Few power outages reported Saturday evening after heavy winds wreaked havoc earlier

With a heavy wind advisory in effect through Sunday across Southwestern Pennsylvania, plenty of residents are waking up to news of a downed tree in their area.

As of 8:30 a.m., PennDOT officials in Westmoreland County were reporting several downed trees either blocking the road or laying on utility wires along the Route 381 and Route 981 corridors between Smithton and Laughlintown.

A PennDOT spokesperson could not immediately be reached to provide an update on road closures at 6:30 Saturday evening, and Westmoreland County 911 dispatch could not provide an update on the situation.

Here were the affected roads as of Saturday morning:

• Waltz Mill Road is closed in both directions between Kelly Road and Lucas Pipeline Road;

• Dillon Road/Bear Rocks School Road is closed in both directions between Mammoth and Alice roads;

• Route 381 is closed between Horseshoe Bend and Darlington Rector roads in Ligonier Township;

• Flooding closed Route 381 between Club Stable Road and Lincoln Highway in Ligonier Township;

• Nature Run Road is closed between Hall and Kissell Springs Road in Ligonier Township;

• Route 2006 between Route 982 and Alice Road in Mt. Pleasant Township.

PennDOT officials said roads would reopen as the situation improves.

Emergency officials in northern Westmoreland County were also reporting downed trees scattered through that area.

Power outages as of Saturday evening

Power outage figures are relatively low in Westmoreland County — as of 6:30 p.m., West Penn Power reported 66 customers without power.

West Penn Power also reported over 2,200 customers without power in Allegheny County around 6:30 p.m., with more than 1,000 of those customers in Bethel Park.

By 6:30 p.m., Duquesne Light was reporting nine active outages impacting 229 customers, most of whom were in Oakland.

A National Weather Service wind advisory for the region remains in effect through 1 a.m. Sunday morning, and temperatures are expected to drop significantly over the next 48 hours.