Hail, Mercer
- When
- May 18, 5:40 PM EST
- Where
- Mercer County, Carlton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.483, -80.017
Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 18 to 19, 2000
6 hail, 3 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
- $12,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Venango
- When
- May 18, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Venango County, Franklin
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.400, -79.850
Hail, Venango
- When
- May 18, 5:52 PM EST
- Where
- Venango County, Oil City
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.433, -79.717
Hail, Clarion
- When
- May 18, 6:10 PM EST
- Where
- Clarion County, Leeper
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.367, -79.317
Hail, Lawrence
- When
- May 18, 10:27 PM EST
- Where
- Lawrence County, New Castle
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -80.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Butler
- When
- May 18, 11:35 PM EST
- Where
- Butler County, 5 mi N of Butler
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.917, -79.883
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- May 18, 11:40 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Brockway
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.250, -78.800
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
Hail, Greene
- When
- May 19, 1:50 AM EST
- Where
- Greene County, Graysville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.933, -80.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Allegheny
- When
- May 19, 3:40 AM EST
- Where
- Allegheny County, Moon
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -80.233
Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees along Beaver Grade Road.
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 Texas, May 18, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Michigan, May 18 to 19, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, May 18, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 18, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 18, 2000
- Rip Current in California, May 18, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Iowa, May 18, 2000
- Wildfire in Alaska, May 18, 2000
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Wisconsin, May 18, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 18, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Michigan, May 18 to 20, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 18, 2000
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: 5144154, 5144155, 5144156, 5144157, 5144158, 5142610, 5142676, 5142677, 5142678.