Thunderstorm Wind, Butler
- When
- July 5, 2:18 PM EST
- Where
- Butler County, Butler
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 40.912, -79.913 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind downed powerlines in Penn Township.
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 5, 1994
9 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $506,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
9 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Beaver
- When
- July 5, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Beaver County, Midland
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 40.682, -80.349 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Widespread wind damage in the form of downed trees were reported in Midland, Homewood, Big Beaver, and Economy. Lightning struck a home in Baden, blasting a hole in the roof.
Thunderstorm Wind, McKean
- When
- July 5, 2:45 PM EST
- Where
- McKean County, Bradford
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.808, -78.569 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- July 5, 2:55 PM EST
- Where
- Warren County, Newton Station
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.815, -79.274 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Allegheny
- When
- July 5, 3:15 PM EST
- Where
- Allegheny County, Pittsburgh
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.469, -79.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- July 5, 4:07 PM EST
- Where
- Warren County, Selkirk
- Coordinates
- 41.815, -79.274 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees down.
Tornado, Westmoreland
- When
- July 5, 4:10 PM EST to 4:14 PM EST
- Where
- Westmoreland County, Jeannette
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 40.330, -79.620
A tornado downed large trees from Jeannette to Greensburg, closing State Route 30. An apartment roof was blown off at Greensburg, leaving eight families homeless. Other buildings sustained minor damage. Structural damage was estimated at $428,000.
Thunderstorm Wind, Indiana
- When
- July 5, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Indiana County, Blairsville
- Coordinates
- 40.652, -79.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cambria
- When
- July 5, 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Cambria County, Johnstown
- Coordinates
- 40.495, -78.714 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lycoming
- When
- July 5, 5:35 PM EST
- Where
- Lycoming County, Waterville
- Coordinates
- 41.343, -77.064 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several trees were blown down and a garage damaged within Waterville.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10343894, 10343782, 10345631, 10345245, 10343827, 10345246, 10345311, 10345683, 10343509, 10345922.