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Overdue Friday afternoon I noticed an excessively darkish cloud outdoor my window that seemed nearly flat like a wall. The horizon obscured the ground edge because the cloud moved away towards Highland Park.
In a while thereafter the cloud spawned a twister that touched down on the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium. The Nationwide Climate Carrier rated it EF1, the most powerful of 4 tornadoes within the Pittsburgh metro house that afternoon.
Thankfully no other folks or animals had been injured and essentially the most dramatic harm used to be a automotive flattened by means of a tree within the Zoo automobile parking space. The video beneath displays native reactions together with other folks ready in a automotive at the Highland Park Bridge for the twister to go. Satisfied I used to be no longer there!
The ones of you who reside in serious twister areas most likely assume Pittsburghers are wimps to get serious about an EF1 twister however in truth tornadoes are uncommon right here.
The closing time one touched down within the Town of Pittsburgh used to be in 1998. Learn extra about it right here.