A extreme thunderstorm watch has been issued for the northern half of the Pittsburgh area till 1 a.m. on Wednesday.
The watch covers Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Indiana and Lawrence counties in addition to different parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. Parts of Mercer and Lawrence counties are beneath a flash flood warning till 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, whereas parts of Allegheny, Washington and Westmoreland counties are beneath a extreme thunderstorm warning till 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
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Strong to extreme storms are doable between 7 p.m. and a pair of a.m. The northern half of the Pittsburgh area is beneath a “slight risk” for extreme climate, which means scattered robust to extreme storms are doable with damaging winds, hail and an remoted twister not out of the query.
Storms will weaken as they transfer in however be sure to have a plan in place and gadgets charged as a result of in a single day quite a bit of individuals might be asleep and probably woken up by these storms.
KDKA Weather Center
As the month of March wraps up, the Pittsburgh area is almost 7 levels above regular and picked slightly over 6 inches of precipitation, which can also be above regular. We may add slightly extra onto that late Tuesday night time with a line of storms transferring in.
The probability of rain sticks round all week lengthy, however now we have some days the place we may get shut or contact 80 levels. There might be dry time to take pleasure in these hotter temperatures this week however maintain the rain gear shut by.
Saturday appears to be the driest day this week with a low probability of rain however rain probabilities improve on Easter Sunday within the morning, and daytime temperatures sit within the mid to higher 50s as of proper now.

