{"id":248020,"date":"2026-07-20T22:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T22:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/248020\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T22:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T22:30:10","slug":"nws-says-4-tornadoes-touched-down-in-pennsylvania-over-the-weekend-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/248020\/","title":{"rendered":"NWS says 4 tornadoes touched down in Pennsylvania over the weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The National Weather Service says four tornadoes touched down in Pennsylvania on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Over the weekend, NWS used video evidence to confirm tornadoes in Derry Township, Westmoreland County and Summerville, Clarion County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:PREVIOUS COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; NWS says 2 tornadoes touched down in Pennsylvania on Saturday;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.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/nws-says-2-tornadoes-touched-down-pennsylvania-saturday\/5VZ3TY35IRDVTNEFN23TTP5QCM\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">PREVIOUS COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; NWS says 2 tornadoes touched down in Pennsylvania on Saturday<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Click here for photos from across the area.;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.wpxi.com\/news\/photos-storms-pass\/AH6CMLHIXFBUNIELW5R3KUY6MI\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for photos from across the area.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Channel 11&#8217;s Addison Albert was in Westmoreland County on Monday tracking damage caused by those storms. Click here to read more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This is a developing story. 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