Thunderstorm Wind, Huntingdon
- When
- June 12, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Huntingdon County, Huntingdon
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -78.017
Trees were down in Huntingdon and Warriors Mark.
Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 12, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- 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 Jun 12, 1:53 PM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 1:53 PM EST, 2 hours 37 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, 1 hour 49 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, 30 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, 16 minutes 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
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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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 12, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 12, 2001
- Flooding in Iowa, June 12 to 23, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 12, 2001
- Flash Flood in South Dakota, June 12 to 13, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, June 12 to 13, 2001
- Hail in Minnesota, June 12, 2001
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Utah, June 12, 2001
- Hail in Iowa, June 12, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 12, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Michigan, June 12, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Georgia, June 12 to 13, 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: 5253267.