Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- October 24, 11:42 PM EST
- Where
- Crawford County, Linesville
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.667, -80.433
A 61 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured three miles east of Linesville.
Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, October 24 to 25, 2001
3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $17,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 24, 6:32 PM EST, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 6:32 PM EST, 5 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 732 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001 LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EAST INTO THE COUNTY WARNING AREA AT THIS TIME. SENDING AN UPDATE TO HOIST TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO AND OHIO PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE. NORTHWEST PA WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE WATCH BUT POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS IN THIS AREA FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ZONES WILL BE OUT SHORTLY. LOMBARDY 220 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001 LATEST MDL RUNS SHOW PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT ON GROSS FEATURES...UPR LVLS AND SFC. CLOSED UPR LOW OVR DAKOTAS DEEPENS AS IT MOVES E... OVR ERN LSUP BY MDDAY THU THEN OVR XTRM SW QUE AT 48 HRS. SFC LOW MN EJECTED TO NE BUT APPEARS TO BE CAPTURED BY UPR LOW AND SPENDS SOME TIME SPINNING OVER SE ONT. RSNBLY HI THREAT FOR SHWRS/TSTMS OVRNGT SO WL PRBBLY BE GOING WITH CAT FCST MOST AREAS. NGM GUID WANTS TO KEEP POPS AT CHC LVL ACRS THE BRD...BUT FEEL THIS MAY BE A BIT OVRDN DESPITE STG CAA. LE NOT LIKELY TO KICK IN DURG DAY WITH WINDS MORE OR LESS PARALLEL TO SHORELINE THRU 00Z. WUD HV TO DEPEND ON SYN SCALE FEATURE AND AM NOT IMPRESSED WITH WHAT PROGS PORTRAYING. MAY LV A LOW CHC POP FOR AM SHWRS E END OF CWA BUT NOTHING ELSE. CONDS STARTING TO LINE UP FOR A PRETTY GOOD LE EVENT THU NGT AND FRI. CD AIR WL BE IN PLACE WITH LW LVL WNDS SHFTG ARND TO NW. ETA SHOWING SOME SGFNT UVV OVR E END OF CWA. WL GO WITH A CHC SHRA/SN WRN HLF THU NGT AND FRI AND LKLY E. CO-ORDINATED WITH NRN IN ON POTENTIAL FOR HI WND WARNING FOR THU AND THU NGT. THE POTENTIAL IS THERE BUT WILL GO WITH WINDY ATTM. MOS TMPS DONT LOOK TOO BAD WITH LTL IF ANY RISE XPCTD FOR THU. TMPS ABT THE SAME FOR FRI...MAYBE A DEGREE OR TWO LESS E. VRCEK .CLE... OH...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY. PA...NONE.
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:41 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Erie
- When
- October 25, 12:00 AM EST to 12:15 AM EST
- Where
- Erie County, Erie
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.117, -80.083
Thunderstorms winds downed two trees in Erie and two trees in Corry.
Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- October 25, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Crawford County, Saegertown
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.733, -80.150
Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree.
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
- Tornado in Indiana, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes in Indiana, October 24, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Michigan, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes in Ohio, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes in Indiana, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes in Indiana, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes in Indiana, October 24, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes in Michigan, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, October 24, 2001
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5271783, 5271784, 5271785.