More than 50,000 households woke up to no power Wednesday morning after powerful overnight thunderstorms downed tree limbs, utility lines, tore off a church’s roof and lifted a hangar off the ground at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe.
A line of thunderstorms started moving through the area just after midnight Wednesday, producing hail, up to 75 mph wind gusts and heavy rain.
According to the National Weather Service, a tornado touched down near Tarentum around 1:19 a.m Wednesday. Read more about the storm here, and see photos of the damage below.
Simon Fisher, 9, and his father Dave, look out their window as utility crews work to remove a utility pole and a large tree from their car on Glen Ave. in Ellwood City on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in Ellwood City. A line of thunderstorms started moving through the area just after midnight Wednesday, producing hail, up to 75 mph wind gusts and heavy rain. (Andrew Rush/post-Gazette)A parts dealership sustained heavy damage from strong storms Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in New Kensington. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Rick Indovina looks over the damaged tail of a 1974 Cessna 182 belonging to the Chestnut Ridge Flying Club sits at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport , Wednesday, April, 8, 2020, near Latrobe in Westmoreland County. Rick Indovina, of Forest Hills and a member of the club for 20 years, said that two hangars and the plane was damaged by high winds at 3 a.m. Wednesday. Rick said that the plane was found on State Route 981. The Club had purchased the plane 6 months ago. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)Crews work to remove a large tree that down several utility poles on Glen Ave in Ellwood City during early morning strong thunderstorms on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in Ellwood City. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)St. Mary of Czestochowa sustained heavy damage from strong storms Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in New Kensington. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Debri from the roof of St. Mary of Czestochowa lays in front on Kenneth Avenue, April 7, 2020, in New Kensington of Westmoreland County. No one was injured from the high winds and the damage. Monsignor Michael Begolly said they have not had services since the COVID19 outbreak and he asked for Prayers. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)The damaged 1974 Cessna 182 belonging to the Chestnut Ridge Flying Club sits at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport near two mangled hangars, Wednesday, April, 8, 2020, near Latrobe in Westmoreland County. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)Gina Datres, of Arnold, takes photos of the debris from the roof of St. Mary of Czestochowa on Kenneth Avenue, April 7, 2020, in New Kensington of Westmoreland County. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)
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