{"id":247996,"date":"2026-07-20T21:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T21:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/247996\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T21:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T21:54:07","slug":"nws-says-4-tornadoes-touched-down-in-pennsylvania-over-the-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/247996\/","title":{"rendered":"NWS says 4 tornadoes touched down in Pennsylvania over the weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The National Weather Service says four tornadoes touched down in Pennsylvania on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Over the weekend, NWS used video evidence to confirm tornadoes in Derry Township, Westmoreland County and Summerville, Clarion County. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/nws-says-2-tornadoes-touched-down-pennsylvania-saturday\/5VZ3TY35IRDVTNEFN23TTP5QCM\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/nws-says-2-tornadoes-touched-down-pennsylvania-saturday\/5VZ3TY35IRDVTNEFN23TTP5QCM\/\">PREVIOUS COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; NWS says 2 tornadoes touched down in Pennsylvania on Saturday<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">As of Monday, tornadoes in Latrobe, Westmoreland County, and Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, were also confirmed. This comes after the NWS spent the past two days surveying those areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/photos-storms-pass\/AH6CMLHIXFBUNIELW5R3KUY6MI\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/photos-storms-pass\/AH6CMLHIXFBUNIELW5R3KUY6MI\/\">Click here for photos from across the area.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The tornado in Summerville began in Strattanville, the NWS said. That storm was an EF1 and reached wind speeds of up to 90 mph. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">All other tornadoes were EF0s. The Punxsutawney tornado reached speeds of up to 80 mph; the Latrobe tornado reached speeds of up to 75 mph; the Derry tornado reached speeds of up to 70 mph.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Channel 11\u2019s Addison Albert was in Westmoreland County on Monday tracking damage caused by those storms. Click here to read more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">This is a developing story. 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