Thunderstorm Wind, Potter
- When
- August 16, 3:05 PM EST
- Where
- Potter County, 8 mi SW of Coudersport
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.683, -78.133
Trees were reported down 8 miles southwest of Coudersport.
Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 16, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 16, 1:50 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 1:50 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 250 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2001 A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS FORMING THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WARM SECTOR OVER SW PA IS NOW MOVING INTO THE WESTERN COUNTIES. SOME GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS...KAGC REPORTED A GUST TO 36 KTS AS THEY PASSED AT 1646Z. WITH LOW/MID LEVEL WINDS BEGINNING TO INCREASE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...WILL HAVE TO MONITOR CLOSELY FOR SIGNS OF STRENGTHENING...BUT FOR NOW WILL HANDLE WITH NOWCASTS. SHORT TERM MODELS REMAINED CONSISTENT WITH NEW RUNS...ALTHOUGH EACH JUST A BIT STRONGER WITH THE APPROACHING TROUGH. MAIN DYNAMICS MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL PA THIS EVENING AND EARLY MORNING...THEN THE DRY SLOT ENCROACHES LATE TONIGHT INTO FRI MARKING THE BACK EDGE OF PRECIP. BEFORE THAT HAPPENS THE REGION WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH SHOWERS/ THUNDERSTORMS IN MOST PLACES TONIGHT. WITH STRONG 850/500MB CORRELATED JETS...THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE WILL CONTINUE MAINLY THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA. WILL MENTION THIS IN THE ZONES. BY SUNRISE...PRECIP SHOULD BE OVER FOR THE WEST...WHILE A CHANCE WILL CONTINUE MAINLY THROUGH THE MORNING IN THE EAST. SPC CONTINUES A SLIGHT RISK JUST EAST OF THE CWA TOMORROW...AND BELIEVE THIS LOOKS PRETTY GOOD AS PRECIP WILL MOVE EAST BEFORE THE BEST HEATING KICKS IN. IN THE EXTENDED...NEXT BATCH OF MOISTURE ARRIVES AHEAD OF A TROUGH CURRENTLY DROPPING INTO THE UPPER PLAINS. THIS WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT BEFORE LIFTING BACK TO THE NORTH. AFTER THAT...A RUN OF DRY DAYS AND SEASONAL WEATHER. .CTP...NONE. RXR
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 9:55 AM EST, 5 hours 10 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>035-037-041-045-046-049-050- 056-162100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1055 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2001 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THIS EVENING. STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE STORMS...AND THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT A FEW STORMS COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALIZED STRONG...GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH A FEW OF THOSE STORMS. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE NORTHWEST OF ALTOONA AND STATE COLLEGE. A MORE ORGANIZED LINE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN 8 PM AND 2 AM TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS IN THIS LINE COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE BEST CHANCE FOR DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE WEST OF THE ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS... IN PLACES LIKE BRADFORD AND DUBOIS. THE STORMS WILL WEAKEN LATER TONIGHT AS THEY MOVE FARTHER EAST TOWARD STATE COLLEGE AND ALTOONA. KEEP TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION THIS AFTERNOON ON EITHER NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE TODAY OR THIS EVENING. ROGOWSKI/DEVOIR FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/CTP
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heat in Texas, August 16, 2001
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- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 16, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 16, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 16, 2001
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- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 16, 2001
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: 5260227.