{"id":224027,"date":"2026-06-20T19:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T19:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/224027\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T19:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T19:06:13","slug":"severe-thunderstorm-warning-in-place-for-parts-of-western-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/224027\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe Thunderstorm Warning in place for parts of Western Pa."},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThis weekend will be mainly dry and quiet. Rain chances pick up late Sunday night, leading to an Impact Day for Monday with soaking rain and storm chances.Severe Thunderstorm Warning A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in place for parts of Western Pennsylvania on Saturday. The National Weather Service has issued an alert for parts of Butler and Lawrence counties until 3:15 p.m. Mercer and Venango counties are also included in the warning. Locations impacted include… Hermitage, Grove City, Slippery Rock, Mercer, Harrisville, Plain Grove Township, Clark, Fredonia, West Liberty, Jackson Center, Barkeyville, Volant, Cherry Valley and Boyers.More: Read the weather alert for your countyInteractive radar: Track snow in your areaLearn how to enable automatic weather alerts on the WTAE mobile appThe National Weather Service says residents and drivers should seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. Officials said the storm is capable of producing large hail. Quiet and mostly dry weekendShowers will be the exception, not the rule this weekend. A weak disturbance could spark a pop-up shower or storm this afternoon, especially near US-422. Any activity that pops up will be brief and very isolated in nature. Cells will fizzle after 8 p.m.Father’s Day will be dry too despite increasing clouds. Temperatures will run a little closer to 80 degrees.Impact Day Monday: Soaking rain, storms possibleThe area-wide rain threat holds off until late Sunday night. Monday is an Impact Day for periods of steady rain and possible storms. The heaviest rain will be falling during the morning commute with showers gradually decreasing once we get past lunch. A few thunderstorms may also be possible as the rain moves through the area.We are expecting about an inch of rain across western PA. Locally higher amounts from pockets of heavy rain and any embedded thunderstorms could show up south of Pittsburgh. Localized flooding may be an issue by late Monday.Seasonal start to summerTomorrow is also the Summer Solstice. Summer officially begins at 4:24 a.m. After Monday’s rain, we remain seasonal through next week with highs in the upper 70s to 80 degrees.TODAY: Partly cloudy, a tad breezy and seasonal. Pop-up shower or storm. High: 78\u00b0.TONIGHT: Drying out, mainly clear and pleasant. Low: 59\u00b0.SUNDAY: A bit warmer with increasing clouds. Rain arrives overnight. High: 80\u00b0, low: 63\u00b0.MONDAY – Impact Day: Steady morning rain, lingering afternoon showers with embedded storms. High: 74\u00b0, low: 57\u00b0.TUESDAY: Partly cloudy and pleasant. High: 77\u00b0, low: 56\u00b0.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

This weekend will be mainly dry and quiet. Rain chances pick up late Sunday night, leading to an Impact Day for Monday with soaking rain and storm chances.<\/p>\n

Severe Thunderstorm Warning <\/p>\n

A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in place for parts of Western Pennsylvania on Saturday. <\/p>\n

The National Weather Service has issued an alert for parts of Butler and Lawrence counties until 3:15 p.m. <\/p>\n

Mercer and Venango counties are also included in the warning. <\/p>\n

Locations impacted include… Hermitage, Grove City, Slippery Rock, Mercer, Harrisville, Plain Grove Township, Clark, Fredonia, West Liberty, Jackson Center, Barkeyville, Volant, Cherry Valley and Boyers.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service says residents and drivers should seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. Officials said the storm is capable of producing large hail. <\/p>\n

Quiet and mostly dry weekend<\/p>\n

Showers will be the exception, not the rule this weekend. A weak disturbance could spark a pop-up shower or storm this afternoon, especially near US-422. Any activity that pops up will be brief and very isolated in nature. Cells will fizzle after 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

\t\t\"pittsburgh:<\/p>\n

\n\t\tHearst OwnedHearst\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tQuick passing showers will pop up this afternoon around western PA.<\/p>\n

Father’s Day will be dry too despite increasing clouds. Temperatures will run a little closer to 80 degrees.<\/p>\n

Impact Day Monday: Soaking rain, storms possible<\/p>\n

The area-wide rain threat holds off until late Sunday night. Monday is an Impact Day for periods of steady rain and possible storms. The heaviest rain will be falling during the morning commute with showers gradually decreasing once we get past lunch. A few thunderstorms may also be possible as the rain moves through the area.<\/p>\n

\t\t\"pittsburgh:<\/p>\n

\n\t\tHearst OwnedHearst\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tImpact Day:\u00a0Steady rain could be heavy at times for the Monday morning commute.<\/p>\n

We are expecting about an inch of rain across western PA. Locally higher amounts from pockets of heavy rain and any embedded thunderstorms could show up south of Pittsburgh. Localized flooding may be an issue by late Monday.<\/p>\n

\t\t\"pittsburgh:<\/p>\n

\n\t\tHearst OwnedHearst\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOver an inch of rain could fall in 24 hours around western PA.<\/p>\n

Seasonal start to summer<\/p>\n

Tomorrow is also the Summer Solstice. Summer officially begins at 4:24 a.m. After Monday’s rain, we remain seasonal through next week with highs in the upper 70s to 80 degrees.<\/p>\n

\t\t\"pittsburgh:<\/p>\n

\n\t\tHearst OwnedHearst\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMonday is our best chance for rain over the next week.<\/p>\n

TODAY: Partly cloudy, a tad breezy and seasonal. Pop-up shower or storm. High: 78\u00b0.
TONIGHT: Drying out, mainly clear and pleasant. Low: 59\u00b0.
SUNDAY: A bit warmer with increasing clouds. Rain arrives overnight. High: 80\u00b0, low: 63\u00b0.
MONDAY – Impact Day: Steady morning rain, lingering afternoon showers with embedded storms. High: 74\u00b0, low: 57\u00b0.
TUESDAY: Partly cloudy and pleasant. High: 77\u00b0, low: 56\u00b0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This weekend will be mainly dry and quiet. Rain chances pick up late Sunday night, leading to an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3525,3518,2816,95875,70013,13706,32368,11955,39886,96013,97251,7133,97324,6016,28,30,29,73,3510,3511,5608,97250,2822,6596,79374,6594,6592,94988,13243,14309,2832,4328,3513,3514],"class_list":["post-224027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-afternoon","tag-cloud","tag-degree","tag-fathers-day","tag-few-thunderstorm","tag-heavy-rain","tag-high-amount","tag-impact-day","tag-late-sunday-night","tag-mild-temperatures","tag-mild-weekend","tag-monday","tag-p-m-mercer","tag-part","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-forecast","tag-pittsburgh-weather","tag-place","tag-pop-up-storm","tag-rain","tag-shower","tag-steady-rain","tag-storm-chance","tag-storms","tag-summer-solstice","tag-sunday-night","tag-weather-alert","tag-weekend","tag-western-pa","tag-western-pa-forecast","tag-western-pa-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224027","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=224027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}