Thursday could bring strong, severe storms

Storms aren’t over for western Pennsylvania; Weather could turn severe Thursday

Updated: 7:13 AM EDT May 8, 2024

UP FOR RECONSIDERATION. AT 618. RIGHT NOW, IT’S MUCH MORE CALM FOR US. THIS MORNING. WE HAD TORNADO WARNINGS, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS, FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ALL EARLY, EARLY THIS MORNING. NOW WE’RE JUST DEALING WITH A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS STILL LINGERING. NOW INTO SOMERSET AND GARRETT COUNTY. BUT A LOT OF YOU ARE WAKING UP TO A HAZE AND SOME CLOUD COVER. NOW THIS IS OUR ACTION CAM. OVERNIGHT, THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH VERY QUICKLY. WOKE UP A LOT OF YOU. I’M GETTING TEXTS AND EMAILS FROM PEOPLE SAYING I’VE NEVER HEARD THUNDER LIKE THAT. IT SHOOK MY HOUSE, THE LIGHTNING. BUT OVERALL IT MOVED IN AND OUT VERY QUICKLY. NOW WHAT WE WERE WATCHING AS WE LOOK AT THE STORM REPORTS NOW THIS IS A RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. CONFIRMED TORNADO IN HANCOCK COUNTY RIGHT ACROSS THAT NOT FAR FROM ROBINSON, NOT FAR FROM BEAVER COUNTY IS RIGHT ACROSS THE BORDER. THERE YOU CAN SEE NEAR ROUTE 30. SO OVERALL, THAT WAS A CONFIRMED TORNADO. THEY WILL BE ASSESSING THE DAMAGE THERE LATER THIS MORNING. NOW THAT THE SUN IS MAKING ITS WAY UP. WELL, WE DID HAVE THOUGH IS SOME DEBRIS. METAL DEBRIS REPORTED ON 3.76 TOWARDS NEAR ROBINSON AGAIN JUST A LITTLE WEST OF ROBINSON. AROUND 150 THIS MORNING. THEN WE HAD ANOTHER TORNADO WARNING ISSUED. I HAD SOME PEOPLE IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY EMAILING ME. SO YES, YOU DID HAVE A TORNADO WARNING. IT WAS SHORT LIVED, BUT I SEE WHY THEY DID ISSUE THAT BECAUSE THERE WERE REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE. NOW THAT COULD HAVE BEEN STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OR THAT IS A POSSIBLE TORNADO. BUT AGAIN, WE WILL NOT KNOW UNTIL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GETS THERE TO SURVEY ALL OF THAT DAMAGE. AND HERE’S WHAT WAS CAUSING ALL OF THE ISSUES. THIS WAS RIGHT AROUND 115. THIS IS OUR ROTATION TRACKER. IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A HURRICANE HERE ON OUR RADAR. JUST SOMETHING I’VE NEVER SEEN, AND EVEN PICKED UP A DEBRIS BALL WHICH IS PICKING UP, SHOWING THE DEBRIS, GETTING FLYING AROUND THE AREA. NOW, IT DID WEAKEN A BIT AS IT MOVED INTO PARTS OF BEAVER COUNTY. EVEN INTO ALLEGHENY, BUT OVERALL IT WAS STILL PACKING A PUNCH WITH STRONG WINDS. AND ALSO THAT HEAVY, HEAVY RAIN AND DEFINITELY A VERY SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING SHOW. NOW CALM FOR US. WE DO HAVE THAT SUNSHINE PEEKING THROUGH SOME OF THE CLOUDS, AND WE’LL CONTINUE TO SEE THESE CLOUDS DECREASING THROUGH THE DAY. THEN THEY’LL MOVE BACK IN LATE TONIGHT. WE’RE GOING TO BE WATCHING A CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED STORM TO DEVELOP A. LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF THIS AS WE GET AROUND EARLY TOMORROW MORNING WILL BE SOUTH SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF GREENE AND FAYETTE. AND AGAIN, WE AREN’T GOING TO BE AS WARM TOMORROW MORNING. SO OVERALL, THE SIGNIFICANT OF IT TURNING SEVERE IS VERY, VERY SMALL. NOW HERE’S THE DIFFERENCE FROM LAST NIGHT UNTIL THIS MORNING. OUR TEMPERATURES ARE NOT GOING TO BE VERY HIGH ON THURSDAY, BUT IT IS STILL AN IMPACT DAY AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO UPGRADE TO A SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAY. HERE’S WHY. WE’RE LOOKING AROUND 430 THIS THURSDAY EVENING. WE’LL SEE SOME OF THOSE ISOLATED STORMS POPPING WHERE. HERE’S WHERE IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO UPGRADE TO THE SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAY 7:00 THURSDAY EVENING. JUST AS THE SUN IS GETTING READY TO SET, WE’LL START TO SEE SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS FIRING OFF BEAVER, ALLEGHENY, WESTMORELAND. AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE AS I PUT THIS INTO MOTION, IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO INTENSIFY INSTEAD OF WEAKENING AS IT MOVES EASTWARD. ARMSTRONG, INDIANA, WESTMORELAND AND SOMERSET BEFORE IT MOVES OUT. NOW, WE’LL CALM DOWN FRIDAY, BUT WE’RE STILL GOING TO HAVE SOME NUISANCE SHOWERS LINGERING FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND INTO MOTHER’S DAY ON SUNDAY. SO AS WE GET INTO LATE TONIGHT, EARLY TOMORROW MORNING, SMALL, VERY ISOLATED RISK FOR SOME OF THOSE STORMS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. BUT HERE’S WHAT I’M REALLY LOOKING AT. WE DO HAVE THE IMPACT DAY FOR TOMORROW EVENING. AGAIN, PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE AREA UNDER THAT ISOLATED RISK. BUT THIS DOES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO UPGRADE PRETTY QUICKLY TO POTENTIALLY SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW INTO THE MID 60S. WE’RE GETTING IN THE LOW 80S TODAY. WE DO HAVE THAT IMPACT DAY TOMORROW WITH RAIN AND STORMS, SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS, AND A BIT OF A COOL DOWN HEADING INTO MOTHER’S DAY WEEKEND WITH TEMPS

