Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 14, 2004

Name: Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 14, 2004
Start: 2004-06-14T17:45
End: 2004-06-14T18:15
Location: Pennsylvania

June 14, 2004 · NWS CLE · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $800,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 14, 2:11 PM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:11 PM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
311 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

.DISCUSSION...
BOW ECHO IS RACING RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.
LINE IS INTENSIFYING AND INCREASING IN AREAL COVERAGE WITH TIME.
UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AHEAD OF THE BOW ECHO WILL SUSTAIN ACTIVITY AS
IT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH POTENTIAL FOR
LARGE HAIL.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS APPEAR TO BE AROUND ONE INCH WITH THE
LINE WHICH HELPS WITH FLOODING POTENTIAL ACROSS THE AREA.

AFTER LINE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING...WILL KEEP MENTION
OF A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EXTREME
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA AND CHANCE POPS IN THE EAST.  WEAK
SHORTWAVE MOVES EAST OF THE AREA WITH THE BOW ECHO FOLLOWED BY
ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING EAST ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT. NVA BEGINS TO BUILD INTO THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT TO BEGIN
SETTING UP A PATTERN OF DRY WEATHER FOR TUESDAY THROUGH AT LEAST
WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY
AND SHIFT EAST BY TUESDAY NIGHT.  AIR MASS WILL REMAIN QUITE WARM ON
TUESDAY WITH LOWS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE 60S AND HIGHS ON
TUESDAY IN THE MIDDLE LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S.

ANOTHER TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY AND WILL
BRING A SHOT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA ONCE AGAIN.
UPPER LEVEL VORT MAX WILL LIFT NORTH INTO THE FORECAST AREA
WEDNESDAY NIGHT BRINGING THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WHERE IT WILL BECOME NEARLY
STATIONARY OVER LAKE ERIE WHILE A WEAK WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES
NORTHEAST ALONG THE BOUNDARY THURSDAY.

AFTER WAVE MOVES EAST OF THE AREA...THE WHOLE PACKAGE SHIFTS SOUTH
OF THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY NIGHT SETTING UP FOR A DRY DAY ON
FRIDAY.  WILL ALSO KEEP SATURDAY DRY FOR NOW AS NEXT STORM SYSTEM
TRACKS TOWARD THE FORECAST AREA.  PRECIPITATION MAY HOLD OFF UNTIL
SATURDAY EVENING.  SYSTEM WILL MOVE FAIRLY FAST THROUGH THE AREA BUT
WILL CARRY A CHANCE INTO SUNDAY FOR MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

CONSENSUS IS THAT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL STAY FAR ENOUGH NORTH IN
CANADA THAT WE CAN LEAVE MONDAY DRY FOR NOW.

EXPECTING A BIT OF A COOL DOWN AS BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SETS UP
NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA BUT ZONAL FLOW WILL DOMINATE THE FORECAST
AREA PUMPING COOL AIR MASS INTO THE AREA.  HIGHS WILL BE IN THE
LOWER 70S WITH A WARMING TREND INTO THE WEEKEND.

&&

.CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR LUCAS...WOOD...HANCOCK...OTTAWA...
SANDUSKY...SENECA...WYANDOT...ERIE...HURON...ASHLAND...MARION...
MORROW...CRAWFORD...LORAIN...CUYAHOGA...MEDINA...ASHLAND...
RICHLAND...KNOX...HOLMES...WAYNE...STARK...AND SUMMIT UNTIL 1 AM
TUESDAY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO UNTIL 6 PM.
PA...NONE.

