{"id":247272,"date":"2026-07-19T18:15:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T18:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/247272\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T18:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T18:15:15","slug":"two-tornadoes-confirmed-in-western-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/247272\/","title":{"rendered":"Two tornadoes confirmed in western Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">PITTSBURGH, Pa. (WTAJ) \u2014 The National Weather Service confirmed at least two tornadoes touched down Saturday, July 18, in Jefferson and Westmoreland counties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The organization confirmed a tornado from social media videos that touched down in Summerville, Jefferson County. The storm continued north of Punxsutawney, where more damage occurred. A storm survey is scheduled for Sunday, July 19, to determine the official path and intensity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Likewise, a storm in Westmoreland County led to a tornado touchdown in the area of McChesneytown-Loyalhanna. The service confirmed the tornado through social media videos, saying the storm continued into the Allegheny Mountains, where it likely dissipated. A storm survey will be scheduled in the near future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This is a developing story, please check back for updates and\u00a0<a data-ylk=\"slk:download the WTAJ app;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtaj.com\/apps\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">download the WTAJ app<\/a>\u00a0to receive breaking news notifications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Stick with WTAJ on-air and online as we meet with National Weather Service members as they conduct their survey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WTAJ | Your News Leader.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtaj.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WTAJ | Your News Leader.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH, Pa. (WTAJ) \u2014 The National Weather Service confirmed at least two tornadoes touched down Saturday, July 18,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247273,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[15732,105723,3687,28,30,29,3652,70031,63355,5910,63915],"class_list":["post-247272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-jefferson-county","tag-lindsey-miller","tag-national-weather-service","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-social-media","tag-storm-survey","tag-westmoreland-counties","tag-westmoreland-county","tag-wtaj"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247272","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=247272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}