UPDATE 12:45 p.m.: NWS confirms a second tornado touched down over the weekend, this one near Boy Scout Camp Road near State Game Lands #296 in far southern Westmoreland County. <\/p>\n
More details will be provided later as the survey remains ongoing.<\/p>\n
UPDATE 8:44 a.m.: NWS confirms its first survey team confirmed a tornado touched down just southeast of Ellsworth.<\/p>\n
The evaluation is ongoing, and more details will be released later.<\/p>\n
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INITIAL COVERAGE:<\/p>\n
After this weekend\u2019s damaging storms in Western Pennsylvania, the National Weather Service confirmed that it will survey three of the hardest hit locations.<\/p>\n
CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGE<\/a><\/p>\n The first team will begin in Ellsworth, Washington County, before traveling east toward south-central Westmoreland County.<\/p>\n The second and third teams will be examining a damage path from south of Washington County Airport to just east of Connellsville.<\/p>\n Early afternoon storms on Saturday ripped through Southwestern Pennsylvania, leaving behind a swath of damage<\/a> in Fayette, Washington and Westmoreland counties.<\/p>\n As of Monday morning, over 19,000 customers are still without power in those areas.<\/p>\n Officials in California, Connellsville, Ellsworth and Scottdale, among others, warned residents to be prepared to be without power for days.<\/p>\n Many customers will have power restored sooner, depending on the level of damage. Restoration estimates will be updated on FirstEnergy\u2019s outage map<\/a>.<\/p>\n Download the FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n Follow Channel 11 News on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>. | Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n \u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n