A round of severe weather prompted several severe thunderstorm and tornado watches and warnings across the Pittsburgh area on Sunday afternoon. The last tornado warnings in the Pittsburgh viewing area,

Eastern Indiana is under a tornado watch until 10 a.m. Scattered parts of central and southern Indiana are under a severe thunder storm warning. Over 50,000 Hoosiers do not have power as strong winds with up to 60 mph gusts rip across Indiana.

Parts of Western Pennsylvania were under a tornado watch until 4 p.m. Sunday as severe weather pummels the region. Six counties in the commonwealth — including Indiana — remain under the tornado watch,

An updated tornado watch was released by the National Weather Service on Saturday at 12:51 p.m. in effect until 8 p.m. for Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone,

The NWS Raleigh NC issued an updated tornado watch at 1:53 p.m. on Sunday in effect until 2 p.m. The watch is for Cumberland, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Harnett, Johnston, Nash, Sampson,

Violent tornadoes ripped through parts of the U.S., wiping out schools and toppling semitractor-trailers in several states.

At least 19 people have died as an outbreak of tornadoes ravished through the South and Midwest early Saturday morning, leaving a path of destruction in their wake.