Thunderstorm Wind, Butler
- When
- June 28, 4:40 PM EST
- Where
- Butler County, Renfrew
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.817, -79.967
Large tree down.
Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 28, 2005
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
- $2,000
- 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 Jun 28, 2:13 PM EST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 2:13 PM EST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA ISSUED BY WFO CHARLESTON WV 313 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)... WEAK SHORT WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIE AFTER SUNSET. SOME FOG SHOULD DEVELOP IN THE RIVER VALLEYS. PLENTY OF MOISTURE LINGERS FOR WENDESDAY AND HEATING AGAIN SHOULD FIRE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. CURRENT GRIDD TEMPS WERE IN LINE FOR THE MOST PART AND WENT WITH A BLEND OF MAV/MET GUID FOR THE ADJUSTMENTS. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED ISSUED BY NWS CHARLESTON WV) LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... THIS PERIOD WILL BEGIN WITH REGION BETWEEN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM TO THE EAST AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS THE AREA WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FOR SATURDAY INTO MONDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA BY THE END OF THE PERIOD...BUT THIS FEATURE SHOULD REMAIN NORTH OF THE REGION. END RESULT WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL THE FRONT PUSHES THRU. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO PREVAIL INTO FRIDAY. BUT COOLER DRIER AIR WILL FILTER IN BEHIND THE FRONT... ENDING THE CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION. AFTER A COOL LESS HUMID DAY ON SATURDAY...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL RETURN ON SUNDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO ABOVE NORMAL READINGS SUNDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL ALSO BEGIN RETURNING SUNDAY. HAVE ADDED A SLIGHT CHANCE OF POPS TO THE FAR NORTHWEST COUNTIES LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE COLD FRONT. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 125 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005) AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WITH MVFR IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM ZZV-HLG- PIT-MGW LINE UNTIL SUNSET. REST OF REGION HAS A CHANCE FOR POP UP THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL. BETWEEN 03Z-06Z FOG DEVELOPS WITH MVFR CONDITIONS IN FOG THROUGH DAWN. VFR CONDITIONS AFTER 13Z WITH SCT-BKN050. WINDS LIGHT FROM SW THROUGH 00Z. CALM TO VARIABLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TURNING THE THE WNW BETWEEN 13Z-15Z WEDNESDAY. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 1138 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005) SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... QUICK UPDATE WITH CONVECTION FIRING SOUTH OF CWA. DID UP THE POPS A TAD TO LIKELY IN THE SOUTHERN ZONES WITH THIS CONVECTION. REST OF PACKAGE LOOKS ON TRACK AND NO OTHER UPDATES ARE EXPECTED. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 231 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005) SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... WEAK BOUNDARY WITH SOME MINIMAL UL SUPPORT SLOWLY SWINGS THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. ATMOSPHERE MORE UNSTABLE THIS MORNING...THEN SLOWLY STABILIZES INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AS AN AREA OF COOLER AIR AT 85H PUSHES THROUGH. THIS COOLER AIR APPEARS TO BE WRAPPING AROUND WAVE CURRENTLY MOVING INTO IN. THIS SHOULD ACT AS A CAPPING MECHANISM WHICH WILL LIMIT THE POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON. WENT WITH HIGH CHC POPS TODAY AS IT IS DIFFICULT TO PLACE AREAS OF PCP. BOTH MODELS INDICATING AREA OF QPF MOVING ALONG BOUNDARY INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH GFS HAVING SOME FEEDBACK PROBLEMS...BUT WITH NO SHEAR AND WEAK FORCING NOT SURE HOW WIDESPREAD THE TRW WILL BE. THINKING IS THAT STORMS THAT DEVELOP SHOULD BE GOOD RAIN PRODUCES WITH PWS TO 1.7 AND WITH LITTLE FLOW SLOW MOVING STORMS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED FFW THREAT. ATMOSPHERE QUICKLY STABILIZES OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL BRING AN END TO ANY ACTIVITY. ANOTHER WEAK WAVES MOVES THROUGH ON WED WHICH WILL KEEP IN CHC POPS. HUMIDITY BACK ON THE RISE WED. LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... BREAK IN THE PATTERN WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON FRIDAY. GFS SEEMS TO BE HAVING SOME RESOLUTION PROBLEMS WITH COMPLICATED FRONTAL PATTERNS WITH DEEPENING LOW MOVING INTO CANADA ON FRIDAY. FOR NOW WILL KEEP IN CHC POPS FRIDAY AND AVOID TIMING AS MODELS STILL NEED TO WORK THINGS OUT. UPCOMING WEEKEND LOOKS LIKE A NICE BREAK AND GOOD TIMING WITH THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY. PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. 99 && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 4:01 AM EST, 12 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 501 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-290900- 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 TUE JUN 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS...THEY CAN STILL SUPPLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS WILL COME ON THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY WHEN A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 28, 3:39 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
439 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM TSTM WND DMG 15 W EMPIRE 40.51N 80.91W
06/28/2005 JEFFERSON OH EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG SR 213 ALLENCREEK
TOWNSHIP. TRAFFIC LIGHTS OUT.
&&
TPARRISHLocal storm report, Jun 28, 3:51 PM EST, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
451 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG HERMITAGE 41.23N 80.44W
06/28/2005 MERCER PA TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG VALLEYVIEW ROAD.
&&
TPARRISHSpecial weather statement, Jun 28, 3:52 PM EST, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 452 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 PAZ021-282145- ALLEGHENY PA- 452 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH ALLEGHENY COUNTY BETWEEN 5 PM AND 6 PM... AT 447 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES WEST OF IMPERIAL...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RACCOON CREEK STATE PARK....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ALLISON PARK...BALDWIN...BRIDGEVILLE...CARNEGIE...DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH...FOX CHAPEL...FRANKLIN PARK...GIBSONIA...IMPERIAL... MCKEES ROCKS...MOON...MOUNT LEBANON...NORTH SIDE...OAKDALE...PENN HILLS...PERRYSVILLE...RUSSELLTON...SEWICKLEY...SOUTH SIDE...UPPER SAINT CLAIR...WEST MIFFLIN...WEXFORD AND WILKINSBURG EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH...AND A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. DOWNPOURS MAY PRODUCE GREATER THAN ONE INCH OF RAIN LOCALLY...CAUSING WATER DRAINAGE PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. 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.
Local storm report, Jun 28, 4:04 PM EST, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
504 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 PM HAIL HERMITAGE 41.23N 80.44W
06/28/2005 0.88 INCH MERCER PA EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
RESLocal storm report, Jun 28, 4:31 PM EST, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
531 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0504 PM HAIL BUTLER 40.86N 79.90W
06/28/2005 0.75 INCH BUTLER PA PUBLIC
0518 PM TSTM WND DMG BUTLER 40.86N 79.90W
06/28/2005 BUTLER PA PUBLIC
LARGE BRANCHES DOWN IN BUTLER.
&&
RESLocal storm report, Jun 28, 4:34 PM EST, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
534 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM TSTM WND DMG BURGETTSTOWN 40.38N 80.39W
06/28/2005 WASHINGTON PA AIRPLANE PILOT
TREES DOWN IN BURGETTSTOWN...SMITH TOWNSHIP...CECIL
TOWNSHIP.
&&
RESThe radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:40 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
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 28, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Kentucky, June 28, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Michigan, June 28, 2005
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Montana, June 28 to 29, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 28, 2005
- Flash Flood and Hail in Michigan, June 28, 2005
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 28, 2005
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 28, 2005
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Michigan, June 28, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 28, 2005
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 28, 2005
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 28, 2005
More
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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: 5455094.