NWS: Warning Area Has Surpassed Yearly Average Of Tornadoes, It's Only May
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - The National Weather Service has officially confirmed nine tornadoes in its warning area this year — almost twice the yearly average.
Pittsburgh's warning area, which covers 36 counties in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland and West Virginia typically sees only five tornadoes per year.
With the tornado confirmed in Indiana county PA today, this brings our total tornado count to NINE in our county warning area. Our average is FIVE tornadoes per year. #pawx #tornadoes #ohwx #wvwx #mdwx
— NWS Pittsburgh (@NWSPittsburgh) May 29, 2019
This announcement follows the confirmation of an EF0 touched down in Indiana County last night.
It's only May, but there have been almost 20 tornadoes across Pennsylvania this year. Meteorologist Ron Smiley says that the yearly average is 16 tornadoes a year.
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