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Flood — Washington, PA

Feb 15, 2018

Waves of heavy rain produced flooding on February 15th through the 16th. A line of thunderstorms developed along a lifting warm front, providing not only for enhancement in the rainfall totals, which ranged from 1-3 inches, but also attributed to shear that supported the development of a short-lived tornado over Uniontown, in Fayette county Pennsylvania. This was the first tornado in February since 1950 for the Pittsburgh Weather Service area of responsibility.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 742583). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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