Weather alert for strong thunderstorms in Northwest Pa. Saturday evening

A report was issued from the National Weather Service on Saturday at 5:59 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 8 p.m. for Mercer, Venango and Forest counties.

"At 559 pm National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a line of strong thunderstorms moving southeast across Lake Erie. This line is expected to move across the area between 7:30 pm and 9 pm this evening. Strong wind gusts up to 50 mph and small hail are likely in some of these storms. There is also a potential for isolated occurrences of damaging wind gusts and large hail," comments the weather service.