Storms aren’t over for western Pennsylvania; Weather could turn severe Thursday

Updated: 7:13 AM EDT May 8, 2024

A calm start to the morning after storms moved in with a multitude of warnings overnight. Storms moved through Western Pennsylvania bringing with it tornado warnings, severe storm warnings and flash flood warnings. Wednesday morning, a few lingering showers remain into Somerset County.Sunshine will push through the clouds, causing them to decrease throughout the day. An isolated storm is expected to develop in south portions of Greene and Fayette County around 2:30 a.m.Because of the weather not being as warm, the chance of that storm being severe is small. At this point, Thursday is an Impact Day but we are tracking the protentional of it turning into a Severe Weather Alert Day.Around 4:30 p.m., isolated storms will begin. Those isolated storms will spread throughout western Pennsylvania around 7 p.m. in Beaver, Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties.Those storms do have the potential to intensify as it moves east into Armstrong and Indiana Counties.That weather is expected to calm down on Friday, with lingering showers through the weekend.

A calm start to the morning after storms moved in with a multitude of warnings overnight.

Storms moved through Western Pennsylvania bringing with it tornado warnings, severe storm warnings and flash flood warnings. Wednesday morning, a few lingering showers remain into Somerset County.

Sunshine will push through the clouds, causing them to decrease throughout the day. An isolated storm is expected to develop in south portions of Greene and Fayette County around 2:30 a.m.

Because of the weather not being as warm, the chance of that storm being severe is small.

At this point, Thursday is an Impact Day but we are tracking the protentional of it turning into a Severe Weather Alert Day.

Around 4:30 p.m., isolated storms will begin. Those isolated storms will spread throughout western Pennsylvania around 7 p.m. in Beaver, Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties.

Those storms do have the potential to intensify as it moves east into Armstrong and Indiana Counties.

That weather is expected to calm down on Friday, with lingering showers through the weekend.