{"id":692663,"date":"2026-06-09T02:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T02:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/692663\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T02:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T02:05:10","slug":"tornadoes-confirmed-in-western-pennsylvania-after-weekend-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/692663\/","title":{"rendered":"Tornadoes confirmed in Western Pennsylvania after weekend storms"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe National Weather Service has confirmed a fourth tornado in Western Pennsylvania after Saturday’s intense storms.The NWS said one tornado touched down southeast of Ellsworth, Washington County. Trees and wires were knocked down on Beallsville Road during the storms.Two other tornadoes were also confirmed in Washington County. Officials said a brief tornado touched down in Centerville, near Conti Road, while another touched down in Beallsville near Glendon Lane. In a public statement, the NWS said the tornado in Beallsville was an EF1, with winds as high as 110 mph. In Fayette County, the NWS said there was an EF1 tornado with maximum winds of 90 mph. It started just east of Star Junction and ended just north of Vanderbilt. Another tornado was also said to have touched down in Linn, near Brownsville, marking two in Fayette County. There was also a tornado just off Boy Scout Camp Road in southern Westmoreland County, according to the NWS. That area is in South Huntingdon Township.Also in Westmoreland County, storm survey teams determined that 100 mph straight-line winds caused damage in Scottdale.Officials issued a statement on Tuesday, detailing more about each of the tornadoes recorded in Western Pennsylvania. You can view the full statement here: NWS Public Statement Tuesday, June 8The surveys follow severe weather that blew through the area over the weekend, knocking out power for tens of thousands of people across multiple counties.Interactive radar: Track storms as they move through your areaWTAE app: Download it now to stay connected with breaking news & weatherSevere weather alerts: Get free alerts to your phone or email\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service has confirmed a fourth tornado in Western Pennsylvania after Saturday’s intense storms<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The NWS said one tornado touched down southeast of Ellsworth, Washington County. Trees and wires were knocked down on Beallsville Road during the storms.<\/p>\n

Two other tornadoes were also confirmed in Washington County. Officials said a brief tornado touched down in Centerville, near Conti Road, while another touched down in Beallsville near Glendon Lane. <\/p>\n

In a public statement, the NWS said the tornado in Beallsville was an EF1, with winds as high as 110 mph. <\/p>\n

In Fayette County, the NWS said there was an EF1 tornado with maximum winds of 90 mph. It started just east of Star Junction and ended just north of Vanderbilt. <\/p>\n

Another tornado was also said to have touched down in Linn, near Brownsville, marking two in Fayette County. <\/p>\n

There was also a tornado just off Boy Scout Camp Road in southern Westmoreland County, according to the NWS. That area is in South Huntingdon Township.<\/p>\n

Also in Westmoreland County, storm survey teams determined that 100 mph straight-line winds caused damage<\/a> in Scottdale.<\/p>\n

Officials issued a statement on Tuesday, detailing more about each of the tornadoes recorded in Western Pennsylvania. <\/p>\n

You can view the full statement here: NWS Public Statement Tuesday, June 8<\/a><\/p>\n

The surveys follow severe weather that blew through the area over the weekend, knocking out power for tens of thousands of people across multiple counties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The National Weather Service has confirmed a fourth tornado in Western Pennsylvania after Saturday’s intense storms.The NWS said…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":692664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,300363,24402,300365,63189,451,300368,23693,24030,3,9585,3590,3774,6318,300364,25049,300367,6816,8462,16653,452,453,96653,258126,9564,231088,300366,15611],"class_list":["post-692663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-connellsville","tag-damage","tag-damage-survey","tag-ellsworth","tag-headlines","tag-intense-storm","tag-location","tag-national-weather-service","tag-news","tag-official","tag-people","tag-power-outages","tag-saturday","tag-saturday-storms","tag-severe-weather","tag-southeast-ellsworth","tag-survey","tag-ten","tag-thousand","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-tornado","tag-tornado-damage","tag-washington-county","tag-weekend-storm","tag-weekend-storms","tag-westmoreland-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}