Tornado watch just issued for western 3/4s of PA and western part of New York State.
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0236.html
Thanks. Was caught off guard here. Radio warning (Midland SAME) did not alert.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.......... PITTSBURGH PA
406 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
MDZ001-PAZ014>016-021>023-029-031-073>076-WVZ021>023-041-272100-
Tornado watch
ALLEGHENY PA
ARMSTRONG PA
BUTLER Pa
CLARION PA
FAYETTE PA
FAYETTE RIDGES PA
GARRETT MD
GREENE PA
INDIANA PA
JEFFERSON PA
MARION
WV-MONONGALIA WV-PRESTON WV-TUCKER WV-WASHINGTON PA-WESTMORELAND
PA-WESTMORELAND RIDGES PA-
406 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
AT 400 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH...SHOWED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING...FROM 2 MILES SOUTH OF SAXONBURG TO 31 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALLEY FALLS........OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES SOUTH OF SAXONBURG TO
30 MILES SOUTH OF GRANGEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THESE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...WHICH CAN RESULT IN BROKEN TREE LIMBS...FLYING DEBRIS...AND POSSIBLY POWER INTERRUPTIONS.
DRIVERS NEED TO TAKE EXTRA CARE AS THE WINDS CAN AFFECT STEERING...PARTICULARLY OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE FAST WINDS ARE FROM THE SOUTH SO THIS CAN CAUSE A CROSS WIND ON HIGHWAYS ORIENTED WEST TO EAST LIKE INTERSTATE 70 AND THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE.