Thunderstorm Wind, Belmont
- When
- July 7, 11:01 PM EST
- Where
- Belmont County, Martins Ferry
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -80.717
Trees and power lines blown down by wind.
Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 7, 2003
1 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
- $5,000
- 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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 7, 7:05 PM EST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 7:05 PM EST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 805 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2003 UPDATED TO DROP MOST OF THE STORM AND FLOOD WATCHES. AM HOPEFUL NEXT ROUND OF TSTMS IN NW OH WILL NOT GET HERE OVER NIGHT. CURRENT ATMOS HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH WORKED OVER BY THE WIND GUSTS AND STORMS OF EARLIER THIS EVE. .PBZ... MD...FLOOD WATCH TIL 10 PM MDZ001. OH...NONE. PA...FLOOD WATCH TIL 10 PM PAZ021>023-029>032. WV...FLOOD WATCH TIL 10 PM WVZ021>023-041.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 2:09 PM EST, 8 hours 52 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-080100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 309 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR EXTREME NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE AGAIN ON TUESDAY FOR THE REGION. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 7, 5:57 PM EST, 5 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
657 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0645 PM MURRYSVILLE PA WIND DAMAGE
07/07/03 WESTMORELAND LARGE TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. 911
0650 PM MONESSEN PA WIND DAMAGE
07/07/03 WESTMORELAND LARGE TREES DOWN. 911Local storm report, Jul 7, 6:07 PM EST, 4 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
707 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0500 PM MUDSOCK PA WIND DAMAGE
07/07/03 TUSCARAWAS TREES DOWN. 911
0615 PM 3 E BELMONT OH WIND DAMAGE
07/07/03 BELMONT LARGE TREE BRANCHES DOWN. SPOTTER
0633 PM WHEELING WV 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/07/03 OHIO PUBLIC REPORTED.Local storm report, Jul 7, 6:27 PM EST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
727 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0705 PM 1 N INDIANA PA WIND DAMAGE
07/07/03 INDIANA TREES DOWN. 911Special weather statement, Jul 7, 6:32 PM EST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ040-041-049-050-058-059-068-069-PAZ013>016-020>023-029>032- WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-080100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 732 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2003 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN PENNSYLVANIA... ALLEGHENY ARMSTRONG BEAVER BUTLER CLARION FAYETTE GREENE INDIANA JEFFERSON LAWRENCE WASHINGTON WESTMORELAND. IN WEST VIRGINIA... BROOKE HANCOCK MARION MARSHALL MONONGALIA OHIO WETZEL. IN OHIO... BELMONT CARROLL COLUMBIANA GUERNSEY HARRISON JEFFERSON MONROE NOBLE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN WEST VIRGINIA... PRESTON TUCKER. IN MARYLAND... GARRETT.
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 8:29 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
OHZ048-057-080300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 929 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2003 THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS COSHOCTON COUNTY AND NORTHERN MUSKINGUM COUNTY THROUGH 11 PM. EXPECT WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS. HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 9:05 PM EST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-WVZ001>004-012-080500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1005 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2003 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN WEST VIRGINIA... BROOKE HANCOCK MARSHALL OHIO WETZEL IN OHIO... BELMONT CARROLL COLUMBIANA COSHOCTON GUERNSEY HARRISON JEFFERSON MONROE MUSKINGUM NOBLE TUSCARAWAS <<< CALL TO ACTION >>> 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.
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:59 UTC.
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 Oklahoma, July 7, 2003
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Ohio, July 7 to 8, 2003
- Hail in Iowa, July 7, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, July 7, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 7, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, July 7 to 8, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 7, 2003
- Flood in Ohio, July 7 to 13, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 7, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, July 7, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 7, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 7, 2003
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, July 2003
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: 5369876.