Pennsylvania, 2001

Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 19, 2001

July 19, 2001 · NWS CLE · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
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 Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 19, 2:41 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 2:41 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
341 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2001

LATEST RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS POPCORN VARIETY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. CELLS ARE POPPING BUT WEAKEN RAPIDLY AS THEY
PULSE. WILL KEEP A MENTION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN OVER THE
AREA THIS EVENING.

NOT MUCH CHANGE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY AS STRONG 500 MB
RIDGE BUILDS EAST OVER THE AREA. SURFACE HIGH OVER NORTHEASTERN
UNITED STATES WILL RETROGRADE SOUTHWEST AND BUILD ACROSS THE AREA AS
WELL.  ALL IN ALL...HAZY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS SETTING UP FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. WILL KEEP AN ISOLATED CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM ON FRIDAY AS MOISTURE LINGERS OVER THE AREA AND
INSTABILITY TYPE PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP.

FRIDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE FOR THE MOST PART CLEAR AS DRIER MID AND
UPPER LEVEL AIR DOMINATES THE FORECAST AREA INTO SATURDAY.

NEXT CHANCE OF SYNOPTIC TYPE THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME MONDAY NIGHT AS
A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH INTO THE AREA. WILL MENTION A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDESTORMS TUESDAY MORNING. THEN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
INTO THE AREA FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH A GRADUAL WARMING TREND
AGAIN.

UPPED TEMPERATURES A TAD OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. GUIDANCE WAS
RUNNING A TAD LOW IN THE PAST.

.CLE...
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.

LOMBARDY

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:20 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford

When
July 19, 4:20 PM EST
Where
Crawford County, Cambridge Spgs
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
41.800, -80.067

Thunderstorm winds downed two trees just east of Cambridge Springs in Rockdale Township.

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.

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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: 5259224.