UPDATE (8:14 p.m.)
An estimated 9,000 Duquesne Light customers are without power. Repairs are underway along Monongahela Boulevard in White Oak.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Showers and strong storms fired up all afternoon across the Pittsburgh area on Tuesday, prompting Kennywood Park to close early.
People who were at the park told Channel 11 News there was a couple of feet of water in the park's tunnel. However, Chris Salerno, Kennywood's director of marketing, issued the following statement:
In other parts of the region, here were reports of downed trees in Westmoreland County, quarter-sized hail in Allegheny County and a creek outside of its banks in Lawrence County.
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Slow-moving storms have sparked flash-flood warnings across the WPXI-TV viewing area through Tuesday evening. The heavy rain is expected to taper off as the night goes on.
The same cold front causing storms Tuesday will become nearly stationary, providing the focus for storms again Wednesday.
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Because the storms will be slow-moving, the chance for heavy rainfall returns. Severe Weather Team 11 said much of the region is under a marginal risk for severe storms and flash flooding.
The unsettled weather will stick around through the weekend.
[ Stay with Severe Weather Team 11 for updates to the forecast. ]