Pennsylvania, 2001

Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 21, 2001

June 21, 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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  • Heat and drought
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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 21, 12:55 PM EST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 12:55 PM EST, 4 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
155 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2001

NO REST...AS CONVECTION NOW EVIDENT ACROSS NWRN HALF OF CWA. SHEAR
ENV FAVORABLE FOR ROTATION ANYWHERE NEAR AND TO THE SOUTH OF THAT
FAITHFUL PUPPY OF A SFC BOUNDARY. IT JUST WANTS TO STAY CLOSE TO US.
SPC HAS EXPANDED SLGT RISK AREA TO COVER ALL OF MY CWA. TALL CU
VISBL ON SAT PICS WHERE CLEARING/SIG THINNING OF CLD CVR HAS TAKEN
PLACE IN WRN PA/ERN OH...ESP ALONG THE PEAKS IN LAURELS...AND RADAR
BEGINNING TO SHOW SIGGY RETURNS NOW.

AS SFC WAVE OV IN WIGGLES NEWRD ALONG THE BOUNDARY AND IT FORCES THE
BNDRY TO LIFT SLIGHTLY NORTH THIS EVENING...WE SHOULD STAY MAINLY IN
THE WARM SECTOR UNTIL PROGGED/ATTENDANT SQUALL LINE PUSHES THRU AFT
MIDNIGHT. REAL NRLY WINDS AND DRIER AIR NOT TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE
UNTIL FRI NITE/SAT. AVN CONTINUES TO ADVERTISE A SLOW PROGRESSION OF
THE FINAL FRONT AS IT GETS INTO ERN PA. THIS WL NECESSITATE A
LINGERING CHC OF SHRA IN THE EAST ON SAT AM.

ADDRESSING THE FLFLOOD THREAT...THREAT APPEARS HIGHEST OV ERN
ZNS...WHERE ALLISON MADE IT SOGGY...AND LAST NIGHT'S STORMS ADDED.
BUT AFTER COORD W/HPC QPF FCSTR/PHI AND BGM...THE THREAT DOES NOT
APPEAR TO BE WIDESPREAD ENUF TO WARRANT POSTING A WATCH.
CONVECTION IN CENTRAL MTNS THIS AFTN/EVENING SHUD SLIP EASTWARD AND
INTO THE SUSQ VLY...BUT...THE CELLS SHOULD BE MOVG...PWATS NOT
EXCEEDINGLY HI AND FFG FAIRLY HIGH.

XTNDD: SUNDAY LOOKING LIKE THE NICEST DAY AS CD FNT SHUD BE TO EAST
AND WEAK SFC HI AROUND AREA. BIG CONTROVERSY IS WHETHER/WHERE UPR
CUTOFF LOW WL DEVELOP FOR EARLY/MID NEXT WEEK. TENDENCY FROM
YESTERDAYS RUNS IS TO CENTER THE LOW MORE TO THE SW - LIKE OVER THE
COAL FIELDS OF KY/WV. UNDER SUCH A FLOW...WE WUD LIKELY SEE DAILY
CHCS OF AFTN SHRA AND COOLER THAN CLIMO TEMPS. FMR GUID LOOKS HI TO
ME AGAIN TODAY...AND WL CONTINUE PREV FCSTS AND NOTCH TEMPS DOWN FOR
MOST OF iXTNDD PDS.

.CTP...NONE.

DANGELO

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 21, 3:37 PM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
PHLWRKLSR
TTAAOO KCTP 212037

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE, PA
437 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2001

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

0410 PM    ALTOONA                   PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/21/01   BLAIR                          TREE AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN.

0410 PM    ALTOONA                   PA   FLOODING
06/21/01   BLAIR                          FLOODING ON CITY ROADS
                                          INCLUDING ROUTE 36 NEAR
                                          15TH AVE AND 18TH STREET.
                                          ALSO REPORTS OF FAST
           ,                               FLOWING WATER ON 7TH AVE.
                                          MANHOLE COVERS BLOWN OFF.

GAD/PAJ

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Clearfield

When
June 21, 5:30 PM EST
Where
Clearfield County, Clearfield
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
41.033, -78.450

Trees were reported down in Clearfield.

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

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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: 5253446.