High Wind, Hancock
- When
- July 21, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hancock forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.522, -80.574 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees down in New Cumberland.
High Wind in West Virginia, July 21, 2003
1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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.
- 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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 21, 2:53 PM EST, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 2:53 PM EST, 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 353 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003 CLASSIC BOOK-END VORTICTY AFFECTED GOOD PORTION OF CWA DURING AFTN AS STRONG SHRT/WV MOVING SEWD INTERRACTED WITH DYNAMIC/UNSTABLE ATMS... WITH PWS 1.8-2.0. FRONTAL BNDRY TO OUR WEST WILL SLOWLY MOVES SEWD AS UPPER TROF DEEPENS WITH SERIES SHRT/WVS FROM TIME TO TIME...AND PRECIP PSBLY BEACOUP. GROUNDS QUITE SATURATED IN SOME LOCALTIES AND AN INCH OF RAIN IN HR OR LESS...SPCLY N OF I80 TNGT CAN CAUSE FLOODING QUICKLY. MESOETA DEPICTS A STRONG SHRT/WV IN BOTTOM OF UPPER TROF AS IT MOVES EWD AND AFFECTS CWA WED...BEARS WATCHING. ONCE THIS SYSTEM EXITS DURING THRS...DRIER WX FOR REGION INTO WKND. PIT 65 76 62 72 / 80 80 60 60 HLG 66 76 63 72 / 70 70 60 60 MGW 66 76 63 72 / 70 70 60 60 ZZV 65 76 62 72 / 70 70 60 60 PHD 65 76 62 72 / 70 70 60 60 FKL 62 75 60 70 / 70 80 60 60 DUJ 62 75 60 70 / 70 80 60 60 LBE 63 78 61 74 / 70 80 60 60 BTP 62 75 60 70 / 70 80 60 60 IDI 63 76 61 71 / 70 80 60 60 ODM 64 75 61 71 / 70 70 60 60 .PBZ... MD...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONE MDZ001. OH...HIGH WIND WARNING TIL 8PM EDT FOR ZONES OHZ039>041...OHZ048>050...OHZ057>059. FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES OHZ039>041...OHZ048>050... OHZ057>059...OHZ068>069. PA...HIGH WIND WARNING TIL 8PM EDT FOR ZONES PAZ007>009...PAZ013>016...PAZ020>023...PAZ029>032. FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES PAZ007>009...PAZ013>016... PAZ020>023...PAZ029>032. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 8PM EDT FOR ZONES PAZ007>009...PAZ013>016...PAZ020>023...PAZ029>032. WV...HIGH WIND WARNING TIL 8PM EDT FOR ZONES WVZ001>004. FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES WVZ001>004...WVZ012...WVZ021>023... WVZ041.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 8:20 AM EST, 6 hours 40 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-211520- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 920 AM EDT MON JUL 21 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE IS ALSO A FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STORMS, TODAY AND TONIGHT, CAN HAVE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. THERE WILL ALSO BE PERIODS OF FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT PRESENTLY UNTIL 2PM EDT TODAY FOR THE ENTIRE REGION. THE FIRST ROUND OF STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION, BEGINNING IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO AROUND 10AM THIS MORNING AND THEN AFFECT WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND EXTREME NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA TOWARD NOON. THERE MAY BE A SECOND ROUND OF STORMS TOWARD EVENING, AND A THIRD ROUND CAN COME DURING THE MIDDLE OF TONIGHT. LOCATIONS GETTING MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN A COUPLE HOURS CAN GET FLOODING. LOCATIONS GETTING REPEATED PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT CAN GET SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY /DAY 2/. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE FLOODING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER NETWORK WILL BE ACTIVITATED AT 10AM THIS MORNING.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 11:01 AM EST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-211630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1201 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN PENNSYLVANIA... ALLEGHENY ARMSTRONG BEAVER BUTLER CLARION FAYETTE FOREST GREENE INDIANA JEFFERSON LAWRENCE MERCER VENANGO WASHINGTON WESTMORELAND IN WEST VIRGINIA... BROOKE HANCOCK MARION MARSHALL MONONGALIA OHIO PRESTON TUCKER WETZEL IN OHIO... BELMONT CARROLL COLUMBIANA COSHOCTON GUERNSEY HARRISON JEFFERSON MONROE MUSKINGUM NOBLE TUSCARAWAS IN MARYLAND... GARRETT THERE STILL REMAINS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER DETAILS.
