Pittsburgh Weather: Tornado watch issued for parts of southwestern Pennsylvania
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Severe weather is moving through southwestern Pennsylvania and West Virginia on Wednesday night, giving way to some late-night storms.
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A tornado warning was issued for parts of West Virginia and Ohio until 9:45 p.m., but it has since expired. A previous warning for West Virginia's Monongalia County expired at 9 p.m.
"At 8:52pm we got a report from a storm spotter of a wall cloud in the Farmington, WV region," NWS Pittsburgh tweeted.
"We had a report from paramedic in Preston County of a funnel cloud...no reports of a touch down. A lot of these storms south of Pittsburgh have the potential to produce wall clouds/funnel clouds/quick tornado. Make sure to continue to stay weather aware for the next few hours," another NWS Pittsburgh tweet said.
The National Weather Service issued an earlier tornado warning for parts of southwestern Pennsylvania and West Virginia, but the warning expired around 8 p.m.
A tornado watch for parts of the area, including Washington, Greene and Fayette counties, is still in effect until 1 a.m. on Thursday.
Dry air works back in for Thursday with slightly below normal highs in the low 70s and mostly cloudy. There's a small chance for rain showers Friday but the chance is low.
Scattered showers also could make their way into the region this weekend if you have outdoor plans, so keep the umbrella close by. Highs will stay in the low to mid-70s.
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