WATCH: Meteor lights up the night sky in western Pennsylvania

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — There was a lot of chatter about a bright light streaking across the western Pennsylvania sky on Thursday evening.  

At 7:34 p.m., a large meteor was reported in our region. In a video from William Glasser in Latrobe, you can see the meteor breaking up as it moves across the sky. 

The American Meteor Society received over 200 reports of this large meteor. Most of those reports were from Ohio, Pennsylvania and North Carolina.  

Reports from as far away as Ontario, Michigan and Tennessee were received as well.

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Ray Petelin

Meteorologist Ray Petelin joined the KDKA Weather Team in October 2018, but is no stranger to the weather in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania. He has been forecasting in Pittsburgh since 2011 and in Western PA since January of 2003.

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