Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 26, 2005

Name: Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 26, 2005
Start: 2005-07-26T16:55
End: 2005-07-26T16:55
Location: Ohio

July 26, 2005 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $5,000
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 26, 2:39 PM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 2:39 PM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
339 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

.SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT)...
MADE UPDATE PER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 687 TIL 11 PM. EXPECT
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS EVENING TO BE ISOLATED AS THEY DEVELOP
ALONG INTERSECTIONS OF CLOUD STREETS AND OTHER MICROSCALE
CONVERGENCE BOUNDARIES.

&&

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 221 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005)

AVIATION...

HOT AND HUMID AIR WILL PROVIDE THE INSTABILITY NEEDED TO KICK OFF
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE GENERAL CONDITIONS
WILL BE VFR WITH MARGINAL HAZE.  ISOLD CONDITIONS WITH THE STORMS
WILL BE MVFR OR WORSE.

SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)...

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING BRINGING COOLER AND
LESS HUMID CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY.  UNTIL THEN THE AIR WILL BE HOT
AND HUMID.  THIS WILL PROVIDE THE IMPETUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
THE NIGHT.

LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...FNT FINALLY CLEARS
THE FA WED EVE...BUT MODELS INDICATE THERMAL MOISTURE GRADIENT
REMAINS JUST SOUTH OF THE FA...THEN BEGINS TO RETURN NWD AS A WARM
FNT THU. ADJUSTED DEW POINTS UPWARD A BIT ON THU...AND INTRODUCED
LOW POPS FOR TSTMS THU AFTN. IF DGEX AND GFS CORRECT...THE FA WILL
SEE INCREASING CHCS FOR AFTN AND EVE TSTMS AS TIME GOES BY.

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
OH...HEAT ADVISORY FOR OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069 UNTIL 8
     PM TUESDAY.
  ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-
     069 UNTIL 11 PM TUESDAY.
PA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
     029>032 UNTIL 11 PM TUESDAY.
  ...HEAT ADVISORY FOR PAZ013-014-020>022-029>032 UNTIL 8 PM
     TUESDAY.
WV...HEAT ADVISORY FOR WVZ001>004-012-021-022 UNTIL 8 PM TUESDAY.
  ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WVZ001>004 UNTIL 11 PM TUESDAY.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 12:41 PM EST, 4 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
141 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-270901-
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-
141 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

VERY UNSTABLE HOT...HUMID AIR IS STILL SITUATED OVER THE AREA.  THIS
WILL GIVE THE REGION A GOOD CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS
AFTERNOON.  SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE VERY STRONG AND COULD
APPROACH THE SEVERE CATEGORIES OF PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.  THESE STORMS WILL ALSO CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY
RAINFALL.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 1:22 PM EST, 3 hours 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
222 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-270030-
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-
222 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON MAY
QUICKLY REACH SEVERE LEVELS WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL AS THE
PRIMARY THREATS.  THESE STORMS MAY FORM INTO SHORT LINES AND WILL
MOVE EASTWARD.

TONIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA WITH STORMS BECOMING
MORE WIDESPREAD AND WITH THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED
FLOODING ADDED TO THE THREAT OF HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.

THOSE PLANNING OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY AS LIGHTNING WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE.

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

15

Local storm report, Jul 26, 2:26 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
326 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

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

0249 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RIMERSBURG              41.04N 79.50W
07/26/2005                   CLARION            PA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN IN MADISON TOWNSHIP.

&&

TP

Local storm report, Jul 26, 4:47 PM EST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
547 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

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

0540 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 N GREENVILLE          41.46N 80.38W
07/26/2005                   MERCER             PA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN.

&&

TP

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:55 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Tuscarawas

When: July 26, 4:55 PM EST
Where: Tuscarawas County, Dover
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.517, -81.467

Trees down.

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 Ohio in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, July 2005

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: 5464402.