{"id":119382,"date":"2026-02-20T21:33:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/119382\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T21:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:33:20","slug":"impact-days-friday-and-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/119382\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact Days Friday and Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA weekend of changing weather for Western PA as we go from watching our rivers for ice jam flooding to watching more snow fall.Impact Day Friday for Ice Jam FloodingThe Flood Watch that was in effect has been extended through 9 a.m. Saturday for the Allegheny River Valley. Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, and Venango Counties are included in the watch. Ice jam flooding has happened this morning and continues this afternoon. A Flash Flood Warning is in effect for Foxburg, Emlenton, and points downstream through 7 p.m. Friday.Impact Day Sunday for Light SnowWe are not done with winter yet as temperatures fall this weekend. Snow showers will return Sunday, and as a result, a Winter Storm Watch has been issued for the Laurel Highlands of Westmoreland, Fayette, Monongalia, Preston, and Garrett Counties from Sunday morning through Tuesday morning. Sunday is an Impact Day with snow showers through the day.Not a lot of accumulation is expected right now &#8211; one to two inches at most outside of the Laurel Highlands. In the Laurel Highlands, up to six inches of snow will be possible, especially on the western facing slopes and above 1500 feet. Flurries will linger into Monday.The chilly feeling will linger into early next week. More rain, and some snow, will move back into the area by the middle of next week.SATURDAY: More seasonal with some sunshine. High: 46\u00b0, low: 31\u00b0.SUNDAY &#8211; Impact Day: Mostly cloudy with light snow showers. High: 36\u00b0, low: 28\u00b0. Accumulation generally less than two inches.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tPITTSBURGH \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A weekend of changing weather for Western PA as we go from watching our rivers for ice jam flooding to watching more snow fall.<\/p>\n<p>Impact Day Friday for Ice Jam Flooding<\/p>\n<p>The Flood Watch that was in effect has been extended through 9 a.m. Saturday for the Allegheny River Valley. Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, and Venango Counties are included in the watch. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"flood watch continues along the allegheny river through saturday morning.\" title=\"Flood Watch continues along the Allegheny River through Saturday morning.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/02202026-flood-watch-6998c36fcdfcc.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tHearst Owned\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFlood Watch continues along the Allegheny River through Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Ice jam flooding has happened this morning and continues this afternoon. A Flash Flood Warning is in effect for Foxburg, Emlenton, and points downstream through 7 p.m. Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"flash flood warning along the allegheny river through friday afternoon.\" title=\"Flash Flood Warning along the Allegheny River through Friday afternoon.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/02202026-flash-flood-warning-6998c33adf751.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tHearst Owned\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFlash Flood Warning along the Allegheny River through Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Impact Day Sunday for Light Snow<\/p>\n<p>We are not done with winter yet as temperatures fall this weekend. Snow showers will return Sunday, and as a result, a Winter Storm Watch has been issued for the Laurel Highlands of Westmoreland, Fayette, Monongalia, Preston, and Garrett Counties from Sunday morning through Tuesday morning. Sunday is an Impact Day with snow showers through the day.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"\ufeffwinter storm \ufeffwatch for the laurel highlands from sunday through monday.\" title=\"Winter Storm Watch for the Laurel Highlands from Sunday through Monday.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/02202026-winter-storm-watch-69989675d9a84.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tHearst Owned\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWinter Storm\u00a0Watch for the Laurel Highlands from Sunday through Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Not a lot of accumulation is expected right now &#8211; one to two inches at most outside of the Laurel Highlands. In the Laurel Highlands, up to six inches of snow will be possible, especially on the western facing slopes and above 1500 feet. Flurries will linger into Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The chilly feeling will linger into early next week. <\/p>\n<p>More rain, and some snow, will move back into the area by the middle of next week.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"\ufeffsnow showers return sunday with warming temperatures next week.\" title=\"\ufeffSnow showers return Sunday with warming temperatures next week.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/02202026-8-day-pm-6998c8a01275d.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tHearst Owned\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSnow showers return Sunday with warming temperatures next week.<\/p>\n<p>SATURDAY: More seasonal with some sunshine. High: 46\u00b0, low: 31\u00b0.<br \/>SUNDAY &#8211; Impact Day: Mostly cloudy with light snow showers. High: 36\u00b0, low: 28\u00b0. Accumulation generally less than two inches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A weekend of changing weather for Western PA as we go from watching our rivers for ice jam&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[894,56592,38884,47959,28165,17988,13706,52656,11955,56594,19330,73,75,74,7063,56593,2832,8875],"class_list":{"0":"post-119382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-allegheny-county","9":"tag-area-river","10":"tag-early-friday","11":"tag-early-next-week","12":"tag-east","13":"tag-flurry","14":"tag-heavy-rain","15":"tag-ice-jam","16":"tag-impact-day","17":"tag-impact-day-fridaythe-majority","18":"tag-light-snow-shower","19":"tag-pittsburgh","20":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","21":"tag-pittsburgh-news","22":"tag-saturday","23":"tag-soggy-start","24":"tag-weekend","25":"tag-wind"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}