Pittsburgh Weather: Severe Weather Moving Through Western Pennsylvania - CBS Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A cold front is expected to bring storms on Friday evening, putting an end to our stretch of 90-degree days.

KDKA Meteorologist Ray Petelin says it’s been very hot and overall dry, which has caused the ground to bake and most of the region to become “abnormally dry” with a moderate drought in the ridges.

The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Mercer, Venango and Butler counties until 4:45 p.m.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Woodsfield OH, Powhatan Point OH, Beallsville OH until 4:30 PM EDT pic.twitter.com/9ozeWWhtwT

— NWS Pittsburgh (@NWSPittsburgh) July 10, 2020

Any rain we get will be welcome, but it also means the intensity of the rain could be problematic.

With the ground hardened by the dry weather and heat, runoff becomes the issue. With “precipitable water values” (the amount of water possible based on atmospheric profiles) between 1.5 and 2 inches, Ray Petelin says we could see some flash flooding in areas caught under heavy rain.

All it takes to trigger some flooding is 1.5″ in an hour. For reference, some areas saw well more than Thursday. That’s the main concern this evening. However, we could also see a thunderstorm or two become gusty.

Saturday comes with more rain, which won’t be quite as intense. This rain will start to become less prevalent during the second part of the day, Ray Petelin says, and it should stay dry through the first half of Sunday, too.

Then the next disturbance comes in with more rain Sunday afternoon and Monday. The weekend and Monday will come with more reasonable temperatures, too.

Don’t get too used to the comfortable temperatures. Ray Petelin forecasts by the middle of the new week, temperatures will take off again.

This could set us up for another heatwave, as a string of 90 degree days is possible late next week.

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