To Give You an Idea of the Potential Over the Next Few Hours

To give you an idea of the potential for interesting weather tonight. The National Weather Service issued a Tornado Watch for this evening for southwest Pennsylvania and a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for south central Pennsylvania, as close as about 25 miles west of Allentown, Pennsylvania. A tornado was even spotted in the past hour by National Weather Service radar near Pittsburgh. Amazing stuff and it is all headed this way into our cold air. Will be interesting to see what happens.

Tornado Watch

TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 55
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
115 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

TORNADO WATCH 55 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

PAC003-007-051-059-125-129-240100-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0055.110323T1715Z-110324T0100Z/

PA
. PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ALLEGHENY BEAVER FAYETTE
GREENE WASHINGTON WESTMORELAND
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
OHC029-081-PAC003-007-125-WVC009-029-232145-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.SV.W.0019.110323T2042Z-110323T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
442 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL COLUMBIANA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHWESTERN BEAVER COUNTY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
NORTHEASTERN BROOKE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 441 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
NEW MANCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WEIRTON... TOMLINSON RUN STATE PARK...
NEW MANCHESTER... NEW CUMBERLAND... TORONTO...
SUN VALLEY... FLORENCE... SHIPPINGPORT...
HARSHAVILLE... RACCOON CREEK STATE PARK...
BURGETTSTOWN...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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LAT...LON 4068 8031 4035 8024 4038 8071 4058 8070
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 269DEG 34KT 4052 8057

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 57
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
415 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 57 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

PAC001-009-013-021-041-055-057-061-067-087-099-111-240300-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0057.110323T2015Z-110324T0300Z/

PA
. PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAMS BEDFORD BLAIR
CAMBRIA CUMBERLAND FRANKLIN
FULTON HUNTINGDON JUNIATA
MIFFLIN PERRY SOMERSET
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