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 11:06 AM EST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-211800- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1206 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003 ...STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS... WHILE THE TREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON HAS DIMINISHED...STORMS COULD AGAIN DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVEN THIS EVENING. IF THEY OCCUR...THEY COULD BE SEVERE WITH STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THERE WOULD ALSO BE THE THREAT OF FLOODING WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
Local storm report, Jul 21, 12:27 PM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
127 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1050 AM WEST BEDFORD OHIO WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 COSHOCTON TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENTSpecial weather statement, Jul 21, 12:38 PM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029>032-220000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 138 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN PENNSYLVANIA... ALLEGHENY ARMSTRONG BEAVER BUTLER CLARION FAYETTE FOREST GREENE INDIANA JEFFERSON LAWRENCE MERCER VENANGO WASHINGTON WESTMORELAND
Local storm report, Jul 21, 1:20 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
220 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0157 PM GROVE CITY PA WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 MERCER LARGE TREES DOWNREPORTED
BY PUBLIC
0145 PM HERMITAGE PA WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 MERCER TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
PUBLIC
0200 PM GREENVILLE PA FLASH FLOODS
07/21/03 MERCER STREET FLOODING REPORTED BY
PUBLIC
0211 PM HERMITAGE PA FLASH FLOODS
07/21/03 MERCER STREET FLOODING REPORTED
BY PUBLIC
0214 PM SANDY LAKE PA WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 MERCER LARGE TREES DOWN REPORTED
BY SKYWARN SPOTTERS
0200 PM COUNTYWIDE PA WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 BUTLER LARGE TREES DOWN REPORTED
BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
0214 PM NATRONA HTS PA WIND DAMAGE
07/14/03 ALLEGHENY LARGE TREES DOWNLocal storm report, Jul 21, 2:06 PM EST, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
306 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0215 PM SHADYSIDE PA WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 ALLEGHENY WIRES DOWN REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
0226 PM AMBRIDGE PA WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 BEAVER LARGE TREES DOWN REPORTED
BY PUBLIC
0225 PM COUNTYWIDE PA WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 CLARION LARGE TREES DOWN REPORTED
BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
0213 PM DAYTON PA WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 ARMSTRONG LARGE TREES DOWN REPORTED
BY PUBLIC
0230 PM COUNTYWIDE, LAWRENCE PA WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 LAWRENCE LARGE TREES DOWN REPORTED
BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
0230 PM OIL CITY PA WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 VENANGO ROOF OFF REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
0240 PM PLEASANTVILLE PA WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 VENANGO LARGE BRANCHES REPORTED BY
SKYWARN SPOTTERS
0240 PM CORISCA PA WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 JEFFERSON LARGE TREES DOWN REPORTED
BY SKYWARN SPOTTERS
0254 PM FRANKLIN PA WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 VENANGO LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN
REPORTED BY PUBLIC
0234 PM PROSPECT PA WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 BUTLER LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN
REPORTED BY PUBLIC
0245 PM SENECA PA FLASH FLOODS
07/21/03 VENANGO BASEMENTS AND ROADS
FLOODING REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENTThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Ohio, July 21 to 24, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 21 to 22, 2003
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in New York, July 21, 2003
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, July 21, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 21, 2003
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, July 21, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, July 21, 2003
- Rip Current in California, July 21, 2003
- Flooding in Ohio, July 21 to 23, 2003
- Flood in Ohio, July 21 to 24, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 21, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, July 21 to 23, 2003
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, July 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: 5370133.