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Flash flooding hits area after severe storms move through

PITTSBURGH — 10:45 P.M. UPDATE: Clouds will decrease overnight with temperatures falling to the upper 50s.

Expect lower humidity on Thursday with sunshine and a breeze developing in the afternoon.

Highs on Thursday will reach the low 80s.

Friday will be sunny and we'll have temperatures in the low 80s.

This weekend will be very warm with highs in the mid to upper 80s with heat index values in the 90s.

Stay with Severe Weather Team 11 for the latest on your forecast.

9:45 P.M. UPDATE: The Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been canceled for the entire area.

8:45 P.M. UPDATE: A Flash Flood Warning has also been issued for Armstrong County until 10:45 p.m.

8:21 P.M. UPDATE: A Flash Flood Warning has been issued for Allegheny, Washington, and Westmoreland County until 11:15 p.m.

8:06 P.M. UPDATE: Flood Warnings have been issued for parts of Washington and Allegheny counties until 9:45 p.m.

7:51 P.M. UPDATE: The Tornado Warning for Armstrong and Indiana counties has been canceled.

7:28 P.M. UPDATE: The Tornado Warning for Armstrong and Indiana counties has been extended until 8 p.m.

7:14 P.M. UPDATE: A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for Allegheny, Beaver, Brooke and Washington counties until 7:45 p.m.

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7:07 P.M. UPDATE: A Tornado Warning has been issued for Armstrong, Clarion, and Indiana counties until 7:30 p.m.

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6:54 P.M. UPDATE: A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for Armstrong, Clarion, Indiana and Jefferson counties until 7:45 p.m.

6:49 P.M. UPDATE: A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for parts of Beaver and Allegheny counties until 7:30 p.m.

6:43 P.M. UPDATE: The Tornado Warning has been canceled.

6:35 P.M. UPDATE: A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Venango, Washington and Westmoreland counties until 11 p.m.

6:33 P.M. UPDATE: We are receiving damage reports of trees down on wires in Armstrong County.

There is also a report of a funnel cloud being spotted, but we have not seen a tornado confirmed.

6:13 P.M. UPDATE: A Tornado Warning has been issued for Armstrong and Indiana counties until 6:45 p.m.

The following communities are expected to get the full force of the storm at the following times: 6:32 p.m. in Plumcreek; 6:45 p.m. in Armstrong; 6:58 p.m. in Indiana; and 7:06 p.m. in Homer City

The National Weather Service says quarter-sized hail is also possible in an area where almost 80,000 people live.

6:06 PM UPDATE: A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for Butler, Mercer and Venango counties until 7 p.m.

5:45 PM UPDATE: A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for Butler and Armstrong counties until 6:30 p.m.

Expect a chance of strong to severe storms this evening mainly between 4:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

STORM TRACKER: Timing of showers moving through Wednesday

Storms should start to push south of Pittsburgh by 8 p.m. Any storm that does develop may produce damaging wind gusts, hail and locally heavy rainfall. While the threat is very low, an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out.

We'll see decreasing clouds tonight with lows in the upper 50s. Thursday will be sunny with highs in the low 80s. Expect a less humid and breezy day.

Stay with Severe Weather Team 11 for the latest on any watches or warnings.

LIVE UPDATES of the latest track and timing on Channel 11 News at 5 p.m.

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