The threat of severe weather overnight in Friday has increased slightly.
National Weather Service Meteorologist Colton Milcarek tells KDKA Radio the biggest risk is damaging winds after midnight.
“We’ve upgraded to a two out of five risk for Pittsburgh overnight . . . and while damaging winds are the primary threat, all hazards remain possible,” said Milcarek.
That includes hail, flash flooding and isolated tornados.
The timeframe for the storm is midnight through 7 a.m. Friday with the biggest change of severe weather in Pittsburgh and north of the city.
Milcarek says if you’re awakened by a weather alert in the middle of the night, to not ignore it.
Any storm can bring damage but Milcarek says winds are not expected to be as strong as they were a few weeks ago when straight-line winds caused unprecedented damage and power outages.
“With that storm on April 29, we had wind gusts which we estimate to be up to 90 to 95 miles per hour, we do not foresee anything that strong tonight, however winds up to 60 miles per hour remain possible in isolated instances.
Milcarek says Pittsburgh will stay in an “active weather pattern” possibly into Saturday.