Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- August 6, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Washington County, Burgettstown
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.383, -80.400
Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree.
Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 6, 2000
4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $16,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:58 UTC.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Allegheny
- When
- August 6, 9:53 PM EST
- Where
- Allegheny County, Castle Shannon
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.350, -80.050
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines.
Thunderstorm Wind, Westmoreland
- When
- August 6, 9:55 PM EST
- Where
- Westmoreland County, Trafford
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.383, -79.750
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- August 6, 11:32 PM EST
- Where
- Lawrence County, New Castle
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -80.350
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, August 6, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, August 6 to 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 6 to 7, 2000
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 6, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 6, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 6, 2000
- Flash Flood in Maryland, August 6, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Virginia, August 6, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, August 6, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 6, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 6, 2000
- Flood in Pennsylvania, August 6 to 7, 2000
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, August 2000
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: 5157288, 5157290, 5157291, 5157289.