National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall; Typhoon Watch in Guam and CNMI

Heavy to excessive rainfall will continue through tonight from the Texas Big Bend region into southern Oklahoma. Scattered damaging wind gusts and a few tornadoes may accompany a line of severe thunderstorms that is expected across the Mid-Atlantic into New England Friday. A Typhoon Watch continues for Guam and CNMI as Tropical Storm Champi will strengthen and approach the islands this weekend. Read More >

Overview

This powerful low pressure system set the stage for an unprecedented push of cold air and wintry weather in the southern plains before pivoting and lifting north into the OH Valley. As the low lifted northeast through western OH and IN, the warm air pushed into southwest PA and WV changing the snow over to freezing rain and eventually rain by Monday evening. This change over significantly cut down on the snowfall totals across the region but lead to numerous issues with accretion of ice on road surfaces and walk ways. Locations in central OH remain either snow or freezing rain through the entire event resulting hazardous travel and numerous power outages. In addition, some ice accretion in the higher terrain in Westmoreland and Fayette counties lead to some fallen trees and power outages as well.  Image
National Weather Service Pittsburgh, Moon Township, PA
nws logo Media use of NWS Web News Stories is encouraged!
Please acknowledge the NWS as the source of any news information accessed from this site.
nws logo