Seen Last Week: Storms & the Aftermath

Storm clouds before the rain, 3 Sept 2026 at 6pm (photos by Kate St. John) 7 September 2026 On Thursday 3 September severe thunderstorms hit the Pittsburgh area with high winds and torrential rain. The official rain total at the airport was 2.14″ but that rain came all at once. At a sensor near Schenley Park, the rain came down at the rate of 5.58″ per hour for 15 mins and then the sensor lost power. video embedded from WTAE Pittsburgh on YouTube Areas east of the city were hard hit, especially Westmoreland County and eastern Allegheny. video embedded from CBS Pittsburgh on YouTube Schenley Park didn’t suffer too much but there were interesting side effects. On a walk on Friday at the Bartlett end of Schenley I could tell that Panther Hollow Run had flooded, but it often does. I was surprised however to find six fullsize bricks scattered along the creek bank below the Hollow Run Trail bridge. Here’s where they came from. At the head of the Panther Hollow Run valley, where the creek…