Hail in Pennsylvania, June 6, 2005

Name: Hail in Pennsylvania, June 6, 2005
Start: 2005-06-06T12:15
End: 2005-06-06T12:15
Location: Pennsylvania

June 6, 2005 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 6, 7:39 AM EST, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 7:39 AM EST, 4 hours 36 minutes before

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, Jun 6, 4:01 AM EST, 8 hours 14 minutes before

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 8:54 AM EST, 3 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
954 AM EDT MON JUN 06 2005

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

0922 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S FRYBURG             41.32N 79.45W
06/06/2005                   CLARION            PA   COUNTY EOC

            TREES DOWN.

&&

RDEMARIS

Local storm report, Jun 6, 9:08 AM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1008 AM EDT MON JUN 06 2005

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

0909 AM     TSTM WND DMG     TIONESTA                41.50N 79.45W
06/06/2005                   FOREST             PA   PUBLIC

            LARGE TREE BRANCHES DOWN.

&&

RDEMARIS

Local storm report, Jun 6, 10:04 AM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1104 AM EDT MON JUN 06 2005

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

1026 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N BROCKWAY            41.28N 78.79W
06/06/2005                   JEFFERSON          PA   COUNTY EOC

            TREES DOWN OVER RTE 219.

&&

RDEMARIS

Local storm report, Jun 6, 10:09 AM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1109 AM EDT MON JUN 06 2005

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

0905 AM     TSTM WND DMG     PERRYOPOLIS             40.09N 79.75W
06/06/2005                   FAYETTE            PA   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN ALONG RTE 51.

&&

RDEMARIS

Local storm report, Jun 6, 10:21 AM EST, 1 hour 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1121 AM EDT MON JUN 06 2005

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

0915 AM     HAIL             SCOTTDALE               40.10N 79.59W
06/06/2005  1.00 INCH        WESTMORELAND       PA   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

RJK

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 12:05 PM EST, 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
105 PM 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>023-041-070000-
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-
105 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN PENNSYLVANIA...

ALLEGHENY        ARMSTRONG        BEAVER           BUTLER
CLARION          FAYETTE          FOREST           GREENE
INDIANA          JEFFERSON        LAWRENCE         MERCER
VENANGO          WASHINGTON       WESTMORELAND

IN WEST VIRGINIA...

BROOKE           HANCOCK          MARION           MARSHALL
MONONGALIA       OHIO             PRESTON          TUCKER
WETZEL

IN OHIO...

BELMONT          CARROLL          COLUMBIANA       COSHOCTON
GUERNSEY         HARRISON         JEFFERSON        MONROE
MUSKINGUM        NOBLE            TUSCARAWAS

IN MARYLAND...

GARRETT

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:14 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Allegheny

When: June 6, 12:15 PM EST
Where: Allegheny County, 1 mi E of Elizabeth
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.267, -79.867

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5455371.