Thunderstorm Wind, York
- When
- August 6, 12:30 AM EST
- Where
- York County, Dillsburg
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.117, -77.033
Trees were reported down on Mountain and Dogwood Roads in Dillsburg.
Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 6, 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
- 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 Aug 5, 8:54 PM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 8:54 PM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 954 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003 WILL EXTEND THE CURR FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT...AS ADDITIONAL RAFL EXPECTED IN SOME OF THE SUSQ VLY OVERNIGHT. TRW MAKING IT VERY WET OVER PATCHES OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. RDR ESTIMATES (THANX TO OUR ET/S FOR GETTING THE RDR UP AND ALIVE) PUT 2-3 INCH AMNTS OV PORTIONS OF THE SUSQ VLY. GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO POINT TO WET FLOW FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. MCV FROM CONVECTION OV VA/MD IS TO RIDE UP THRU THE ERN HALF OF THE STATE OVERNIGHT...AND WE EXPECT ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDER FOR THE EAST...SO WILL KEEP FLOOD WATCH GOING UNTIL 4 AM. REST REMAINS THE SAME...LITERALLY...IN MANY WAYS...OVER AND OVER AGAIN...AND AGAIN. .CTP... PA...FLOOD WATCH FOR ERN COS THROUGH 4 AM. DANGELO
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 3:16 AM EST, 21 hours 14 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-051015- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 416 AM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME MAY BECOME LOCALLY SEVERE...CAUSING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGH AT LEAST THE END OF THE WEEK. LOCALIZED SEVERE STORMS MAY BE A THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 7:15 PM EST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
PAZ028-056-060115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 815 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN PERRY AND EASTERN JUNIATA COUNTIES... AT 813 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MILLERSTOWN...MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR LIVERPOOL AROUND 855 PM. THIS STORM IS NEAR THE JUNIATA AND PERRY COUNTY LINE. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO MAKE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. DANGELO
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 8:08 PM EST, 4 hours 22 minutes before
PAZ056-057-060200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 908 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN PERRY AND NORTHERN DAUPHIN COUNTIES... AT 902 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER FROM MILLERSBURG...IN NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR MILLERSBURG AND HALIFAX AROUND 920 PM...PILLOW AROUND 930 PM...BERRYSBURG AROUND 935 PM... ELIZABETHVILLE AROUND 940 PM...ELLENDALE FORGE AROUND 950 PM AND GRATZ AROUND 955 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL...AND POSSIBLY CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM HAS BEEN ESTIMATED TO BE OVER 2 INCHES NEAR MILLERSTOWN IN NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. DANGELO
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:31 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
- Flash Flood and Hail in Georgia, August 6, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in New Hampshire, August 6, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, August 6 to 7, 2003
- Wildfire in Hawaii, August 6, 2003
- Wildfire in Montana, August 6 to 24, 2003
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 6, 2003
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 6, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 6, 2003
- Flood in Ohio, August 6, 2003
- Tornado in North Carolina, August 6, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Maine, August 6, 2003
- Flash Flooding in New York, August 6, 2003
More
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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: 5368877.