Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 25, 2005

Name: Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 25, 2005
Start: 2005-07-25T16:15
End: 2005-07-25T16:15
Location: Pennsylvania

July 25, 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: $20,000
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 25, 1:47 PM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 1:47 PM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
247 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

.SHORT...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...

SVR TSRA WL BE THE CONCERN AS AFTN MCS PLOWS THRU OH TWD THE PA
LINE.  THIS THREAT WL END THIS EVE...BUT HAVE MAINTAINED SLGT CHC
PCPN OVRNGT AS WARM FRONT LIFTS NWD ACRS THE AREA AGAIN.  WARM AND
HUMID TUESDAY WL END IN INCRSD TSRA CHCS WITH APRCH OF CDFNT.  WIND
PROFILES AGAIN INDICATE POTENTIALLY SVR.

&&

.LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...
POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AS
PREFRONTAL TROF CLEARS THE FA. FNT MOVES THRU THE FA BY WED LATE
AM...WITH HIGH PRES AND DRIER WX ACROSS AREA FOR REST OF PD.

&&

.AVIATION...

VFR CONDS NORTH OF FRONT WHICH HAS SAGGED OVR THE CWA TDA. TSRA ARE
FORMING ALNG THIS BNDRY THIS AFTN...AND MCS OVR WRN OH IS EXPECTED
TO CONT DVLG ALNG THE SAME THRU THE AFTN.  FAIRLY WIDESPREAD IFR
CONDS MAY BE EXPECTED ALNG THE FRONT ALNG WITH POTENTIALLY SVR LVL
WND GUSTS.  MORE OF THE SAME TMRRW AS MAIN CDFNT MOVS CLOSER TO THE
AREA.

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MDZ001 UNTIL 8 PM MONDAY.
OH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-
     069 UNTIL 8 PM MONDAY.
PA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PAZ013-014-020>023-029>032 UNTIL
     8 PM MONDAY.
WV...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041 UNTIL
     8 PM MONDAY.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 12:49 PM EST, 3 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
149 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-260908-
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-
149 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL OHIO...WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND EVENTUALLY
NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND.

SHOULD THIS LINE MAINTAIN STRENGTH...THEN DAMAGING WIND WILL BE
LIKELY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

A COLD FRONT MOVING TOWARD THE AREA WILL GENERATE A SLIGHT
RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY
NIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM DAMAGING
THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

15

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 25, 3:09 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
409 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

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

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 N CARROLLTON          40.64N 81.09W
07/25/2005                   CARROLL            OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN.

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CAMBRIDGE               40.03N 81.59W
07/25/2005                   GUERNSEY           OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. WIDESPREAD TREES AND POWER
            LINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.

&&

TP

Local storm report, Jul 25, 3:15 PM EST, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
415 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

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

0405 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DELLROY                 40.56N 81.20W
07/25/2005                   CARROLL            OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

0405 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W DEERSVILLE          40.31N 81.23W
07/25/2005                   HARRISON           OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN SR 646.

&&

TP

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 3:20 PM EST, 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
420 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

OHZ041-PAZ020-021-252115-
ALLEGHENY PA-BEAVER PA-COLUMBIANA OH-
420 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

...THUNDERSTORM UPDATE...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH PARTS OF COLUMBIANA...BEAVER AND
ALLEGHENY COUNTIES UNTIL ABOUT 6 PM.

AT 412 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH
INDICATED A LINE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CARROLLTON OHIO SOUTHWARD
TO CALDWELL OHIO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE BRUNT OF THESE
STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THESE COUNTIES...HOWEVER WIND GUSTS OVER
30 MPH CAN OCCUR IN COLUMBIANA...BEAVER AND ALLEGHENY COUNTIES.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALSO DEVELOPED OVER THE PITTSBURGH SOUTH
HILLS. THESE WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY AND CAN CAUSE HEAVY RAIN AND
PONDED ROADS.

ALSO BEWARE OF LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IF YOU CAN. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR OHIO AND THE PANHANDLE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST VIRGINIA.

Local storm report, Jul 25, 3:32 PM EST, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
432 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

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

0420 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ST. CLAIRSVILLE         40.08N 80.90W
07/25/2005                   BELMONT            OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.

0421 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SARAHSVILLE             39.81N 81.47W
07/25/2005                   NOBLE              OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. ALSO IN CALDWELL AND
            FLORENCE.

&&

TP

Local storm report, Jul 25, 3:35 PM EST, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
435 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

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

0425 PM     TSTM WND DMG     AMSTERDAM               40.47N 80.92W
07/25/2005                   JEFFERSON          OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

0425 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MOUNT PLEASANT          40.18N 80.80W
07/25/2005                   JEFFERSON          OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

&&

TP

Local storm report, Jul 25, 4:08 PM EST, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
508 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

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

0459 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 S CHESTER             40.54N 80.56W
07/25/2005                   HANCOCK            WV   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

0455 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEW MARTINSVILLE        39.66N 80.86W
07/25/2005                   WETZEL             WV   TRAINED SPOTTER

            THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

&&

TP

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:14 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Allegheny

When: July 25, 4:15 PM EST
Where: Allegheny County, Dormont
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.400, -80.033

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, 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: 5464393.