High Wind, Crawford
- When
- December 12, 12:00 AM EST to 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Crawford forecast zone
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 41.685, -80.106 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Pennsylvania, December 12, 2000
A very strong area of low pressure moved across Lake Erie late on the evening of the 11th. A cold front stretching south from the low moved into extreme northwest Pennsylvania just after midnight on the 12th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- $550,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
A very strong area of low pressure moved across Lake Erie late on the evening of the 11th. A cold front stretching south from the low moved into extreme northwest Pennsylvania just after midnight on the 12th. Damaging winds occurred along and behind this front. A 103 mph wind gust was measured at 1:13 AM on the east shore of Conneaut Lake in Crawford County. A gust to 60 mph was recorded at Meadville in Crawford County. In Erie County, winds were estimated at 60 to 80 mph countywide. Hundreds of trees were downed in Erie and Crawford Counties and power outages were widespread. Several homes were damaged by fallen trees and a couple other buildings lost sections of roofing.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Northern Erie
- When
- December 12, 12:00 AM EST to 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Erie forecast zone
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.118, -80.098 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Erie
- When
- December 12, 12:00 AM EST to 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Erie forecast zone
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.118, -80.098 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Ice Storm in Texas, December 12 to 13, 2000
- High Wind in New Jersey, December 12, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, December 12 to 13, 2000
- Cold in South Carolina, December 12 to 13, 2000
- High Wind in New York, December 12, 2000
- High Wind in New York, December 12, 2000
- High Wind in New York, December 12, 2000
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, December 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: 5168044, 5168045, 5168046.