Severe weather moving through the area; tornado warning expires for Garrett County, Maryland

MOVING IN THEIR DIRECTION. SHANNON YEAH. WHEN YOU WHEN MIKE, YOU TALK ABOUT THAT ROTATION THAT YOU’RE SEEING THERE, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THIS AND I SEE A GREEN BLOB AND I SEE A RED BLOB. WHAT ABOUT THAT GREEN AND RED INDICATES TO YOU THAT THIS IS ROTATION BECAUSE I’VE SEEN YOU TALK ABOUT THIS BEFORE. YOU’VE GOT THAT GREEN RIGHT NEXT TO THE RED. HOW DO YOU INTERPRET THAT, MIKE? SURE. LET’S GET BACK TO IT HERE. AND YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT HERE IN THE NORTH GLADE AREA. SO SO THIS IS INDICATING THE DIRECTION OF THE WINDS FROM A DOPPLER RADAR. IT’S ACTUALLY LISTENING TO THE WINDS TO SEE WHICH WAY THAT THEY ARE GOING. AND THAT’S THE WRONG THING. LET’S GET THAT OFF OF THERE. HOW ABOUT A PENCIL? THERE WE GO. AND THIS IS TAKING THE WINDS AND THE RED DOWN THIS WAY. THIS DIRECTION. OKAY. WE HAVE WINDS GOING TO THE NORTH IN THE AREAS IN GREEN. SO WHEN THOSE ARE TOUCHING, WE KNOW WE HAVE VERY TIGHT CIRCULATION IN THAT AREA. NOW, THIS IS A LONG WAYS AWAY FROM THE PITTSBURGH AIRPORT AND THE RADAR ACTUALLY SHOOTS AT ABOUT A HALF A DEGREE ANGLE. SO BY THE TIME IT GETS OUT HERE, IT’S PRETTY HIGH UP IN THE SKY. SO WE’RE SHOWING WHAT’S HAPPENING ABOVE THESE PLACES. WE’RE NOT SHOWING WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE GROUND. OKAY. SO WE KNOW THERE’S ROTATION ABOVE. WE JUST DON’T KNOW IF THAT ROTATION IS GETTING DOWN TO THE GROUND OR NOT YET. SO AND THAT THAT HAIL SLIDE THAT YOU SHOWED, TOO, WHEN YOU PUT THAT OVER TOP OF IT, THAT’S A REALLY GREAT INDICATOR OF THE REAL DAMAGE THAT’S POSSIBLE FOR THESE FOLKS. AND I LOOK AT THE DIRECTION EVERYTHING IS GOING IN RIGHT NOW. IT’S IT’S VERY SERIOUS, VERY SERIOUS. YEAH. AND WE’RE JUST GETTING A REPORT. SHANNON, OF A REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD IN KINGWOOD THAT WAS AT 137. SO THAT’S WHEN THIS WAS ISSUED. NO NO SURPRISE THAT THERE WAS A FUNNEL CLOUD IN THE AREA. WE HAVE A TRAIN SPOTTER DOWN THERE WHO SAID THAT HE DID NOT SEE IT TOUCHED DOWN, ACCORDING TO THE TRAIN SPOTTER. SO RIGHT NOW, THAT IS CERTAINLY SOME GOOD NEWS. AND AGAIN, THAT’S WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, HOW WE’RE SHOOTING THE RADAR UP ABOVE. WE KNOW THERE’S ROTATION UP ABOVE. IT’S THE QUESTION IS, IS IT GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE GROUND OR ARE WE LUCKY? AND IT’S STAYING OFF THE GROUND AS JUST A FUNNEL CLOUD. AND THAT’S CERTAINLY WHAT WE’RE HOPING FOR AND WHAT WE’RE ROOTING FOR. AND AT LEAST IN KINGWOOD, WE KNOW THAT THAT IS THE CASE. SO LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AGAIN. WE HAVE A TORNADO WARNING WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2:00 THIS AFTERNOON. THAT IS THIS RED BOX RIGHT HERE. AND AGAIN, WE ARE LOOKING AT ROTATION IN THE SAME AREAS RIGHT NOW, MOVING THROUGH. AND WE’RE JUST GETTING A NEW WARNING IN THAT IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT. THAT’S FOR MONONGALIA COUNTY. SO WE DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT TORNADO WARNING. WE’LL GET BACK TO WE’RE SEEING THIS ROTATION AGAIN MOVING THROUGH THAT SAME AREA DOWN TOWARDS NORTH GLADE AND ALSO UP HERE AGAIN. SO A COUPLE OF AREAS WHERE WE’RE SEEING ROTATION. LET’S GET IN THERE CLOSE AND TIGHT BECAUSE THIS AREA, TOO, ALSO IS SEEING SOME OF THAT. SO THAT MEANS BARTON AND LONACONING, THIS IS MOVING IN YOUR DIRECTION. AND AGAIN, I CAN’T STRESS ENOUGH THAT WHETHER THERE’S A TORNADO ON THE GROUND OR NOT, IT REALLY IN SOME CASES DOESN’T REALLY MATTER WITH STRAIGHT LINE WINDS, 60MPH OR HIGHER, THEY CAN CAUSE EVEN MORE DAMAGE OR AS MUCH DAMAGE AS A TORNADO COMING THROUGH. SO EITHER WAY, THIS IS LIKELY GOING TO BE A DESTRUCTIVE STORM THAT’S GOING TO BE MOVING IN YOUR DIRECTION. GOSH, LOOK AT THAT HAIL THAT IS JUST THAT’S ROUGH. NOW MOVING TO THE EDGE OF THAT TORNADOWARNING BOX HEADING TOWARDS THE MERRILL AREA AND MOVING THROUGH GARRETT COUNTY. BUT DEFINITELY SOME VERY LARGE HAIL. THE STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 60MPH CERTAINLY WILL CAUSE DAMAGE. BUT ALSO THIS HAIL IS SO LARGE THAT I’M CONCERNED ABOUT HOW MUCH DAMAGE THIS HAIL IS. USUALLY HAIL ISN’T THE PREDOMINANT PREEMINENT THING THAT WE’RE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS CAUSING DAMAGE. USUALLY IT’S THE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS THAT CAUSE MOST OF THE DAMAGE THAT’S LIKELY THE CASE HERE AS WELL. BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THIS HAIL THAT IS MOVING THROUGH. AND OF COURSE, WITH LIGHTNING, YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE ISSUE WITH LIGHTNING STRIKES HITTING HOME. SO, I MEAN, JUST LOOK AT ALL THAT LIGHTNING. THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE

