PITTSBURGH — Severe storms left a path of damage late Wednesday, with many trees down and power outage reports throughout the area.
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Power is being restored to thousands of western Pennsylvanians.
Click here for Duquesne Light’s outage map.
Click here for West Penn Power’s outage map.
Temperatures Thursday will rebound into the low 70s and we should see more sunshine by Thursday afternoon. Showers return early Friday and continue off and on through the day, but no severe weather is expected at this time.
The weekend will be dry but cooler and some areas could see patchy frost Sunday night into early Monday morning.
LATEST UPDATES:
9:50 p.m.:
The Tornado Watch has been canceled for the entire area.
The Tornado Watch has been CANCELLED for the entire NWS Pittsburgh forecast area, but remains across Tyler, Doddridge, Harrison, and Taylor counties in WV. Gusty winds are still possible with storms in northern WV as well. Please keep sending along any damage or hail reports!
— NWS Pittsburgh (@NWSPittsburgh) April 18, 2024
9:12 p.m.:
Duquesne Light is now reporting more than 16,000 outages. West Penn Power is reporting more than 20,000 customers without power.
8:50 p.m.:
The National Weather Service just ended the Tornado Watch for Allegheny, Beaver, Butler and Lawrence counties.
Here's another radar update for everyone. Note that many counties in the Tornado Watch have been cleared. If you are still in the watch, don't let your guard down! Damaging wind, large hail, and a tornado are still possible! pic.twitter.com/FjzOrnPqPt
— NWS Pittsburgh (@NWSPittsburgh) April 18, 2024
8:45 p.m.:
Traffic lights are out in Elizabeth Township, according to police.
8:30 p.m.:
The Severe Thunderstorm Warning has expired.
8:15 p.m.:
The National Weather Service offered the following update:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning continues for Clarion PA, Kittanning PA and Brookville PA until 8:30 PM EDT. This storm will contain wind gusts to 70 MPH! pic.twitter.com/uuxNVYXip8
— NWS Pittsburgh (@NWSPittsburgh) April 18, 2024
8:05 p.m.:
The National Weather Service issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for parts of Greene and Washington counties.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Moundsville WV, Bellaire OH and Waynesburg PA until 8:45 PM EDT pic.twitter.com/JwvL1Kd4uq
— NWS Pittsburgh (@NWSPittsburgh) April 18, 2024
8 p.m.:
As of 8 p.m., Duquesne Light is reporting more than 8,000 outages.
West Penn Power is reporting more than 2,000.
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