Hail in Pennsylvania, August 7, 2003

Name: Hail in Pennsylvania, August 7, 2003
Start: 2003-08-07T18:47
End: 2003-08-07T18:47
Location: Pennsylvania

August 7, 2003 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 7, 12:50 PM EST, 5 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 12:50 PM EST, 5 hours 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
150 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003

EARLY ZONE ISSUANCE SINCE WE ARE GOING WITH FFA TIL 10 PM THIS
EVENING FOR MUCH OF THE CWA. CELLS FORMING WITH HEAVY RAIN AND ARE
NEARLY STATIONARY.

LOCKED IN PATTERN WITH UPPER TROUGH TO OUR WEST THROUGH THE WEEKEND
AT LEAST. NOT MUCH CHANGE TO THIS FORECAST OVER THE PAST ONE.

PIT   64  80  65  79 /  60  40  40  40
HLG   64  79  65  78 /  60  40  40  40
MGW   63  80  66  78 /  60  30  30  40
ZZV   63  80  66  78 /  60  30  30  40
PHD   63  80  66  78 /  60  30  30  40
FKL   61  77  63  75 /  40  40  40  40
DUJ   61  77  63  75 /  40  40  40  40
LBE   62  77  64  76 /  60  40  40  40
BTP   63  78  65  77 /  50  40  40  40
IDI   61  77  63  75 /  40  40  40  40
ODM   58  78  59  69 /  70  50  50  40

.PBZ...
MD...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR ZONE MDZ001.

OH...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR ZONES
OHZ039>041...OHZ048>050...OHZ057>059...OHZ068>069.

PA...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR ZONES
PAZ013>014...PAZ020>021...PAZ029>032.

WV...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR ZONES
WVZ001>004...WVZ012...WVZ021>023...WVZ041.

RS

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 3:58 AM EST, 14 hours 49 minutes before

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-070900-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
458 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND
GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY.
ALTHOUGH THIS ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS...ANY
STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE VERY SLOW MOVING AND CONTAIN HEAVY
RAIN. BECAUSE OF THIS...FLOODING WILL BE A THREAT TODAY...
ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECT THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 4:50 PM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes before

WVZ021-072345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
550 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN MARION COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OVER METZ AND GLOVER GAP,
NORTH OF MANNINGTON. THESE STORM COULD DUMP ONE INCH OF RAIN IN LESS
THAN ONE HOUR AS THEY MOVE NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS MAY
CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.  SOME STREET
FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE.  MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH FOR WATER PONDING
ON THE ROAD.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS ALSO THREAT, SO TAKE COVER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACH.

IF CAUGHT IN RISING WATER, MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND.  NEVER
DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD, IT COULD BE TOO DEEP OR SWIFT TO
PASS THROUGH SAFELY.  STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES.

Local storm report, Aug 7, 5:33 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
633 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003

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

0630 PM    ROSWELL                   OHIO   FLASH FLOODS
08/07/03   TUSCARAWAS                     ROAD FLOODING ALONG STATE
                                          RT 36 REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:45 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PAZ013-080015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
645 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN IN LAWRENCE COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN IN SOUTHWEST LAWRENCE COUNTY
NEAR THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE.  THIS NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM
COULD DUMP 1.0 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.  THIS
MAY CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.  SOME
STREET FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE.  MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH FOR WATER
PONDING ON THE ROAD.  THE TURNPIKE WILL BE AFFECTED.

ALSO, FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS A THREAT, SO TAKE COVER INDOORS.

IF CAUGHT IN RISING WATER, MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND.  NEVER
DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD, IT COULD BE TOO DEEP OR SWIFT TO
PASS THROUGH SAFELY.  STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES.

REHAK

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:03 PM EST, 44 minutes before

OHZ041-080030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
703 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN LAWRENCE COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN COLUMBIANA COUNTY NEAR
LISBON OHIO.  THIS NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM COULD DUMP 1.0 TO
1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.  THIS MAY CAUSE FLOODING IN
LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.  SOME STREET FLOODING IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.  MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH FOR WATER PONDING ON THE ROAD.
THE TURNPIKE WILL BE AFFECTED.

ALSO, FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS A THREAT, SO TAKE COVER INDOORS.

IF CAUGHT IN RISING WATER, MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND.  NEVER
DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD, IT COULD BE TOO DEEP OR SWIFT TO
PASS THROUGH SAFELY.  STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES.

REHAK

Local storm report, Aug 7, 6:22 PM EST, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
722 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003

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

0630 PM    ROSWELL                   OHIO   FLASH FLOODS
08/07/03   TUSCARAWAS                     ROAD FLOODING ALONG STATE
                                          RT 36 REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0711 PM    NEW CASTLE                PA   FLASH FLOODS
08/07/03   LAWRENCE                       ROAD FLOODING. REPORTED BY
                                          PUBLIC

Local storm report, Aug 7, 6:44 PM EST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
744 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003

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

0745 PM    NEW CASTLE                PA   FLASH FLOODS
08/07/03   LAWRENCE                       NUMEROUS ROADS AND
                                          BASEMENTS FLOODED. REPORTED
                                          BY SKYWARN SPOTTERS

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:47 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lawrence

When: August 7, 6:47 PM EST
Where: Lawrence County, New Castle
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 41.000, -80.350

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Pennsylvania, August 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: 5334167.