The Pittsburgh region continued Saturday morning to pick up the pieces — somewhat literally, in some cases — following Friday night’s windstorm.
Reports of debris, downed trees, and downed wires abounded Friday night into Saturday morning, prompting shutdowns of roads throughout Allegheny, Beaver, and Lawrence Counties. In Pittsburgh, however, Commercial Street in Swisshelm Park and Squirrel Hill reopened to traffic Saturday morning after being closed due to storm debris since Friday night.
Traffic lights remained out Saturday morning, March 14, 2026, at the intersection of Lewis Run Road and Clairton Boulevard in Jefferson Hills following a strong windstorm on Friday night.
Approximately 95,000 Duquesne Light Company customers were still without power.
FirstEnergy was reporting around 9,000 Allegheny County customers were affected, with around 16,000 in Washington County and 11,000 in Butler County still in the dark.
A windstorm on Friday, March 13, 2026, knocked out power for businesses along Lebanon Church Road, a main thoroughfare in West Mifflin. Many of those businesses remained without electricity Saturday morning.
The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh reported that the event Friday night registered a 66-mph wind gust at Pittsburgh International Airport, the fourth-strongest gust not caused by a thunderstorm ever recorded in the region.
About 100 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, in DuBois, Clearfield County, there was a reported gust of 75 mph, or the equivalent of a low-grade tornado.
Yesterday’s event recorded a top wind gust of 75 mph at DuBois, PA, at 5:54 PM—a speed comparable to an EF-0 tornado or a Category 1 Hurricane.
— NWS Pittsburgh (@NWSPittsburgh) March 14, 2026
Duquesne Light said it is working “around the clock” to restore power to all affected customers. The utility also advised customers that food will stay frozen in a fully loaded freezer for 36-48 hours if the door remains closed.