOREST MERCER VENANGO
IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
ALLEGHENY FAYETTE GREENE
WASHINGTON WESTMORELAND
IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
ARMSTRONG BUTLER CLARION
INDIANA JEFFERSON PA
IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
BEAVER LAWRENCE
IN WEST VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA
BROOKE HANCOCK MARSHALL
OHIO
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALIQUIPPA, AMBRIDGE, BEAVER FALLS,
BROOKVILLE, BUTLER, CADIZ, CAMBRIDGE, CANONSBURG, CARROLLTON,
CLARION, COLUMBIANA, CONNELLSVILLE, COSHOCTON, DOVER,
EAST LIVERPOOL, ELLWOOD CITY, FOLLANSBEE, FORD CITY, FRANKLIN,
GREENSBURG, GROVE CITY, HERMITAGE, INDIANA, KITTANNING, LATROBE,
MARTINS FERRY, MASONTOWN, MONACA, MOUNDSVILLE, MURRYSVILLE,
NEW CASTLE, NEW KENSINGTON, NEW PHILADELPHIA, OIL CITY,
PITTSBURGH METRO AREA, PUNXSUTAWNEY, SALEM, SHARON,
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, STEUBENVILLE, TIONESTA, UNIONTOWN, WASHINGTON,
WAYNESBURG, WEIRTON, WELLSBURG, AND WHEELING.
FFWPBZ
The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northern Allegheny County in southwestern Pennsylvania...
Northwestern Westmoreland County in southwestern Pennsylvania...
Southwestern Armstrong County in west central Pennsylvania...
Southern Butler County in west central Pennsylvania...
East Central Beaver County in western Pennsylvania...
* Until 615 PM EDT.
* At 319 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 2
inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up 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 and automated gauges.
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...
McCandless Township, Cranberry, Franklin Park, Aliquippa, Monaca,
Vandergrift, Apollo, Plum, Hampton Township, New Kensington, Lower
Burrell, Harrison Township, Economy, Ambridge, Wexford, New
Brighton, Arnold, Beaver, Tarentum and Baden.
* 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 Friday.
* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
extreme heat and high humidity events.