Tornado, Flash Flood Warnings Issued For Pittsburgh Area
ALLEGHENY COUNTY (KDKA) -- A tornado warning is in effect for Allegheny, Beaver and Washington Counties.
West Virginia will be affected as well.
*Tornado Warning* until 4:15pm for Washington, Beaver, Allegheny County and northern panhandle of WV. Storm capable of producing a tornado located over Wintersville, OH, and near Steubenville moving E at 40 mph. Moving toward Weirton, Avella and Imperial in next half hour! @KDKA
— Kristin Emery (@KristinEmery) March 28, 2020
There have already been reports of heavy rain within the last hour.
Heavy rain with these storms. We just received a report of 1.50 inches of rain in 45 minutes in Beaver County.
— NWS Pittsburgh (@NWSPittsburgh) March 28, 2020
A flash flood warning is also in effect for the Pittsburgh, Bethel Park and Monroeville areas.
Flash Flood Warning including Pittsburgh PA, Bethel Park PA, Monroeville PA until 10:15 PM EDT pic.twitter.com/15EcwoHpms
— NWS Pittsburgh (@NWSPittsburgh) March 28, 2020
Viewers in Cecil Township and Canonsburg reported golf ball-sized hail.
(Video courtesy of Billie Strother)
(Video courtesy of Brittany Higgins)
The heavy rains also caused some roads to flood, including Route 51 in Aliquippa.
(Video courtesy of Ronald Smith)
Flooding also occurred in Hampton Township and neighbors came together to help save a house from flooding
(Video courtesy of Nicole Zeise)
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