Thunderstorm Wind, Clearfield
- When
- June 28, 5:50 PM EST
- Where
- Clearfield County, Mahaffey Jct
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.883, -78.733
Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees in Mahaffey.
Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 28, 2005
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 28, 1:35 PM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 1:35 PM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 235 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... SLIGHT DOWNWARD MOTION BEHIND DEPARTING TROPICAL LIKE SYSTEM RESULTING IN A DECENT SUMMER AFT ACROSS CWA. C AREAS HAVE SLIGHTLY LESS MOISTURE THAN SE AREAS. LESS HZ TODAY TOO. SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION TO THE SOUTH AND WEST WILL MOVE TOWARD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT SHOULD WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET...THUS WENT HIGH CHC POPS TONIGHT...INSTEAD OF LIKELY/CAT POPS. FOR WED...LOOKS MORE ACTIVE...AS UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT MOVES IN. KEPT LIKELY POPS. && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... ADJUSTED POPS SOME FOR THU...AS ETA (NAM) HINTS AT ANOTHER SYSTEM SIMILAR TO ONE NE OF US THIS AM...HEADS TOWARD E PA. THIS MAY BE WHAT IS OVER THE SE STATES AT THE CURRENT TIME...NOTE LARGE AREA OF CONVECTION OVER NC/SC. STRONG COLD FRONT IS NOW FCST TO BE A LITTLE SLOWER ON FRIDAY...THUS PUT A CHC IN FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS FRIDAY EVENING ACROSS SE PART OF CWA. TIMING OF FRONT MAY KEEP SEVERE OUT PART OF CWA ON FRIDAY...BUT AN ACTIVE WEATHER DAY LIKELY. DID EDGE POPS UP SOME E AREAS. COULD BE A FEW SHOWERS ON SATURDAY ACROSS FAR N...WITH SECONDARY PUSH OF COLD AIR...BUT LEFT OUT FOR NOW...IN LINE WITH HPC. OVERALL...NICE HOLIDAY WEEKNED SHAPING UP. HPC HAS NEXT FRONT NEAR LOWER LAKES FOR TUESDAY. FOR NOW...KEPT TUESDAY DRY. && .AVIATION... TS STARTING TO POP OVER THE LAURELS NOW...AND EXPECT THE ADDITIONAL LIFT FROM S/W-SPEED MAX VISIBLE ON THE WV LOOP OVER WV TO AID IN FURTHER DESTABILIZATION AND MAKE MORE SHRA/TSRA FOR THE EVENING AND INTO THE FIRST HALF OF THE NIGHT. THESE STORMS MAY NOT GET TO MDT...BUT MOST OF THE REST OF OUR SITES WILL BE PRIME CANDIDATES FOR RAIN AND LOWERED VISBYS. AT LEAST MVFR (IF NOT IFR) FOG LIKELY IN WESTERN TAFS TONIGHT...BUT IPT ALSO A GOOD BET WITH LIGHT WINDS AND HIGH LLVL MSTR. WILL NOT SINK ANYONE YET...BECAUSE IT MAY BE DEPENDENT ON WHERE THE RAIN FALLS. WILL LEAVE MOST OF THE TIME AFT 09-10Z DRY IN TAFS...BUT MODELS INSIST THAT IT WILL BE VERY WET TOMORROW...WITH CONVECTION FIRING EARLY AND OFTEN. && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...MARTIN LONG TERM...MARTIN AVIATION...DANGELO
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 4:13 AM EST, 13 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 513 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-290912- ADAMS PA-BEDFORD PA-BLAIR PA-CAMBRIA PA-CAMERON PA-CLEARFIELD PA- COLUMBIA PA-CUMBERLAND PA-DAUPHIN PA-ELK PA-FRANKLIN PA-FULTON PA- HUNTINGDON PA-JUNIATA PA-LANCASTER PA-LEBANON PA-MCKEAN PA- MIFFLIN PA-MONTOUR PA-NORTHERN CENTRE PA-NORTHERN CLINTON PA- NORTHERN LYCOMING PA-NORTHUMBERLAND PA-PERRY PA-POTTER PA- SCHUYLKILL PA-SNYDER PA-SOMERSET PA-SOUTHERN CENTRE PA- SOUTHERN CLINTON PA-SOUTHERN LYCOMING PA-SULLIVAN PA-TIOGA PA- UNION PA-WARREN PA-YORK PA- 513 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR IN PLACE ACROSS THE STATE TODAY WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. ISOLATED HEAVY RAIN OF OVER AN INCH AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. HEAT INDICES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 80S ACROSS THE NORTH AND WEST...AND IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY: A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA ON FRIDAY. STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LAMBERT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:24 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 524 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 PAZ024-282200- CAMBRIA- 524 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CAMBRIA COUNTY... AT 522 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF EBENSBURG...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR SPANGLER AROUND 530 PM... BARNESBORO AROUND 535 PM AND HASTINGS AROUND 540 PM. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. KF
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:50 PM EST, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 550 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 PAZ017-282230- CLEARFIELD- 550 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CLEARFIELD COUNTY... AT 548 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH INTO CLEARFIELD COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. GARTNER
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:46 PM EST, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 646 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 PAZ057-059-282330- DAUPHIN-LEBANON- 646 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LEBANON AND DAUPHIN COUNTIES... AT 642 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF PALMYRA...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR LYKENS...WILLIAMSTOWN... HALIFAX AROUND 700 PM...ELIZABETHVILLE...GRATZ AROUND 705 PM... BERRYSBURG...MILLERSBURG AROUND 710 PM AND PILLOW AROUND 715 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. GARTNER
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, June 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: 5459347.