Thunderstorm Wind, Westmoreland
- When
- May 21, 5:13 AM EST
- Where
- Westmoreland County, Harrison City
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.350, -79.633
Tree down.
Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 21, 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 21, 1:50 AM EST, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 21, 1:50 AM EST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 250 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2004 ISOLATED AREA OF +RA FELL OVRNGT OVR THE EXTREME NERN ZONES OF THE CWA. OTHERWISE SHRA/TSRA CONT TO DEVELOP OVR OH AND OFF LAKE ERIE WITH APPRCH OF MCS. MRNG POP NMBRS HAVE BEEN BUMPED TO LIKELY WITH MENTION OF +RA INCLUDED OVR NRN AND WRN ZONES. POSITION OF WEAK FRONT OVR NRN CWA ALNG WITH OUTFLOW BNDRIES FM THIS ACTIVITY WL DETERMINE TSRA FOCUS...SO HAVE NOT PLAYED WITH CHC/SCT NMBRS MUCH PAST TDA. MINOR ADJUSTMENTS ONLY TO TEMPS. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. OH...NONE. WV...NONE. MD...NONE. && 15
Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 4:40 AM EST, 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 540 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2004 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-220900- 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- 540 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLOODING ARE THE MAIN THREAT FOR THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME FOR THIS PERIOD...ALTHOUGH MOST DAYS THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE SPOTTER NET MAY BE ACTIVATED THIS MORNING.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 21, 2:34 AM EST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 334 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2004 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-211100- 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- 334 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2004 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM ERIE PENNSYLVANIA TO COLUMBUS OHIO IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. SOME OF THE STORMS IN THIS LINE MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THE STORMS WILL BE REACHING THE CITIES OF CLARION AND NEW CASTLE IN PENNSYLVANIA AND SALEM AND NEW PHILADELPHIA IN OHIO BY 345 AM. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING STAY ALERT FOR FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER. DO NOT DRIVE IN FLOODED AREAS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD ALSO KEEP ALERT FOR GUSTY CROSS WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
Special weather statement, May 21, 4:34 AM EST, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT-SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 534 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2004 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-211500- 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- 534 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2004 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY... THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY IS THIS MORNING WITH THE SQUALL LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE REGION. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE INITIAL THREAT. THE ENSUING HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING. LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:11 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
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 21, 2004
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, May 21 to 22, 2004
- Tornado in Iowa, May 21, 2004
- Flooding in Michigan, May 21 to 23, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, May 21, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, May 21 to 22, 2004
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, May 21, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, May 21, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, May 21, 2004
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, May 21, 2004
- Flooding in Ohio, May 21 to 24, 2004
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 21, 2004
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, 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: 5399199.