&&

LOMBARDY

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 6:18 AM EST, 11 hours 27 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
718 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-141417-
ASHLAND OH-ASHTABULA INLAND OH-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE OH-CRAWFORD PA-
CRAWFORD OH-CUYAHOGA OH-ERIE OH-GEAUGA OH-HANCOCK OH-HOLMES OH-
HURON OH-KNOX OH-LAKE OH-LORAIN OH-LUCAS OH-MAHONING OH-MARION OH-
MEDINA OH-MORROW OH-NORTHERN ERIE PA-OTTAWA OH-PORTAGE OH-
RICHLAND OH-SANDUSKY OH-SENECA OH-SOUTHERN ERIE PA-STARK OH-
SUMMIT OH-TRUMBULL OH-WAYNE OH-WOOD OH-WYANDOT OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AKRON...ASHLAND...ASHTABULA...
BOWLING GREEN...BUCYRUS...CANTON...CHARDON...CLEVELAND...ELYRIA...
ERIE...FINDLAY...FOSTORIA...FREMONT...JEFFERSON...LORAIN...
MANSFIELD...MARION...MEADVILLE...MEDINA...MILLERSBURG...
MOUNT GILEAD...MOUNT VERNON...NORWALK...PAINESVILLE...PORT CLINTON...
RAVENNA...SANDUSKY...TIFFIN...TOLEDO...UPPER SANDUSKY...WARREN...
WOOSTER AND YOUNGSTOWN
718 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTION OF NORTHERN OHIO AND A
PORTION OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.
MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IS ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS.  SOME OF
THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE
PRIMARY THREAT.  ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 12:13 PM EST, 5 hours 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
113 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

OHZ003-006>008-017-018-027-028-141906-
CRAWFORD OH-HANCOCK OH-LUCAS OH-OTTAWA OH-SANDUSKY OH-SENECA OH-
WOOD OH-WYANDOT OH-
113 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM...
...FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM...

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH
NORTHERN INDIANA AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.  WITH THIS CURRENT MOVEMENT
THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL ENTER NORTHWEST OHIO AROUND 2 PM AND INTO
THE TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN AND FINDALY METRO AREAS BY 3 PM.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN.  A FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE
AREA.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN AN INCH AN HOUR COULD BEGIN TO
PRODUCE FLOODING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

Local storm report, Jun 14, 3:09 PM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
409 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0345 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S BOWLING GREEN       41.38N 83.65W
06/14/2004                   WOOD               OH   AMATEUR RADIO

            LARGE TREES DOWN SOUTH OF CITY. ONE LARGE TREE FELL
            THROUGH A TRAILER HOME.

0330 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SYLVANIA                41.71N 83.71W
06/14/2004                   LUCAS              OH   AMATEUR RADIO

            NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES COUNTY WIDE.

&&

GTG

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:38 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before

OHZ003-006>009-017>019-027-028-036-142153-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
538 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WATCH HAVE MOVED EAST OF
THE AREA.  NO ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING.

ADAMS

Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:59 PM EST, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
559 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0513 PM     TSTM WND DMG     AMHERST                 41.40N 82.23W
06/14/2004                   LORAIN             OH   AMATEUR RADIO

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN.

0414 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FOSTORIA                41.16N 83.41W
06/14/2004                   SENECA             OH   AMATEUR RADIO

            LARGE TREE ON GARAGE.

0410 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SE FOSTORIA           41.11N 83.35W
06/14/2004                   SENECA             OH   AMATEUR RADIO

            LARGE TREE DOWN.

0345 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FINDLAY                 41.04N 83.64W
06/14/2004                   HANCOCK            OH   AMATEUR RADIO

            FEW LARGE LIMBS DOWN.

&&

FMK

Local storm report, Jun 14, 5:26 PM EST, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
626 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0613 PM     HAIL             CHARDON                 41.58N 81.21W
06/14/2004  0.75 INCH        GEAUGA             OH   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

FMK

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:45 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford

When: June 14, 5:45 PM EST to 6:15 PM EST
Where: Crawford County, Countywide
Measured: 65 kt (75 mph) measured gust
Property damage: $750,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.667, -80.067

A 75 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at Conneautville. Over a thousand trees were downed in the county. The worst damage was in the central portion of the county with at least 13 homes damaged by fallen trees in Vernon, West Mead, East Mead and Randolph Townships. A few other homes and businesses were damaged elsewhere in the county.

Thunderstorm Wind, Erie

When: June 14, 5:45 PM EST to 6:10 PM EST
Where: Erie County, Countywide
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 42.050, -80.117

Thunderstorms winds downed dozens of trees across the county.

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

Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Pennsylvania, June 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: 5407958, 5407959.