Severe weather moving through the area; tornado warning expires for Garrett County, Maryland

Monday is a Severe Weather Alert Day in the Pittsburgh area

Updated: 2:54 PM EDT Aug 7, 2023

Monday is a Severe Weather Alert Day in the Pittsburgh area.A tornado watch is in effect for Washington, Greene, Fayette counties in Pennsylvania as well as Monongalia and Preston counties in West Virginia.A tornado warning was in effect for Garrett County, Maryland until 2 p.m. It has since expiredPittsburgh’s Action Weather Meteorologist Brian Hutton Jr. said storms hitting the area on Monday carry a high risk for high wind gusts, heavy rain and lightning. Watch the forecast in the video player above.More: Read the alert for your countyInteractive radar: Track storms as they move through your areaLearn how to enable automatic weather alerts on the WTAE mobile appPlease share photos of severe weather, if it’s safe to do so in your location: Go to wtae.com/upload or share to the u local Pittsburgh Facebook group.

PITTSBURGH —

Monday is a Severe Weather Alert Day in the Pittsburgh area.

A tornado watch is in effect for Washington, Greene, Fayette counties in Pennsylvania as well as Monongalia and Preston counties in West Virginia.

A tornado warning was in effect for Garrett County, Maryland until 2 p.m. It has since expired

Pittsburgh’s Action Weather Meteorologist Brian Hutton Jr. said storms hitting the area on Monday carry a high risk for high wind gusts, heavy rain and lightning.

Please share photos of severe weather, if it’s safe to do so in your location: Go to wtae.com/upload or share to the u local Pittsburgh Facebook group.