Pennsylvania, 2001

Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 5, 2001

July 5, 2001 · NWS CTP · 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
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 Jul 5, 12:45 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 12:45 PM EST, 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
145 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2001

...WORK ZONES BY 315 PM...

...ZONES BY 345 PM...

...CHANGES...

WILL KEEP CHC INTO THIS EVENING.

WILL ADD CHC IN FOR FRIDAY IN FAR NE PART OF CWA.

WILL ADD CHC IN SUNDAY FOR MDT GROUP.

WILL CALL FOR DRY WEATHER FOR THU.

WILL EDGE TEMPS UP A LITTLE ON EXTENDED PORTION.

...DISC...

...SHORT TERM...

CHC OF SHOWER/STORM INTO THIS EVENING.

VORTEX MAY KEEP A SHOWER ACROSS PARTS OF THE UPPER SUSQUEHANNA
VALLEY ON FRIDAY...WITH QUITE A BIT OF CU/SC ELSEWHERE.

REMAINS OF UPPER LAKES CONVECTION LIKELY TO CLIP NW PART OF CWA LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT...AND INTO SW AREAS SAT AM. COULD SPREAD/FIRE UP AGAIN
REST OF C PA SAT AFT...GIVEN STRONG WARM ADVECTION. HOWEVER...
THICKNESS PATTERN WOULD SUGGEST BULK OF ACTION WOULD STAY TO THE
WEST OF THE CWA.

A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS COULD LINGER INTO EARLY SUNDAY...AT LEAST
LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY...THUS WILL PUT CHC IN THAT ZONE.

...LONG TERM...

WEAK HIGH BUILDS IN LATE SUNDAY. COULD BE MORE ACTION ON
WED/THU...BUT WILL KEEP DRY FOR NOW...AS TIMING WOULD BE
TRICKY...GIVEN SCALE OF FEATURES AND THE AMT OF TIME INTO THE FUTURE.
IN SIMPLE TERMS...NO MAJOR SHIFT IN PATTERN UNTIL AT LEAST LATE NEXT
WEEK. JUST ABOUT ANYTIME...SOMETHING COULD DROP IN FROM THE NW.

REALLY HARD TO SEE REAL COOL AIR...WILL ADJUST TEMPS UP SOME.

.CTP...NONE.

MARTIN

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cambria

When
July 5, 1:15 PM EST
Where
Cambria County, Johnstown
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
40.333, -78.917

Trees were reported down in Johnstown.

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

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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: 5256995.