Pennsylvania, 2001

Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 30, 2001

June 30, 2001 · NWS PBZ · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$6,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 30, 1:50 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 1:50 PM EST, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
250 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2001

TSTMS CONT TO FIRE ALONG SW-NE ALIGNED BOUNDARY OVR NRN HALF OF
CWA.  WITH WBZ/FRZG LVL SO HIGH DONT FEEL LARGE HAIL WL BE
PROBLEM...BUT WITH ELEVATED CORES CRASHING DOWN COULD SEE SOME GUSTY
WINDS.  BIGGEST CONCERN FOR RMDR OF TDY WITH THESE STORMS THOUGH WL
BE HVY RAIN...ESP WITH TRAINING OF CELLS.  WITH 1HR FFG FOR MOST
LOCATIONS RUNNING ARND 2.0 INCHES THOUGH...FEEL ANY FLOODING
PROBLEMS WILL BE ISOLATED.

WL LEAVE LOW-POP MENTION IN FOR TONIGHT...BUT MAIN EVENT APPEARS TO
BE SETTING UP FOR TOMORROW.  UPPER-LVL JET/GOOD DIVERGENCE...MID-LVL
WINDS > 50KTS...AND PLENTY OF LO-LVL MOISTURE SHD SET AREA UP FOR
SOME STRONG STORMS WITH ASSTD FROPA.  FRONT SHD APCH NWRN CWA BY
ARND NOON LOCAL...EXITING SERN CWA DURG EVE HOURS.  WL TRY TO ALIGN
ZONES TO REFLECT THIS TIMING.

AS SFC HIGH SETTLES INTO AREA FROM NW SUNDAY NIGHT...LOOKS LIKE
COOLER/DRIER CONDS FOR MONDAY.  FOR TEMPS THRU MON...WENT CLOSE TO
NGM NUMBERS THRU TOMORROW...THEN BUMPED UP A FEW DEGREES FOR SUN
NIGHT AND MON.

FOR EXTNDD...AS MUCH AS I WANTED TO TRY AND KEEP THE FOURTH
DRY...THE MODELS JUST WONT COOPERATE.  MON AND TUES LOOK GOOD BUT
00Z MRF/12Z AVN BOTH BRING NEXT FRONT INTO AREA DURG THE DAY ON
WED.  SO...WL GO AHEAD AND ADD CHC SHRA/TSRA FOR WED AND CONT INTO
THURSDAY.

STRAGER

.PBZ...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

The radar

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Butler

When
June 30, 2:05 PM EST
Where
Butler County, Slippery Rock
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
41.067, -80.050

Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence

When
June 30, 4:09 PM EST
Where
Lawrence County, Neshannock Falls
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
41.083, -80.300

Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs.

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.

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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: 5251584, 5251585.