Storm Coverage Explodes Over Lake Erie Tonight as Ohio Faces Frequent Lightning Small Hail and Isolated Waterspout Threats

CLEVELAND, OH — Storm coverage exploded across the Lake Erie shoreline Sunday evening as a frontal boundary moved over the lake, triggering frequent lightning, pockets of small hail, and gusty winds across northeastern Ohio, with a few cells even showing signs of minor rotation. Frontal Boundary Sparks Rapid Storm...

Hazardous swimming conditions on Lake Erie through Monday

CLEVELAND (WJW) — The National Weather Service is urging swimmers to stay out of Lake Erie due to the threat of dangerous swimming conditions. A Beach Hazards Statement is in effect for the lakeshore communities of Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake and Lorain counties through Monday evening due to a high risk of rip currents, according to NWS.

Storm Tracker Forecast Sunday Morning

UPDATE: Flash Flood Warning Extended Until 12:30 PM

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a flash flood warning for a portion of Chautauqua County until 12:30 PM. At 7:03 AM, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include Dunkirk, Fredonia, Westfield, Silver Creek, Mayville, Lake Erie State Park, SUNY Fredonia, Chautauqua Institution, Findley Lake, Chautauqua, Portland, Sheridan, Ripley, Stockton, Brocton, Mina, Arkwright, Sherman, Forestville and Cassadaga.

Stormy Sunday start then nice comfortable stretch

Sunday starts with a few showers or thunderstorms possible, especially very early morning, before skies turn brighter as a cold front moves through. Storm timing is 1a-5am for most neighborhoods starting west near Chester, Berks and New Castle. Temperatures will climb to the mid-80s, but the bigger change will be...

Power outages reported across Erie County Tuesday

(WJET/WFXP)-- Penelec crews are working to restore power to roughly 2,000 customers across Erie County. According to Penelec's live outage map, 2,045 outages were reported as of 3:46 pm Tuesday across the county, mostly in Summit Township along with Waterford Borough and Township. The map shows 664 customers in Waterford...

Tuesday Evening Storm Tracker Forecast

Weather alert active for Western NY until Tuesday morning

The National Weather Service issued a special weather statement at 4:56 a.m. on Tuesday until 9 a.m. for Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Allegany counties.

Heavy Rain Triggers Flash Flooding Across Clarion, Jefferson, and Venango Counties

CLARION, Pa. (EYT) — Heavy rainfall swept through Clarion, Jefferson, and Venango counties on Sunday evening, causing flash flooding that displaced 15 apartment residents and submerged sections of U.S. Route 322. According to the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh, high water inundated the first floor of an apartment building...

Local Man Has Up-close View of Hurricane

Heavy Rain Triggers Flash Flooding Across Clarion, Jefferson, and Venango Counties

CLARION, Pa. (EYT) — Heavy rainfall swept through Clarion, Jefferson, and Venango counties on Sunday evening, causing flash flooding that displaced 15 apartment residents and submerged sections of U.S. Route 322. According to the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh, high water inundated the first floor of an apartment building...

Monday Evening Storm Tracker Forecast

Thousands remain without power after Sunday’s storms

Energy companies in the region continued working Monday to restore power to hundreds of customers following heavy rain and thunderstorms Sunday. As of Monday afternoon, Duquesne Light Co. had restored power to more than 3,000 customers who reported outages in Allegheny County, with 129 outages remaining. In Beaver County, 280 customers remained without power.

Potential funnel cloud spotted in Crawford County

Storm clouds were getting attention in Crawford County Tuesday evening. This video was sent to us, reportedly shot around 6:50 p.m. It clearly shows something emerging from the clouds off Route 18 just north of Millgrove Road, between Albion and Springboro. There were no storm watches or warnings for that area at the time and […]

Beaver County man barely avoids being hit by a falling tree

Seconds made a big difference for a Beaver County man. He narrowly missed being hit by a falling tree on Wednesday as strong storms moved through Fombell. As you see the tree fall in the attached video, you can see why the odds are in Joe Pavlick’s favor. “I said it must be my lucky day; I’m playing the lottery,” Pavlick said. This tree came down right where his van was just parked... narrowly missing him - after he left his campsite near Zelienople along the Connoquenessing Creek on Wednesday. The crazy thing is he didn’t hear it coming. “I never heard it. I never saw anything,” he said. “I got stopped half down the driveway; the neighbor had me wind down the window. I was on the phone at the time with my friend. He said, ‘Did you hear that noise?’ I said, ‘What noise?’” It was only later, after he got home, that the neighbor sent the picture of the storm’s aftermath. He laughs about it now, but knows how serious this is. “It would have taken me out of the sardine can of a van. It would have been a lot different. I’m kind of amused by

Fewer raindrops, but plenty of humidity Wednesday, Thursday

While much of the area had some noisy and heavy storms early Tuesday morning, the strongest storms remained well to the south. A few more clusters and strong to severe thunderstorms will likely track over southern Ohio and West Virginia into Wednesday, but northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvania will be largely rain-free. Wednesday could start with patchy fog, then we expect some sunshine and highs in the lower 80s. A few spots could pick up a shower or thunderstorm toward early evening.

Severe storms hit NWPA Monday, blocking roads and power

Severe storms hit NWPA Monday, blocking roads and power.