Thunderstorm Wind, Belmont
- When
- May 11, 5:07 PM EST
- Where
- Belmont County, Bellaire
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.033, -80.750
Large trees down.
Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 11, 2004
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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 May 11, 2:14 PM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 11, 2:14 PM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 314 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2004 AFTN BNDRY STRECHED ACROSS MIDDLE OF CWA ATTM AND SHLD PROVIDE FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR PRECIP TNGT...COUPLED WITH HEATING/UNSTABLE AIRMASS. ANY STORMS WILL BE SLOW MVG AND WITH PWS ABT 1.3, HAVE OPTED TO MENTION HVY DWPNRS/GSTY WINDS. BNDRY SHLD PULL BACK NEWD LTR TNGT AS REGION WILL REMAIN IN WARM MOIST UNSTABLE SW FLOW AS BERMUDA HIGH HOLDS OFF EAST COAST. DIURNAL HEATING/WEAK IMPULSES WILL PROVIDE CHC POPS NEXT FEW DAYS ALONG WITH ABV NORMAL TEMPS. MDLS STILL ADVERTISE A COLD FRONT SWINGING EWD SLOWLY ACROSS THE AREA THIS WKND...KEEPING THREAT FOR FURTHER PRECIP. EXPECT FRONT TO STALL ALONG OR S OF M/D LINE DURING SUN... AND WORK BACK NEWD EARLY NEXT WEEK...SO WARM AND HUMID WX TO CONT. .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. OH...NONE. WV...NONE. MD...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 11:35 AM EST, 5 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1235 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2004 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-110900- ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-BEAVER PA-BELMONT OH-BROOKE WV-BUTLER PA- CARROLL OH-CLARION PA-COLUMBIANA OH-COSHOCTON OH-FAYETTE PA- FOREST PA-GARRETT MD-GREENE PA-GUERNSEY OH-HANCOCK WV-HARRISON OH- INDIANA PA-JEFFERSON PA-JEFFERSON OH-LAWRENCE PA-MARION WV- MARSHALL WV-MERCER PA-MONONGALIA WV-MONROE OH-MUSKINGUM OH-NOBLE OH- OHIO WV-PRESTON WV-TUCKER WV-TUSCARAWAS OH-VENANGO PA-WASHINGTON PA- WESTMORELAND PA-WETZEL WV- 1235 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS... THEY COULD HAVE SMALL HAIL HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 11, 2:55 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 355 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2004 OHZ057-112300- MUSKINGUM OH- 355 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTH INTO MUSKINGUM COUNTY AT ABOUT 15 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN... GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THE STORM ARE STONE...ROSEVILLE...CANNELVILLE AND STOVERTOWN. THE STORM COULD EFFECT ZANESVILLE BY 4:30 PM ALSO.
Special weather statement, May 11, 3:07 PM EST, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 407 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2004 OHZ058-059-068-069-WVZ004-012-112259- BELMONT OH-GUERNSEY OH-MARSHALL WV-MONROE OH-NOBLE OH-WETZEL WV- 407 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO, MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT ABOUT 15 MPH. THESE SLOW MOVING STORMS MAY DUMP UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. THIS COULD CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW AREAS OR WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR. WINDS COULD GUST TO 40 MILES AN HOUR, ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES, MOVE INDOORS. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 11, 3:26 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 426 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2004 OHZ057>059-068-069-WVZ004-012-112230- BELMONT OH-GUERNSEY OH-MARSHALL WV-MONROE OH-MUSKINGUM OH-NOBLE OH-WETZEL WV- 426 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2004 ...THUNDERSTORM UPDATE... NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 10 MPH THROUGH THESE COUNTIES UNTIL AROUND 7 PM. THERE CAN ALSO BE GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS GETTING MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN THIS EVENING CAN EXPERIENCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. NEVER GO THROUGH PONDED WATER. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS.
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:05 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Florida, May 11, 2004
- Ice Storm in North Dakota, May 11 to 12, 2004
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 11, 2004
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 11 to 12, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 11, 2004
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 11, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 11, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, May 11, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 11, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 11, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 11, 2004
- Rip Current in Florida, May 11, 2004
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, May 2004
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: 5398060.