Winter storm system brings heavy snowfall to the Pittsburgh region
Snow began falling around 3 a.m. on Tuesday in the city of Pittsburgh.
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Snow began falling around 3 a.m. on Tuesday in the city of Pittsburgh.
The National Weather Service said that total snow accumulations for the Pittsburgh area could be between 2 and 5 inches.
After growing into a hurricane, Gabrielle, the seventh named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, is gaining steam, but is not expected to make landfall.
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After a tornado ripped the roof off of a salt barn in Butler County, the NWS was out on Thursday morning surveying the damage.
Multiple tornado warnings were issued early Thursday morning.
Wednesday was another surveying day for the NWS and while 5 tornadoes have been confirmed, in Smithfield, they believe it was straight-line winds.
On Tuesday, the NWS confirmed at least one more EF-1 tornado touched down in our area, taking Sunday's total to 5.
Parts of Fayette, Indiana, and Westmoreland counties were under tornado warnings on Sunday.
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Winter weather advisories are in place through 7 a.m. Monday while the blizzard warning for the eastern parts of the area is in place through 3 p.m. Monday.
In places like Franklin and Butler, temperatures dropped to -10 degrees with wind chills as low as -25 degrees.
Temperatures are expected to be at or near zero degrees at times over the next several days.
A massive winter storm system brought large amounts of heavy snowfall to the Pittsburgh region.
The National Weather Service said "travel could be difficult to impossible" in places where snowfall is forecast to continue into the beginning of the week.
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