Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 12, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 12, 2001
Start: 2001-06-12T17:15
End: 2001-06-12T17:15
Location: Pennsylvania

June 12, 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 Jun 12, 1:53 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 1:53 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
253 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001

WORK ZONES OUT SOON....

CURRENT FORECAST ON TRACK AS EASTERN PORTION OF THE STATE IS UNDER
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND CLOUDS DISSIPATING OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS.
SMALL AREA OF PRECIP THAT MOVED INTO THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF PA HAS
ALSO DISSIPATED OVER PA...BUT SMALL AREA STILL MOVING OVER SOUTHERN
NEW YORK. WEAK FRONT OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE...WITH
SMALL WAVE PUSHING THROUGH STATE TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE SPARKED ALREADY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS.  ACTIVITY IS MAINLY OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
PORTION OF THE CWA.

MODELS IN SIMILAR AGREEMENT OVER THE NEXT 36 HRS WITH TRACKING OF
TROPICAL REMAINS UP THE EAST COAST.  OTHER THEN A POSSIBLE WEAK
SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM TOMORROW...RATHER BENIGN WEATHER UNTIL THE
EAST COAST SYSTEM APPROACHES PA LATER IN THE WEEK.

STILL TOO EARLY TO NAIL DOWN TRACK OF THIS SLOW MOVING
SYSTEM...HOWEVER GOOD BET THAT WE WILL GET SOME RAIN FROM IT...AND
IN INCREASE IN HUMIDITY.

.CTP...NONE.

ONDREJIK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 2:41 PM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes before

PAZ010>012-017>019-024>028-034>036-045-049-050-052-056>059-063>066-
130100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
341 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TUESDAY
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

LEBANON...NORTHUMBERLAND...UNION...JUNIATA...CENTRE...CLINTON...PERRY
...FRANKLIN...BEDFORD...DAUPHIN...LANCASTER...CUMBERLAND...ADAMS...CAMERON
...BLAIR...CAMBRIA...SCHUYLKILL...YORK...SNYDER...CLEARFIELD...
ELK...HUNTINGDON...MIFFLIN AND FULTON.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE...AND OR HAIL THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN
DIAMETER OR LARGER. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN
A STRONG BUILDING.

GARTNER/ONDREJIK/GRUMM

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 4:00 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PAZ033-130100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
500 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TUESDAY
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

SOMERSET.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE...AND OR HAIL THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN
DIAMETER OR LARGER. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
EL`ECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN
A STRONG BUILDING.

GARTNER/ONDREJIK/GRUMM

Local storm report, Jun 12, 4:14 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before

PHLWRKLSR
TTAAOO KCTP 122114

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE, PA
514 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0426 PM    PHILIPSBURG               PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/01   CENTRE                         TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

0440 PM    PHILIPSBURG               PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/01   CENTRE                         TREES DOWN

0410 PM    HYNDER                    PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/01   CLINTON                        MULTIPLE TREES DOWN

0455 PM    STATE COLLEGE             PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/01   CENTRE                         TREES DOWN ON SOUTH
                                          ATHERTON STREET

0430 PM    LOCK HAVEN                PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/01   CLINTON                        SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR
                                          LOCK HAVEN

DJO

Local storm report, Jun 12, 5:13 PM EST, 2 minutes before

PHLWRKLSR
TTAAOO KCTP 122213

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE, PA
613 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0530 PM    HUNTINGDON                PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/01   HUNTINGDON                     TREES DOWN IN HUNTINGDON
                                          BORO.

0530 PM    WARRIORS MARK             PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/01   HUNTINGDON                     NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

0530 PM    LOCK HAVEN                PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/01   CLINTON                        TREES DOWN

0430 PM    MILL HALL                 PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/01   CLINTON                        MULTIPLE TREES DOWN

0600 PM    SELINSGROVE               PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/01   SNYDER                         TREES DOWN IN SEVERAL
                                          LOCATIONS OVER EASTERN
                                          SNYDER COUNTY

0600 PM    SUNBURY                   PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/01   NORTHUMBERLAND                 TREES DOWN IN MANY
                                          LOCATIONS IN SOUTHERN
                                          NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY.

ONDREJIK

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:13 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Adams

When: June 12, 5:15 PM EST
Where: Adams County, Biglerville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 39.933, -77.250

Trees were down in Biglerville.

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

Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Pennsylvania, June 2001

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: 5253265.