1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Jun 6, 7:39 AM EST, 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 839 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005 .SHORT TERM (THROUGH MONDAY)... UPDATE BEING ISSUED TO INCREASE POPS INTO THE LIKELY CATEGORY. LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED OVER THE CWA MAKING THE UPDATE NECESSARY. SOME STRONGS ARE QUITE STRONG AND MAY BE APPROACHING SEVERE LEVELS WITH STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 408 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005) SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT)... CONTINUE TO EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT AS NAM AND GFS MODELS SHOW WARM HUMID LOWLEVEL CONDITIONS GENERATING INSTABILITY (LIFTED INDEX MINUS 4.) NECESSARY LIFT TO HAVE PARCELS REACH THE LIFTED CONDENSATION LEVEL WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE PASSAGE OF A SUBTLE SYSTEM...INDICATED BY A LOWLEVEL BOUNDARY AND ATTENDANT UPPER LEVEL SHORT-WAVE TROUGH. CONCUR WITH SPC THAT BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EAST OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS AS BY THEN DAYTIME HEATING CAN BETTER FUEL STORM ENERGY. PRIME THUNDERSTORM THREAT SHOULD BE WIND GUSTS DUE TO UNIDIRECTIONAL NATURE OF LOWLEVEL SHEAR. FOR TEMPERATURES...PREFERRED GFS MOS VALUES WHICH WERE A COUPLE DEGREES LOWER THAN NAM MOS. LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... EXPECT VERY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST THURSDAY AS GFS MODEL SHOWS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING OVER MIDWEST. THIS WILL ALLOW SOUTHERLY WINDS TO CONTINUE TO PUMP GULF MOISTURE INTO THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. CONSEQUENTLY GFS MOS TEMPERATURES PREFERRED. BY THE WEEKEND...GFS INDICATES THE PASSAGE OF A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM AND THUS AN EPISODE OF ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS. AVIATION... THROUGH 13Z EXPECT GENERALLY P6SM AND CIRRUS CEILINGS. THEN EXPECT CUMULUS CEILINGS (BKN050) TO DEVELOP. RUC...NAM...AND GFS MODEL RUNS HINT AT THE PASSAGE OF A MESOSCALE SYSTEM MIDDAY...SO MENTIONED A TEMPO AROUND 14Z-18Z WITH CB CLOUD TYPE AS THAT APPEARS TO BE THE BEST TIME FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO BE MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. HOWEVER RECOGNIZE THERE CAN BE SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY FOR ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP UNTIL ABOUT 01Z. PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 501 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-070900- 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- 501 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY...PARTICULARLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 79. THE PRIME THREAT SHOULD BE DAMAGING WIND. HOWEVER LARGE HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 621 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005 OHZ048-057-058-061115- COSHOCTON OH-GUERNSEY OH-MUSKINGUM OH- 621 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... COSHOCTON...GUERNSEY AND MUSKINGUM... AT 616 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW GUILFORD.... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN HAVE GUSTY WIND AND HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ADAMSVILLE...BLISSFIELD...BODEN...CONESVILLE...COOPERDALE... COSHOCTON...DILLON STATE PARK...DRAKE...FERNCLIFF...LAYLAND... NELLIE...NEW GUILFORD...OTSEGO...PLAINFIELD...WARSAW AND WEST LAFAYETTE KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 731 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005 PAZ014-021-022-029-030-061230- ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-BUTLER PA-WASHINGTON PA-WESTMORELAND PA- 731 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING... THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 8 30 AM. BUTLER...ARMSTRONG...WESTMORELAND...ALLEGHENY AND WASHINGTON. AT 727 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A BROKEN LINE EXTENDING FROM GIBSONIA TO CLAYSVILLE....MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL AND WILL GENERATE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. MOVE INDOORS WHEN THE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH AND SLOW DOWN IN HEAVY DOWNPOURS. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772. 15
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 747 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005 OHZ039>041-049-050-PAZ007-008-013-014-020-029-WVZ001-002-061245- BEAVER PA-BROOKE WV-BUTLER PA-CARROLL OH-COLUMBIANA OH-HANCOCK WV-HARRISON OH-JEFFERSON OH-LAWRENCE PA-MERCER PA-TUSCARAWAS OH-VENANGO PA-WASHINGTON PA- 747 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 9 AM. COLUMBIANA...CARROLL...TUSCARAWAS...JEFFERSON...HARRISON...VENANGO ...MERCER...BUTLER...LAWRENCE...BEAVER...WASHINGTON...HANCOCK AND BROOKE... AT 742 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A BROKEN LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF TIPPECANOE TO 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHARON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES EAST OF GILMORE TO 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHARON....MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772. 15
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
817 AM EDT MON JUN 06 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0816 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 WNW NEW CASTLE 41.00N 80.36W
06/06/2005 LAWRENCE PA COUNTY EOC
POWER LINES DOWN ON KING CHAPEL ROAD.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
858 AM EDT MON JUN 06 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0852 AM HAIL 1 N SEWICKLEY 40.55N 80.18W
06/06/2005 0.88 INCH ALLEGHENY PA SKYWARN SPOTTER
&&
RDEMARISPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
914 AM EDT MON JUN 06 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0841 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 NE KOPPEL 40.86N 80.30W
06/06/2005 BEAVER PA COUNTY EOC
TREES DOWN.
0859 AM HAIL BUTLER 40.86N 79.90W
06/06/2005 0.75 INCH BUTLER PA PUBLIC
&&
RDEMARISThe Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:15 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines blown down, interrupting electricity for 50 customers, especially on Township Rd 162.
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