"Tornado warnings were issued for Allegheny, Armstrong, Indiana and Westmoreland counties Thursday evening as a severe storm rolled through the Pittsburgh area.
Several witnesses called Channel 11 News to report seeing funnel clouds over various parts of Pittsburgh during the evening rush hour Thursday.
Widespread damage from the storm has been reported.
Flooding and knocked down trees have caused damage to some structures.
A 25-year-old man was struck by lightning in Mt. Washington during the storm and is in fair condition at Mercy Hospital, according to Allegheny County spokeswoman Margaret Philbin.
The weather service will conduct a survey Friday to determine if funnel clouds reported by witnesses actually touched down. "
I think they'll find it was straight line wind damage.
No damage to my home. Thank the Good Lord!!
Karan
Whoaaaaaa, too close for comfort!!!!!
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There was a small tornado that did hit the Pittsburgh area the other night. Luckily for me, the storms weakened before they got to my county. Indiana and Armstrong Counties (to my south and southwest respectively) we under tornado warnings, but when they got to Jefferson, nothing happened. Saw some good lightning as I was on my way out the door and heading to my in-laws to ride out the storm. Our apartment doesnt have a basement, and we live on the second floor...so we decided to go to their house to stay safe just in case anything did happen.
Here is the write up about the small tornado that hit the Pittsburgh Metro area from NWS Pittsburgh...
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT....CORRECTED......
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
540 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2003
...TORNADO HITS ALLEGHENY COUNTY...
ABOUT 540 PM...LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AN F0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN
IN THE CARNEGIE/GREENTREE AREA. IT TOUCHED DOWN INITIALLY NEAR
ELMHURST ROAD AND TRAVELED NORTHEAST ABOUT 20 MPH. IT CROSSED NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF GREENTREE ROAD AND THE PARKWAY WEST. IT
CONTINUED TO TRAVEL NORTHEAST PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE
ALONG SECTIONS OF SPRINGFIELD ROAD AND NEW YORK ROAD. THE DAMAGE
PATH FINALLY ENDED WITH SNAPPED TREES ALONG GRANDVIEW DRIVE ON TOP
OF MOUNT WASHINGTON. THERE WAS SOME MINOR ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE.
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 70 MPH. THE PATH
LENGTH WAS ABOUT 3 AND ONE HALF MILES AND THE WIDTH WAS ABOUT 50
YARDS.
EVEN THOUGH THE STORM CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND
INTENSIFY...THE SURVEY TEAM COULD NOT FIND ANY ADDITIONAL DAMAGE IN
NORTHEASTERN ALLEGHENY COUNTY OR ARMSTRONG COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS A
LITTLE UNUSUAL IN THAT IT PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE PATH AS
WELL AS THE TORNADO IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA.
THE LAST TORNADO TO HIT THIS AREA WAS THE F1 (ESTIMATED WINDS ABOUT
110 MPH) ON 2 JUNE 1998 WHICH CROSSED MOUNT WASHINGTON.
AN F0 TORNADO IS THE WEAKEST ON THE FUJITA SCALE. IT HAS WINDS
WHICH RANGE FROM 42 MPH TO 72 MPH. THE SCALE CAN CLIMB TO AN F5
WHICH HAS WINDS UP TO 318 MPH.
SUMMARY...
TORNADO = F0
PATH = 3.5 MILES
MAXIMUM WIDTH = 50 YDS
EST MAXIMUM WINDS = 70 MPH
KANE/COBLENTZ
Tom
Here is the write up about the small tornado that hit the Pittsburgh Metro area from NWS Pittsburgh...
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT....CORRECTED......
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
540 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2003
...TORNADO HITS ALLEGHENY COUNTY...
ABOUT 540 PM...LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AN F0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN
IN THE CARNEGIE/GREENTREE AREA. IT TOUCHED DOWN INITIALLY NEAR
ELMHURST ROAD AND TRAVELED NORTHEAST ABOUT 20 MPH. IT CROSSED NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF GREENTREE ROAD AND THE PARKWAY WEST. IT
CONTINUED TO TRAVEL NORTHEAST PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE
ALONG SECTIONS OF SPRINGFIELD ROAD AND NEW YORK ROAD. THE DAMAGE
PATH FINALLY ENDED WITH SNAPPED TREES ALONG GRANDVIEW DRIVE ON TOP
OF MOUNT WASHINGTON. THERE WAS SOME MINOR ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE.
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 70 MPH. THE PATH
LENGTH WAS ABOUT 3 AND ONE HALF MILES AND THE WIDTH WAS ABOUT 50
YARDS.
EVEN THOUGH THE STORM CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND
INTENSIFY...THE SURVEY TEAM COULD NOT FIND ANY ADDITIONAL DAMAGE IN
NORTHEASTERN ALLEGHENY COUNTY OR ARMSTRONG COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS A
LITTLE UNUSUAL IN THAT IT PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE PATH AS
WELL AS THE TORNADO IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA.
THE LAST TORNADO TO HIT THIS AREA WAS THE F1 (ESTIMATED WINDS ABOUT
110 MPH) ON 2 JUNE 1998 WHICH CROSSED MOUNT WASHINGTON.
AN F0 TORNADO IS THE WEAKEST ON THE FUJITA SCALE. IT HAS WINDS
WHICH RANGE FROM 42 MPH TO 72 MPH. THE SCALE CAN CLIMB TO AN F5
WHICH HAS WINDS UP TO 318 MPH.
SUMMARY...
TORNADO = F0
PATH = 3.5 MILES
MAXIMUM WIDTH = 50 YDS
EST MAXIMUM WINDS = 70 MPH
KANE/COBLENTZ
Tom
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