Strong storms move through area, thousands without power

PITTSBURGH — UPDATE 1:45 p.m.: Baldwin Borough Police say that Churchview Avenue is closed because of downed power lines. They say Duquesne Light provided a 12 hour preliminary estimate for restoration.

UPDATE 1:05 p.m.: All lanes of McKnight Road have reopened. Traffic is moving normally again.

UPDATE 12:30 p.m.: First Energy is also reporting outages across out area.

UPDATE 12:25 p.m.: Over 1700 Duquesne Light customers are without power after storms moved through the area.

UPDATE 12:20 p.m.: A portion of McKnight Road is closed due to a transformer fire and wires down.

The road is closed between a Ross Park Mall entrance and Patrick Place.

UPDATE 12:05 p.m.: A Tornado warning has been issued for parts of Indiana and Jefferson counties until 12:30 p.m.

A tornado warning also remains in effect for Armstrong, Indiana and Jefferson counties until 12:15 p.m.

UPDATE 12:02 p.m.: A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for parts of Armstrong, Clarion, Indiana and Jefferson counties until 12:45 p.m

UPDATE 11:54 a.m.: A new tornado warning has been issued for parts of Indiana, Jefferson and Armstrong counties until 12:15 p.m.

UPDATE 11:40 AM: A tornado warning has been issued for parts of Armstrong and Clarion counties until noon.

UPDATE: Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for parts of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Indiana, Washington, and Westmoreland counties until 12 p.m.

You won’t need the winter coat, but you’ll want to grab the umbrella this morning before you head out the door.

It will be warm and windy today. Rain showers develop early with a chance of a few rumbles of thunder. Gusts without a thunderstorm could reach up to 30-40 mph.

Another round of storms may pop up mid-morning through early afternoon, and bring the threat for heavy downpours and lightning. Any storm that develops could become strong producing with heavy downpours and damaging winds.

We will turn much colder behind this front for Friday. Highs will only reach the low 40s with scattered light snow/rain showers around through the day. Dry conditions return Friday night and stick around for the start of the weekend.

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