20 Might 2024
Late Friday afternoon I noticed a really darkish cloud outdoors my window that regarded virtually flat like a wall. The horizon obscured the underside edge because the cloud moved away towards Highland Park.
Shortly thereafter the cloud spawned a twister that touched down on the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium. The Nationwide Climate Service rated it EF1, the strongest of 4 tornadoes within the Pittsburgh metro space that afternoon.
Happily no folks or animals had been injured and essentially the most dramatic harm was a automobile flattened by a tree within the Zoo parking zone. The video beneath reveals native reactions together with folks ready in a automobile on the Highland Park Bridge for the twister to cross. Glad I used to be not there!
These of you who dwell in extreme twister areas most likely suppose Pittsburghers are wimps to get enthusiastic about an EF1 twister however in truth tornadoes are uncommon right here.
The final time one touched down within the Metropolis of Pittsburgh was in 1998. Learn extra about it right here.
