Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 20, 2005

Name: Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 20, 2005
Start: 2005-08-20T19:18
End: 2005-08-20T19:18
Location: Pennsylvania

August 20, 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: $8,000
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 Aug 20, 12:40 PM EST, 6 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 12:40 PM EST, 6 hours 38 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
140 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THRU SUNDAY)...
STRONG CAP OVER CWA WILL LIMIT ANY CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OVR AREA
SO TSTMS TNGT WILL BE WITH COLD FRONT STILL BACK IN INDIANA. LINE OF
TSTMS IS DEVELOPING IN WATCH AREA OVR CENTRAL OHIO ATTM. BIGGEST
THREAT 21Z-03Z AS STORMS PUSH EASTWARD. COOLER DRIER AIR WILL
GRADUALLY SPREAD INTO AREA BEHIND BOUNDARY AFT 06Z BRINGING FAIR WX
ON SUNDAY.

&&

.LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT THRU SATURDAY)...
DRY AND COOL HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL MUCH OF WEEK WITH BELOW NORMAL
TEMP. WENT WITH LOW CHC POPS IN THE NRN TIER OF COUNTIES NEAR AND
NORTH OF I-80 LATER SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS COLDER AIR ALOFT WITH
UPPER TROF MOVES BY. NEXT FRONT NOW SLOWED AT LEAST A DAY AT THE END
OF THE WEEK AND REMOVED POPS FRIDAY AND LEFT SATURDAY DRY FOR NOW.
&&

.AVIATION...
VSBY 2SM TSRA OVC020CB IN SCT STRONG TSTMS AFT 21Z WITH APPROACH OF
FRONTAL BOUNDARY. AREAS 4SM -SHRA OVC020 AFT MDNT. SOME FOG WITH
VSBY 4SM BR CIGS BKN020 TOWARD MORNING. CONDS IMPROVING TO SCT050 BY
15Z SUNDAY.
&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 20, 4:00 AM EST, 15 hours 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
500 AM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-
020>023-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-023-041-210900-
TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON-
MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-
LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-
WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND-GREENE-FAYETTE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-
MARSHALL-WETZEL-GARRETT-MARION-MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER-
500 AM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
TONIGHT. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN THREAT. THE OVERALL
HAIL THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE LIMITED. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED LATER TODAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 20, 6:20 PM EST, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
720 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005

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

0540 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 S ZELIENOPLE          40.72N 80.14W
08/20/2005                   BUTLER             PA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.

&&

RDEMARIS

Local storm report, Aug 20, 6:33 PM EST, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
733 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005

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

0308 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WAMPUM                  40.89N 80.34W
08/20/2005                   LAWRENCE           PA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PART OF ROOF BLOWN OFF OF CHURCH.

0555 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FREEDOM                 40.68N 80.25W
08/20/2005                   BEAVER             PA   PUBLIC

            STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

&&

RDEMARIS

Local storm report, Aug 20, 6:44 PM EST, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
744 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005

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

0740 PM     FLASH FLOOD      WHITEHALL               40.36N 79.99W
08/20/2005                   ALLEGHENY          PA   AMATEUR RADIO

            ROAD CLOSURES FROM FLOODING.

&&

RDEMARIS

Local storm report, Aug 20, 6:51 PM EST, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
751 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005

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

0749 PM     HAIL             GREENSBURG              40.31N 79.54W
08/20/2005  0.88 INCH        WESTMORELAND       PA   PUBLIC

&&

RDEMARIS

Local storm report, Aug 20, 6:58 PM EST, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
758 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005

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

0749 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CALIFORNIA              40.07N 79.91W
08/20/2005                   WASHINGTON         PA   PUBLIC

            LARGE BRANCHES BLOWN DOWN.

0710 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WELLSBURG               40.28N 80.61W
08/20/2005                   BROOKE             WV   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN.

&&

RDEMARIS

Local storm report, Aug 20, 7:18 PM EST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
818 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005

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

0813 PM     HAIL             JEANNETTE               40.33N 79.61W
08/20/2005  0.88 INCH        WESTMORELAND       PA   PUBLIC

&&

RDEMARIS

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:18 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette

When: August 20, 7:18 PM EST
Where: Fayette County, South Connellsville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $8,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 39.983, -79.600

Trees and power lines 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 Pennsylvania in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Pennsylvania, August 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: 5469912.