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Tornado touched down in Washington County, NWS confirms

PITTSBURGH — Scattered severe storms moved through Western Pennsylvania Saturday, with the NWS confirming a tornado touched down in Washington County.

A FLOOD WATCH was been issued for Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Washington, Westmoreland, and Lawrence counties until 2 a.m. Sunday.

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10:30 P.M.: Thousands are without power after storms moved through Pennsylvania Saturday.

Duquesne Light reports nearly 1,000 customers are impacted by 15 outages as of 10:30 p.m.

Penn Power reports the following outages:

63 customers impacted in Armstrong County

30 customers impacted in Beaver County

84 customers impacted in Butler County

1,852 customers impacted in Fayette County

275 customers impacted in Greene County

281 customers impacted in Mercer County

2,339 customers impacted in Washington County

222 customers impacted in Westmoreland County

9:45 P.M.: A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect for parts of Washington, Westmoreland and Fayette counties until 10:15 p.m.

9:42 P.M.: The US National Weather Service of Pittsburgh says they have video confirmation of a tornado touching down in Washington County this evening.

9:40 P.M.: The Tornado Warning in parts of Washington, Greene and Fayette counties has expired

9:30 P.M.: A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING is in effect for parts of Fayette County until 10:15 p.m.

9:25 P.M.: A Flash Flood warning has been issued for parts of Fayette, Greene and Washington counties until 12:15 a.m.

9:10 P.M.: A TORNADO WARNING has been issued for parts of Washington, Greene and Fayette counties until 9:45 p.m.

9 P.M.: The Tornado Warning in Washington and Greene counties has expired.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING is in effect for parts of Greene and Fayette counties until 9:45 p.m.

8:50 P.M.: A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING is in effect for parts of Washington, Westmoreland, Fayette and Greene Counties until 9:30 p.m.

8:30 P.M.: A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING has been issued for parts of Indiana and Westmoreland counties until 9:15 p.m.

8:25 P.M.: A TORNADO WARNING has been issued for parts of Washington and Greene counties until 9 p.m.

8:20 P.M.: NWS reports a tornado has been confirmed via radar in Washington County.

8:15 P.M.: Most of Southwestern Pennsylvania was put under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 2 a.m.

8:03 P.M.: A TORNADO WARNING has been issued for parts of Washington County until 8:30 p.m.

7:40 P.M.: A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING is in effect for part of Bulter and Armstrong counties until 8:15 p.m.

7:30 P.M.: A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING has been issued for part of Indiana County until 8:15 p.m.

7 P.M.: A FLASH FLOOD WARNING has been issued for part of Allegheny, Westmoreland, Armstrong and Butler counties until 11 p.m.

6:55 P.M.: A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING has been issued for parts of Indiana, Westmoreland and Armstrong counties until 7:30 p.m.

6:25 P.M.: A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING has been issued for parts of Allegheny, Butler, Westmoreland and Armstrong counties until 7:15 p.m.

6 P.M.: A FLASH FLOOD WARNING has been issued for parts of Allegheny, Beaver, Butler and Lawrence counties until 10 p.m.

5:45 P.M.: A FLASH FLOOD WARNING has been issued for parts of Lawrence County until 9 p.m.

5:15 P.M.: A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING are in effect for parts of Lawrence and Mercer counties until 6 p.m.

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