Pittsburgh Weather: Severe Weather Alerts Expire Across Viewing Area
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings were issued in several local counties but expired during the lunch hour Thursday.
While it is not expected for Pittsburgh's National Weather Service to Thursday's storm damage until Friday, some of the most significant damage reports are found in the vicinity of rotation that was picked up by Doppler Radar.
The velocity modes of the radar show the direction winds are moving inside a storm. Winds blowing toward the radar in Moon Township show up as green and blue. Winds blowing away from the radar are depicted in reds and yellows.
You can see the storm's rotation in this image, in the vicinity of the storm reports. Two homes suffered damage and a nearby barn collapsed. Several trees were reported down in this area, too.
Other parts of Armstrong county suffered storm damage in the line of storms as well. Reports of trees and powerlines in Kittanning and Appolo.
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The rest of the day will be windy with light drizzle possible. There are wind advisories posted for places just west of our area and it looks like our wind speeds will be below the normal criteria for seeing an advisory there.
Temperatures will continue to drop overnight with us being around 45 at midnight for Friday's daily high temperature. Light rain will continue through around 4 a.m. tomorrow and then will turn into snow showers for the morning commute.
At this point, temperatures are expected to be well above 32 degrees so the impact on roads should be minimal even in places like along I-80. The exception may be the Laurel Highlands but even their totals aren't expected to be much.
We return to more seasonal weather on Saturday with lows near 30 and highs in the 50s. Rain and snow chances return on Sunday.
Over the next seven days, we have solid rain and or snow chances on five of them.
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