Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- June 22, 4:35 PM EST
- Where
- Lancaster County, White Horse
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.033, -76.000
Trees were reported down in White Horse.
Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 22, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- 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 22, 11:40 AM EST, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 11:40 AM EST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1240 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001 RADAR LIT UP AND SHEAR ENVIRONMENT IN LWR SUSQ HAS ALREADY HELPED A FEW STORMS GROW TO BE MARGINALLY SVR. DWPTS IN THE 50S NOW MAKING THEIR WAY INTO PA FM WEST AND FINE-LINE ON WESTERN EDGE OF RDR ECHOES PROBABLY DENOTES THE COLD FRONT. TROUBLE LIES TO THE SW...WHERE IR AND REGIONAL RDRS SHOW A DEVELOPING WAVE RIDING POLEWARD ALONG THE CD FNT. NEAR TERM GUID NOW ALL AGREE THAT THIS WILL SERVE TO ENHANCE RAFL/FF POTENTIAL...ESP ACROSS THE EASTERN 1/2 OF FA - NOT JUST THRU THE NIGHT...BUT ALSO FOR MUCH OF SATURDAY AS WELL. AM CONSIDERING EXTENDING FFA FOR ERN PORTION OF CWA INTO SATURDAY EVE. OTHERWISE...WL INCLUDE TIMING TO CUT OFF SHRA IN WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND LINGER THRU OR EVEN JUST AFT NOONTIME IN CENTRAL COS. ERN PA...TIMING UNNECESSARY FOR SAT...AS IT LOOKS LIKE AN ALL DAY LIKLIHOOD. SUNDAY DRIER THAN OTHER DAYS. XTNDD: MED RANGE GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO GO WITH CUT-OFF LOW UNDER OTHERWISE WIDE/FLAT RIDGE AT 5H. TREND LAST TWO DAYS HAS BEEN TO PUSH THE CUTOFF TO THE SOUTHWEST. CURR FCST IS HEADED THIS WAY...WITH CHC SHRA EVERY DAY AND SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPS. A FURTHER RETROGRESSION WWD WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF ALLOWING US TO GET WARMER/MILDER THAN CURR FCST...BUT KEEP THE CHC OF PCPN GOING. .CTP...FLASH FLOOD WATCH...TONIGHT...ALL BUT FAR WESTERN COUNTIES. DANGELO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:05 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
PAZ028-036-050>053-056>059-063>066-222300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 305 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... LEBANON...MONTOUR...NORTHUMBERLAND...JUNIATA...PERRY...FRANKLIN... DAUPHIN...LANCASTER...CUMBERLAND...ADAMS...SCHUYLKILL...YORK... COLUMBIA AND SNYDER. LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING OVER THE LOWER AND MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST THIS EVENING...ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY. THESE STORMS ALSO HAVE THE HISTORY OF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS..LARGE HAIL..AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAIN FLOODS ROADS QUICKLY SO DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. ROGOWSKI/LAMBERT
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in California, June 22 to 30, 2001
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 22 to 23, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 22 to 23, 2001
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 22, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Maryland, June 22 to 23, 2001
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, June 22, 2001
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 22, 2001
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 22 to 23, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 22, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 22, 2001
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 22, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in New York, June 22, 2001
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5253452.