3 tornadoes confirmed in region, power being restored

Radar confirmed that three tornadoes touched down in the region Thursday evening and National Weather Service surveyors will spend the next couple days gathering information about them and other potential twisters, according to meteorologist Jason Frazier.

Those tornadoes were near Mt. Nebo and Hampton in Allegheny County and Buffalo Township in Washington County. Frazier said there could be additional twisters, but determinations will be made later once surveyors can check out damage on site.

“It will be a busy few days,” he said.

Power was restored to some throughout the region overnight after storms swept through the area Thursday evening, but other areas north of Pittsburgh remained in the dark. There were about 900 customers in Hampton without power Friday at 8 a.m., according to Duquesne Light. About 400 others in Ross, McCandless and Ohio Township areas were still without electricity.

Hampton Township was hit hard.

A tree fell on an occupied vehicle in Hampton near the intersection of Middle Road and John Giel Drive, according to Allegheny County’s Twitter account.

Allegheny County officials also reported a tree fell onto a house along the 3900 block of Kirk Avenue in Hampton around 8:20 p.m. No injuries were reported.

There also were multiple reports of wires down along roads throughout Hampton including sections of Linwood, Parkview and Ralph and the Harts Run/Saxonburg intersection. No injuries were reported.

Hampton: Tree down on house, no injuries - 3900 block Kirk Ave

— Allegheny County (@Allegheny_Co) October 22, 2021

Hampton: Tree down on occupied vehicle - Middle Rd/John Giel Dr; responders on scene.

— Allegheny County (@Allegheny_Co) October 22, 2021

There were multiple reports from the scene of the Target department store on Mount Nebo Pointe Drive in Ohio Township that the store sustained storm damage, including blown out windows at the front of the store.

Police could not immediately be reached.

Many West Penn Power customers had electricity restored overnight with 968 customers without power at 8 a.m. Washington County appeared to be the hardest hit area with 538 customers awaiting restoration plus 217 in Armstrong.

The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh had issued tornado warnings Thursday evening for Butler County, Washington County and three separate warnings for various parts of Allegheny County and the New Kensington area of Westmoreland County.