May 23 | Impact Day: Steady rain ends for western PA

Added: 2026-05-24

[00:00:02]I’M ELENA LAQUATRA PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR.

[00:00:05]WELL, IT IS AN IMPACT DAY, WHICH MEANS METEOROLOGIST JILL SZWED IS ALSO HERE WITH OUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST.

[00:00:11]THE RAIN IS HERE.

[00:00:12]BUT THE REAL QUESTION IS HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO LAST?

[00:00:14]THE GOOD NEWS IS MANY NEIGHBORHOODS ACTUALLY ALREADY STARTING TO DRY OUT THIS MORNING.

[00:00:17]WE’VE SEEN SEVERAL HOURS OF STEADY RAIN, SO WE WILL TAKE A BREAK FROM THAT.

[00:00:21]ESPECIALLY THOSE AREAS IN SOME OF OUR WESTERN COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THAT FLOOD WATCH THAT WILL TAKE US THROUGH 2:00 THIS AFTERNOON.

[00:00:27]AS FOR ALLEGHENY, BEAVER, WASHINGTON AND GREENE COUNTIES, WE’RE GOING TO MONITOR SOME OF OUR SMALLER CREEKS AND EVEN RIVERS.

[00:00:33]AS ALL OF THIS RAIN COULD LEAD TO SOME RISES.

[00:00:36]EVEN ONCE THE RAIN SHUTS OFF, AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING, WE’RE LOOKING AT RAINFALL TOTALS ABOUT 1 TO 2IN.

[00:00:41]WE’VE ALREADY GOTTEN A GOOD SWATH AS WE WENT THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, BUT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS COULD BE TOPPING A HALF INCH TO EVEN AN INCH IN SOME SPOTS.

[00:00:50]YOU NOTICE THE CORRIDOR, SOME HEAVIER TOTALS, ESPECIALLY OUT EAST OF PITTSBURGH.

[00:00:54]SO STILL SOME ISSUES WITH LOCALIZED PONDING AND ALSO THOSE FLOODING CONCERNS.

[00:00:58]AND A REMINDER FOR BOATERS.

[00:00:59]MAYBE NOT THE BEST WEEKEND TO BE OUT THERE ON THE WATER.

[00:01:02]THERE IS A BOATING ADVISORY FOR THE THREE RIVERS, FOR SOME FAST CURRENTS AND ALSO SOME DEBRIS FLOWS THAT COULD BE COMING THROUGH.

[00:01:08]GIVEN ALL THIS HEAVY RAIN.

[00:01:10]BUT CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AS WE GO THROUGH YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

[00:01:13]LOOKING AT THE RADAR RIGHT NOW, SOME POPS OF YELLOW AND RED INDICATING SOME OF THE HEAVIER RAIN RUNNING FROM BUTLER RIGHT ALONG.

[00:01:19]422 TOWARDS NEW CASTLE.

[00:01:20]WE’RE GOING TO FIND A FEW MORE WORKING ACROSS WESTMORELAND COUNTY FROM MOUNT PLEASANT UP TOWARDS GREENSBURG.

[00:01:26]THAT INCLUDES GETTING CLOSE TO THE BORDER BETWEEN ARMSTRONG, INDIANA AND WESTMORELAND COUNTIES.

[00:01:31]ALSO CONTINUING TOWARDS BURRELL AND EAST WHEATFIELD RIGHT NOW.

[00:01:33]ALL OF THAT, ALL OF THIS IS TRACKING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH, AND YOU WILL NOTICE A FEW MORE HOLES IN THE RADAR, ESPECIALLY WESTERN PARTS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, BACK THROUGH WASHINGTON AND GREENE.

[00:01:42]SOME OF THAT DRIER AIR IS STARTING TO WORK IN, BUT WE’RE NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF THE WOODS JUST YET.

[00:01:47]ON THIS IMPACT DAY.

[00:01:48]HERE’S FUTURECAST.

[00:01:49]STILL SEEING SOME OF THAT STEADY RAIN LASTING FOR SOME OF OUR NORTHEASTERN COUNTIES.

[00:01:53]TALKING ABOUT CLOSER TO CLARION, KITTANNING AND INDIANA THROUGH ABOUT 8:00 THIS MORNING.

[00:01:57]THEN LATE MORNING, WE COULD SEE A FEW MORE OF THESE SCATTERED SHOWERS STARTING TO POP UP.

[00:02:01]THAT WILL BE THE COVERAGE AS WE GO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

[00:02:04]WE’RE GOING TO MONITOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE TRACKING OUT OF EASTERN OHIO, NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF THUNDER FOR US, BUT STILL SOME GUSTY WINDS, A FEW MORE POPS OF SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE COMING THROUGH AS WE FAST FORWARD INTO THIS EVENING.

[00:02:17]FIRST PART OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS WELL IN YOUR FOUR DAY FORECAST IMPACT DAY TODAY.

[00:02:21]TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO STAY COOL ONLY LOWER 60S BUT THE REST OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND THINGS WILL BE IMPROVING.

[00:02:27]STILL DODGING SOME OF THOSE ISOLATED SHOWERS AS WE WORK THROUGH YOUR SUNDAY.

[00:02:30]BUT OVERALL THERE WILL BE SOME DRY TIME TOMORROW MORE THAN LIKELY AS WE GO AFTER DARK.

[00:02:35]THAT’S WHEN MORE RAIN WILL BE FILTERING IN.

[00:02:37]THAT WILL BE THE STORY AS YOU WAKE UP ON MEMORIAL DAY TOMORROW.

[00:02:40]ON MONDAY.

[00:02:40]RATHER, WE WILL SEE A FEW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.

[00:02:43]SO SOME EARLY PARADES AND EVEN REMEMBRANCE CEREMONIES COULD BE A LITTLE BIT SOGGY, BUT CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES EDGING INTO THE MID 70S.

[00:02:51]THEN WE FAST FORWARD INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

[00:02:53]TEMPERATURES ARE TRENDING MORE MILD IN YOUR 4-DAY PLUS 4 MORE FORECAST.

[00:02:57]HOW ABOUT 80 DEGREES ON TUESDAY?

[00:02:59]WE’RE GOING TO KEEP THINGS DRY INTO NEXT WEEKEND.

[00:03:01]WISH YOU COULD SAY THAT’S THE FORECAST FOR THIS WEEKEND.

[00:03:04]WE CERTAINLY WILL SEE A MUCH NICER END TO MAY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 70S.

[00:03:07]WE LOOK AHEAD TO NEXT WEEKEND AGAIN, BUT THERE IS SOME DRY TIME COMING OUR WAY OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS.

[00:03:12]THAT’S GOOD TO KNOW.

[00:03:12]I MEAN, IT’S A GREAT REMINDER FOR FOLKS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE WTAE APP TO