Thunderstorm Wind, Venango
- When
- August 2, 2:55 PM EST
- Where
- Venango County, Oil City
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.433, -79.717
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 2, 2000
9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- $47,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Clarion
- When
- August 2, 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- Clarion County, Kossuth
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.283, -79.583
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
Hail, Mercer
- When
- August 2, 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- Mercer County, Sharon
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.250, -80.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- August 2, 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- Mercer County, Sharon
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.250, -80.500
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- August 2, 4:50 PM EST
- Where
- Mercer County, Pardoe
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.217, -80.150
Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- August 2, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mercer County, Sandy Lake
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.350, -80.083
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees onto Jacks, Hunter and Kilgore Roads in the Sandy Lake area.
Thunderstorm Wind, Venango
- When
- August 2, 5:15 PM EST
- Where
- Venango County, Kennerdell
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.267, -79.850
Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines in the Kennerdell area.
Thunderstorm Wind, Venango
- When
- August 2, 5:20 PM EST
- Where
- Venango County, Rockland
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.283, -79.767
Thunderstorm winds downed trees onto State Highways 38 and 257.
Funnel Cloud, Venango
- When
- August 2, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Venango County, Nickleville
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.401, -79.758 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Two sightings of a funnel cloud were reported in the Nickleville area.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- August 2, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Mercer County, Greenville
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.417, -80.383
Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees and power lines.
Thunderstorm Wind, Clarion
- When
- August 2, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Clarion County, Knox
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.233, -79.550
Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees.
Hail, Venango
- When
- August 2, 6:10 PM EST
- Where
- Venango County, Reno
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.417, -79.733
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
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: 5174459, 5174460, 5174461, 5174462, 5174463, 5174464, 5174465, 5174466, 5174467, 5174468, 5174469, 5174470.