Pennsylvania, 2001

Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 30, 2001

June 30, 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 30, 2:10 PM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 2:10 PM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
310 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2001

AS OF 3 PM...REGIONAL RADAR LOOP SHOWING SQUALL LINE OVER CENTRAL PA
WHILE SFC COLD FRONT JUST MOVING INTO NW PA. WILL PROBABLY DROP
WATCH FOR AREAS NORTH OF I-80 WITH THIS ISSUANCE. LOOKS LIKE STORMS
SHOULD CLEAR SE ZONES BY AROUND SUNSET...THEN CLEARING AND MUCH
COOLER CONDITIONS FOR THE OVERNIGHT AS DRY AIR ADVECTS SOUTHWARD.

HI PRES BUILDS INTO THE AREA...BRINGING FAIR AND COOL CONDITIONS
MONDAY AND MON NITE. 850 TEMPS SUGGEST FULL SUN HIGH TEMPS FROM THE
M-U60S OVER THE MTNS...TO THE M70S IN THE SUSQ VALLEY. WILL UNDERCUT
MOS LOWS MON NITE GIVEN NEARLY IDEAL RADIATING CONDITIONS. 2M ETA
SFC TEMPS SEEM TO SUPPORT THE COOLER TEMPS...RUNNING SEVERAL DEGREES
BLW THOSE OF THE NGM EARLY TUE AM.

EXTENDED...FRONT TRYS TO RETURN NORTHWARD LATE TUESDAY AS HI PRES
SLIPS OFF THE EAST COAST...THEN A COLD FRONT BRINGS REINFORCING SHOT
OF COOL WX FOR LATE WEEK.

.CTP...SEVERE TSTM WATCH UNTIL 6 PM FOR SOUTHERN HALF OF CWA.

FITZGERALD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 30, 2:12 PM EST, 5 hours 18 minutes before
PHLWRKLSR
TTAAOO KCTP 301912

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE, PA
312 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2001

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

0100 PM    2 SE WINDSOR              PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/30/01   YORK                           WIRES BLOWN DOWN IN
                                          WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, AND AN
                                          ANTENNA BLOWN OFF THE ROOF
                                          OF THE RED LION FIRE
                                          STATION.

LAMBERT

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia

When
June 30, 7:30 PM EST
Where
Columbia County, 5 mi S of Catawissa
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
40.883, -76.450

Trees were reported down 5 miles south of Catawissa.

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

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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: 5253537.