Hail, Westmoreland
- When
- July 14, 3:25 PM EST
- Where
- Westmoreland County, New Kensington
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.567, -79.767
Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 14, 2000
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- $12,000
- 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), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:26 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Armstrong
- When
- July 14, 3:40 PM EST
- Where
- Armstrong County, Apollo
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.583, -79.567
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, Indiana
- When
- July 14, 3:40 PM EST
- Where
- Indiana County, 3 mi S of Nowrytown
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.483, -79.417
Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees at Kiski High School in Saltsburg.
Thunderstorm Wind, Westmoreland
- When
- July 14, 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- Westmoreland County, Ligonier
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.250, -79.233
Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down onto power lines. This knocked out a power substation, shutting off power to 3,100 residents in Ligonier.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Heat in Louisiana, July 14 to 22, 2000
- Heat in Missouri, July 14 to 16, 2000
- Heat in Alabama, July 14 to 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Maryland, July 14 to 15, 2000
- Heat in Mississippi, July 14, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, July 14, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in New York, July 14, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 14, 2000
- Tornado in Kentucky, July 14, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 14, 2000
- Wildfire and Hail in South Dakota, July 14, 2000
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 14, 2000
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, July 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: 5163352, 5163350, 5163351, 5163404.