1 strong wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Nov 13, 9:09 AM EST, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 909 AM EST THU NOV 13 2003 WILL UPDATE ZONES TO REMOVE MENTION OF MORNING RAIN SHOWERS. SHOWERS HAVE ALL CHANGED TO SNOW SHOWERS WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLD AIR. .PBZ... MD...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON FOR ZONE MDZ001. OH...WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON FOR ZONES OHZ039>041...OHZ048>050...OHZ057>059...OHZ068>069. PA...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON FOR ZONES PAZ007>009...PAZ015>016...PAZ023...PAZ030...PAZ032. WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON FOR ZONES PAZ013>014... PAZ020>022...PAZ029...PAZ031. WV...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON FOR ZONES WVZ023...WVZ041. WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON FOR ZONES WVZ001>004... WVZ012...WVZ021>022. RSD
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-131030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 545 AM EST THU NOV 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FOR NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. WIND GUSTS CAN GO OVER 60 MPH. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS CAN DEPOSIT UP TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IN SPOTS INTO TONIGHT. FOR MOST AREAS THIS WILL BE THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FOR THE REST OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. WIND GUSTS IN THIS AREA CAN GO OVER 45 MPH. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS CAN DEPOSIT UP TO A HALF INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IN SPOTS INTO TONIGHT. FOR MOST AREAS THIS WILL BE THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An 84-year-old woman was knocked down on the sidewalk, and died, in front of a beauty shop, in Patterson Twp by a gust of wind estimated at 55 mph (48 kt).
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Wind, Beaver | 2003-11-13 | 84 | Female | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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, November 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: 5336488.