Tornado Confirmed In Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – Outside of the rain, a few fallen branches, and debris on the ground the average person may not realize that a tornado went through the Highland Park neighborhood, but experts told Channel 11 News that an EF0-tornado went through multiple city neighborhoods on Wednesday evening. “We [confirmed]circulation, and we may have a tornado debris signature, so we will need to look more into that and see if there is any damage on the surface that is correlated to that,” said Colton Milcarek, a meteorologist with National Weather Service. They say radar showed that winds had created a circular motion and picked up speeds between 60 to 80 mph. ccording to experts, an EF-0 tornado traveled through the Lincoln-Lemington and into Highland Park, a rare occurrence but not an impossible one.  According to WPXI’s Chief Meteorologist Stephen Cropper, this is the 19th tornado to hit the Pittsburgh area this year; the National Weather Service said it’s the 30th for our larger region breaking a record for the most in a single season.