Tornado watch issued for Western Pennsylvania on Thursday
Storms arrive Thursday evening; over an inch of rain expected by Friday morning
COUPLE MORE HOURS BEFORE THE STORMS GET HERE, RIGHT? YEAH. IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU ARE. THE FURTHER NORTH YOU ARE FROM PITTSBURGH, THE SOONER SHOWERS AND STORMS GET TO YOU. THAT WINDOW IS STARTING TO OPEN NOW. WILL LAST UNTIL ABOUT 8:00 FOR THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH, LIKELY BETWEEN ABOUT EIGHT AND 10:00 THIS EVENING. THEN ALL OF US WILL SEE RAIN AND STORMS BY MIDNIGHT AT THE LATEST. WE ARE WATCHING ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH ANY STORM THAT DOES DEVELOP TODAY. BUT WIND AND FLOODING REMAIN. OUR PRIMARY CONCERNS. WE’RE STILL TALKING OVER AN INCH ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, POTENTIALLY UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN AS POSSIBLE BEFORE OUR STORMS COME TO AN END. 49 IS YOUR HIGH TEMPERATURE TOMORROW. THAT WILL BE OUR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE OR HIGH TEMPERATURE WILL HAPPEN TONIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS SHOULD COME TO AN END BY THE MORNING COMMUTE. WE ARE DRY THIS WEEKEND AND THEN NEXT WEEK IS WARM WITH SHOWER CHANCES POSSIBLE EACH DAY. RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST CHANCES OF SEEING RAIN ARE PROBABLY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, BUT WE WILL STAY MILD ALL THE WAY TOWARDS THE PIRATES HOME OPENER NEXT FRIDAY 65 WITH A COUPLE OF RAIN SHOWERS POSSIBLE AS WE WELCOME THE PIRATES HOME. SO LET’S TALK ABOUT THOSE STORMS FOR YOU THIS EVENING. HERE’S 5:00. NOTICE IT’S STARTING TO ENCROACH INTO PORTIONS OF VENANGO AND FOREST COUNTIES, AND THEY WILL SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTHWARD AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. BY 8:00, LIKELY ALONG THE 422 CORRIDOR AND JUST NORTH OF THAT. AND THEN AS WE GET TOWARDS 10:00, MOVING INTO ALLEGHENY COUNTY, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, AS WELL AS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA, THIS IS WHERE OUR MAIN SEVERE THREAT WILL LIE ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS. ONCE THAT SLIDES SOUTHWARD, IT’S JUST RAIN SHOWERS THAT CONTINUE WITH US FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. AND THERE WILL BE POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW. BY THE TIME WE GET TO ABOUT 8:00 ON FRIDAY MORNING, MOST OF THE RAIN SHOULD BE OUT OF HERE BY THE TIME WE’RE DONE. WE’RE EXPECTING GENERALLY AN INCH OF RAIN ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SO WE’RE WATCHING OUR STREAMS AND CREEKS AND RUNS OUR SMALLER BODIES OF WATER AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA, ESPECIALLY THE BOTTOM OF HILLSIDES, AS THEY’LL BE ABSORBING ALL OF THAT WATER AND THEY COULD COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS TOMORROW MORNING. SO AGAIN, FLOODING REMAINS OUR PRIMARY CONCERN. A LOT OF LIGHTNING ALSO TONIGHT, DAMAGING WINDS IS OUR SECONDARY CONCERN. AND HAIL AND TORNADO THREATS ARE LOW BUT THEY ARE NOT ZERO. AS WE HEAD THROUGH THIS EVENING. FOR NOW THOUGH IT’S BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE CAMERA SHAKING HERE ON ACTION. CAM 73 IS THE CURRENT TEMPERATURE. WINDS ARE SOUTHWEST AT 11, GUSTING INTO ABOUT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. WE REMAIN ON SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAY THROUGH THE NIGHT AS THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS GET HERE. RAIN COMES TO AN END TOMORROW. THEN WE’LL BE WATCHING OUR STREAMS, CREEKS AND RUNS. MAKE SURE THEY CAN STAY IN THEIR BANKS AS WE HE
Tornado watch issued for Western Pennsylvania on Thursday
Storms arrive Thursday evening; over an inch of rain expected by Friday morning
Updated: 5:04 PM EDT Mar 26, 2026
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for multiple counties in Western Pennsylvania on Thursday.The tornado watch is in effect until 11 p.m. for counties including Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, Washington and Westmoreland.More: Read the weather alert for your countyInteractive radar: Track storms moving through your areaLearn how to enable automatic weather alerts on the WTAE appSevere Weather Alert DayThursday and Friday are both Alert Days. Storms will start to move into western Pennsylvania after 6 p.m. Thursday and continue into early Friday morning. The wettest time frame will be overnight into Friday morning with periods of rain and isolated strong-to-severe thunderstorms. We will likely see over an inch of rain for all of Western Pennsylvania, with locations between Interstate 80 and Interstate 70 seeing 1 1/2 to 2 inches.Localized flooding is a concern for the Friday morning commute.The region will begin to dry out by 8 a.m. Friday.
PITTSBURGH —
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for multiple counties in Western Pennsylvania on Thursday.
The tornado watch is in effect until 11 p.m. for counties including Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, Washington and Westmoreland.
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Flooding remains our biggest concern with rain and storms tonight. All modes of severe weather are possible.
Severe Weather Alert Day
Thursday and Friday are both Alert Days. Storms will start to move into western Pennsylvania after 6 p.m. Thursday and continue into early Friday morning.
The wettest time frame will be overnight into Friday morning with periods of rain and isolated strong-to-severe thunderstorms. We will likely see over an inch of rain for all of Western Pennsylvania, with locations between Interstate 80 and Interstate 70 seeing 1 1/2 to 2 inches.
Localized flooding is a concern for the Friday morning commute.
The region will begin to dry out by 8 a.m. Friday.
