Tornado over Pittsburgh, June 12, 2003

Funnel cloud video 1 (1.7MB, MPEG)

Funnel cloud video 2 (2.4MB, MPEG)

Funnel cloud over Pittsburgh, 2003/6/12

Funnel cloud over Pittsburgh, 2003/6/12

2003/6/12 17:45 EDT. A thunderstorm over Pittsburgh produced some funnel clouds. The vortex travelled from Southside to downtown, as seen from Flagstaff hill, Shenley park. Photo and video taken with a Nikon coolpix 995 digital camera.

The next day the National Weather Service confirmed that the funnel cloud was indeed an F-0 tornado with 75 mph winds, the first tornado in Pittsburgh in 5 years. It had already weakened when these photos are taken. Luckily no major damage was done.

The supercell which produced the tornado.

Trees down at Green Tree road and I-279 intersection.