Pennsylvania, 2003

Hail in Pennsylvania, July 14, 2003

July 14, 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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  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 Jul 14, 1:45 PM EST, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 1:45 PM EST, 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
245 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2003

SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE BREAKING OUT ALONG CHESTNUT RIDGE
ACROSS EASTERN FAYETTE AND WESTMORELAND COUNTY. WILL KEEP IN A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAIN COUNTIES TO THE EAST...INCLUDING
PRESTON TUCKER AND GARRETT. THESE SHOWERS SHOULD DIE QUICKLY AS THE
SUN SETS.

SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE EAST WITH WEAK COLD FRONT FOR TUESDAY NIGHT
BRINGING SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS INTO THE OHIO COUNTIES LATE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY NIGHT.
SOME SHOWERS MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY IN PRESTON TUCKER AND GARRETT
AS FRONT STALLS SOUTH OF PIT.

.PBZ...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

RSD
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 3:55 AM EST, 10 hours 30 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-140900-

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.

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:24 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Westmoreland

When
July 14, 2:25 PM EST
Where
Westmoreland County, Greensburg
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.300, -79.550

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.

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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: 5373866.