'Beautiful and Scary': Lightning Flashes in Stormy Pittsburgh

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8 May 2024 at 8:32 am

Lightning flashed over Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, early on Wednesday, May 8, during a night of tornado-warned storms.

Footage filmed by X user @ruthless_ap shows lightning early on Wednesday. He described the scene as “beautiful and scary”.

The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh allowed a previous a tornado warning for Allegheny County, where Pittsburgh is located, to expire at around 2 am.

The service warned of damaging winds and flash flooding from a strong storm moving across the city. Credit: @ruthless_ap via Storyful

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