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Complex Emergency in USA on Wednesday, 30 May, 2012 at 03:28 (03:28 AM) UTC.
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Heavy rain on Tuesday downed tree branches, caused minor power outages and flooded some basements in parts of the region. Powerful storms swept across Western Pennsylvania as a cold front pushed through, bumping against the hot, humid air that marked the holiday weekend. In Ross, firefighters used pumps to assist residents threatened by flooding along roads. Randy Fasenmyer, who lives along Rochester Road in Ross, pulled on a red nylon windbreaker, shorts and black wader boots soon after he realized the rain was seeping into his basement. Fasenmyer piled 18 sandbags where his driveway meets Rochester Road, but they only helped keep some water out. "I got 4 to 5 inches in the basement. I did everything I could to stop it from flooding, but it's water, so it's going to find a way," he said. Doug Leicher, who lives two doors away from Fasenmyer, said he was leaving work when his wife called to alert him to the flooding. "I got home as quickly as I could," he said.
Firefighters used electric pumps to suck about 4 inches of water that covered the floor of Leicher's garage. Ross police directed traffic at various intersections throughout the township as the storm knocked out power to some traffic lights. Police closed part of Perry Highway near Reel Street while firefighters cleared debris from the road. Farther north, officials closed Little Sewickley Creek Road in several locations because of flooding. Quaker Valley School District asked some parents to pick up their children because of the closures. And in Scott, lightning struck a power line outside the police station, forcing officials to close Greentree Road between Urula Drive and Old Washington Pike until they could clear lines from the road. The storms lasted only a few minutes in Fayette and Westmoreland counties. "We had a couple of flooded basements, some trees down," said Dan Stevens, spokesman for the Westmoreland County Department of Public Safety. "They (the showers) were really quick when they came through."
Thousands of Duquesne Light and FirstEnergy customers lost electrical service because of the storms. Utility crews worked throughout the evening removing trees and repairing downed lines. Although residents in the Gilpin area of Armstrong County reported what looked like a funnel cloud, National Weather Service officials said they had no indication that the storms spawned tornadoes. The weather service said today will be mostly sunny with highs in the upper 70s.
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