Hail, Beaver
- When
- October 5, 7:50 PM EST
- Where
- Beaver County, Bridgewater
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -80.300
Golfball-sized hail broke the windshield of an ambulance.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, October 5, 2000
5 hail, 2 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
- $4,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:50 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Butler
- When
- October 5, 7:55 PM EST
- Where
- Butler County, 3 mi S of Zelienople
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -80.133
Thunderstorm Wind, Butler
- When
- October 5, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Butler County, Evans City
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.767, -80.067
Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees onto Franklin Road.
Hail, Butler
- When
- October 5, 8:09 PM EST
- Where
- Butler County, Cabot
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.767, -79.767
Hail, Butler
- When
- October 5, 8:15 PM EST
- Where
- Butler County, Saxonburg
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -79.800
Hail, Butler
- When
- October 5, 8:15 PM EST
- Where
- Butler County, Mars
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -80.017
Thunderstorm Wind, Armstrong
- When
- October 5, 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- Armstrong County, 1 mi N of Kittanning
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.833, -79.500
Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree.
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
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- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, October 5, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, October 5, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, October 5, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Indiana, October 5, 2000
- Flooding in Indiana, October 5 to 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, October 5, 2000
- Flooding in Indiana, October 5 to 14, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, October 5 to 6, 2000
- Winter Storm in Alaska, October 5 to 7, 2000
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5174173, 5174174, 5174175, 5174176, 5174177, 5174178, 5174179.