1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 14, 3:15 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 415 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2003 QUICK UPDATE TO ADD SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA ERLY TO COUNTIES ADJACENT TO THE MTN COUNTIES. .PBZ... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE.
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-140900- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 455 AM EDT MON JUL 14 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY PUSH THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BRING THE RISK FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. THESE STORMS COULD CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
344 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0330 PM ADAMSBURG PA WIND DAMAGE
07/14/03 WESTMORELAND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG
ROUTE 136 NEAR ADAMSBURG.
REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTERSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
348 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0345 PM 3 E NEW STANTON PA FLASH FLOODS
07/14/03 WESTMORELAND FLOODING REPORTED ALONG
ARMBRUST ROAD IN ARMBRUST
AS REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
423 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0325 PM GREENSBURG PA .75 INCH HAIL
07/14/03 WESTMORELAND REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTERSPAZ021-142100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 426 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2003 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH THE AREA... AT 4:25 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING THROUGH EASTERN ALLEGHENY COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY AND MAY RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. LOCATIONS WHICH WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS ARE MONROEVILLE...WALL...PITCAIRN...AND TURTLE CREEK. BE ALERT THIS RUSH HOUR AS HEAVY RAIN CAN CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY. TYBURSKI
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:30 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Wades Rd flooded by Little Sewickley Creek.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, July 2003
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: 5373868.