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Damage left behind following severe weather, tornado warnings in western Pa.

Multiple tornado warnings were issued in western Pennsylvania. They have since expired.

Damage left behind following severe weather, tornado warnings in western Pa.

Multiple tornado warnings were issued in western Pennsylvania. They have since expired.

RIGHT NOW. KALEA: AS WE WERE WINDING THROUGH HAMPDEN TOWNSHIP, WE SAW SOME SERIOUS DAMAGE TO A LOT OF HOMES AND PIERCING THROUGH SOME. THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR. THE ROOF OF THIS HOME HAS BEEN BLOWN OFF HALF OF IT FALLING ONTO THIS WHITE TRUCK LOW. YOU CAN SEE THAT HARD PCEIE OF THE ROOF LAYGIN THERE. THE REST OF IT IS IN SHAMBLES THROUGHOUT THE YARD. A LOT OF DEBRIS LAYING AROUND THE YARD HANGING ON POWER LINES. THEY ARE ANOTHER BIG ISSUE WE ARE SEEING IN THIS AREA. TREES DOWN BUT POWER LINES CROSSING THE ROAD. DEBRIS BEING SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. CABEUSE THOSE DOWNED POWER--S PARLANCE, WE KNOW SCHOOLS HAVE TO REMNAI CLOSED OR THAT ITS WEILAND ELEMENTARY AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA MONTESSORI SCHOOL. THOSE ARE TWO THINGS YOU WANT TO WATCH OUT FOR TOMORROW IF YOU LIVE IN THIS DISTRICT AND YOU HAVE STUDENTS WHO GO THERE. THIS FAMILY WHO LIVES IN THIS HOME HAS BEEN DISPLACED. THEY LEAVE -- LEFT FOR THE NIGHT BUT WE ARE HEARING ILEN SEVERE CASES, FAMILIES ARE DISPLACED AS WELL. THEY MAY NOT HAVE POWER OR A TREE ON THEIR ROOF. SERIOUS STORI WESE ARE HEARING TONIGHT. WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED AS WE LEARN MORE. JANEE:LL THANK YOU SO MUCH. SHE IS IN THE AREA WHERE MIKE HARVEY TALKED ABOUT SEEING THAT TAROTION. A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THOSE STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. ALLEGHENY COUNTY CREWS ARE REPORTING ATTH FIREFIGHTERS BELIEVE IT WAS A MICROBUT.RS WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION. YOU CAN SEE HOW BAD IT WAS. MIKE: C WE ARE A LONGFORM VIEW DRIVE. KASEY: CHECKUT THESE HUGE ENTRIES THAT ARE 8-9 FEET. SOME OF OUR STRONSTGE WINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND AS MIKE ALLUDED TO, WE WILL CHECK OUT SOME REPORTS COME OUT TOMORROW. TH IS SPANS ABOUT 50 FEET. 8-9 FEET HIGH OF TREES THAT ARE BEEN UPROOTED IN THE PAST HOUR FROM THE SAVOY ARE -- SEVERE STORMS. THAT IS WHERE THESE LIGHT -- LARGE PINE TREES ACTUALLY DAMAGE THEIR HOME. COMING UP, WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE YOU WITH THE LATEST FOR NO
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Damage left behind following severe weather, tornado warnings in western Pa.

Multiple tornado warnings were issued in western Pennsylvania. They have since expired.

Severe storms left behind widespread damage in western Pennsylvania on Thursday evening. Watch the full report and see the damage left behind in the video player above. On Friday morning, the National Weather Service confirmed three tornadoes in the Pittsburgh area. Two were in Allegheny County and one was in Washington County.Allegheny County officials tweeted several damage reports following the storms, including roofs being blown off homes and trees down. Pittsburgh's Action News 4 reporter Kalea Gunderson was in Hampton Township where a roof was blown off a home on Linden Drive.At another home on Green Valley Drive in Hampton Township, the homeowner said a 90 ft. tree fell just feet from his children's bedrooms. Several large trees were also uprooted throughout Hampton Township. Western Pennsylvania Montessori School and Wyland Elementary School in Hampton Township will be closed Friday due to downed trees and power lines, officials confirmed. Storm damage was also reported in Washington County. Peters Township fire chief talks about storm damage: Tap the video player aboveDuquesne Light is reporting more than 1,400 customers without power as of Friday morning, many in the Hampton, Shaler and Ross Township areas. As of Friday morning, West Penn Power was reporting about 900 customers without power, many in Butler and Washington counties.

Severe storms left behind widespread damage in western Pennsylvania on Thursday evening.

Watch the full report and see the damage left behind in the video player above.

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On Friday morning, the National Weather Service confirmed three tornadoes in the Pittsburgh area. Two were in Allegheny County and one was in Washington County.

Allegheny County officials tweeted several damage reports following the storms, including roofs being blown off homes and trees down.

Pittsburgh's Action News 4 reporter Kalea Gunderson was in Hampton Township where a roof was blown off a home on Linden Drive.

At another home on Green Valley Drive in Hampton Township, the homeowner said a 90 ft. tree fell just feet from his children's bedrooms.

Several large trees were also uprooted throughout Hampton Township.

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Western Pennsylvania Montessori School and Wyland Elementary School in Hampton Township will be closed Friday due to downed trees and power lines, officials confirmed.

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Storm damage was also reported in Washington County.

Peters Township fire chief talks about storm damage: Tap the video player above

Duquesne Light is reporting more than 1,400 customers without power as of Friday morning, many in the Hampton, Shaler and Ross Township areas.

As of Friday morning, West Penn Power was reporting about 900 customers without power, many in Butler and Washington counties.