Hail, Westmoreland
- When
- June 6, 1:29 PM EST
- Where
- Westmoreland County, 3 mi W of Latrobe
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.300, -79.433
Near Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (Latrobe).
Hail in Pennsylvania, June 6, 2005
1 hail, 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
- 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, 1:16 PM EST, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 1:16 PM EST, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
216 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)...
AFTER AN INITIAL ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING SOME OF WHICH
PROVED TO BE MARGINALLY SEVERE...A SECOND ROUND OF STORMS HAVE
DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT TRIGGERED BY THE AFTERNOON HEATING. THESE
STORMS HAVE AN EVEN BETTER CHANCE OF BEING SEVERE AS THEY HAVE THE
COMBINED LIFTING POTENTIAL OF THE ADDED BUOYANCY FROM HEATING AS
WELL AS THE FRONTAL PUSH. THESE STORMS HAVE FORMED RIGHT ALONG THE
OHIO RIVER AND ARE MOVING EAST. A SEVERE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT.
AFTER THE FRONT PASSES THE AREA WILL EXPERIENCE SOME TRANQUIL
WEATHER FOR A DAY OR TWO. SLIGHT CHANCES OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE BUT OTHERWISE PARTLY CLOUDY AND HOT.
&&
.LONG-TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...
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.
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS MAY POP UP WITH THE ADDED HEATING.
BY THE WEEKEND...GFS INDICATES THE PASSAGE OF A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE
SYSTEM AND THUS AN EPISODE OF ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS.
&&
.AVIATION...
GENERALLY VFR...HOWEVER AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE AROUND. AS THESE
STORMS REACH A COMPLEX CONDITIONS MAY QUICKLY DECREASE TO IFR OR
WORSE FOR A SHORT TIME PERIOD. STORMS ARE RELATIVELY FAST MOVING SO
CONDITIONS SHOULD NOT REMAIN IFR FOR LONG. PREDOMINANTLY VFR
CONDITIONS WILL RETURN AFTER SUNSET AND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.
&&
.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR MDZ001.
OH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR OHZ039>041-048>050-
057>059-068>069.
PA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR PAZ007>009-013>016-
020>023-029>032.
WV...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR WVZ001>004-012-
021-023-041.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 4:01 AM EST, 9 hours 28 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
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 12:05 PM EST, 1 hour 24 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
Local storm report, Jun 6, 12:22 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
122 PM EDT MON JUN 06 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0115 PM HAIL 1 E ELIZABETH 40.27N 79.87W
06/06/2005 0.88 INCH ALLEGHENY PA SKYWARN SPOTTER
&&
RDEMARISSpecial weather statement, Jun 6, 12:41 PM EST, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 141 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005 PAZ007-008-014-061845- BUTLER PA-MERCER PA-VENANGO PA- 141 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... VENANGO...MERCER AND BUTLER... AT 142 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 4 MILES WEST OF CLINTONVILLE....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... CLINTONVILLE AND KENNERDELL 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 12:46 PM EST, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 146 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005 OHZ050-WVZ002-003-061845- BROOKE WV-JEFFERSON OH-OHIO WV- 146 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... JEFFERSON...BROOKE AND OHIO... AT 142 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DILLONVALE.... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... DILLONVALE...JUG RUN...NEWELL...RAYLAND...SMITHFIELD...TILTONSVILLE AND WINDSOR HEIGHTS 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 6, 1:00 PM EST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
200 PM EDT MON JUN 06 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0155 PM HAIL DELMONT 40.41N 79.57W
06/06/2005 0.88 INCH WESTMORELAND PA SKYWARN SPOTTER
AHIL REPORTED BY SKYWARN OBSERVER 3/4 TO 7/8 INCH IN
DIAMETER
&&Local storm report, Jun 6, 1:28 PM EST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
228 PM EDT MON JUN 06 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0221 PM HAIL 2 W BLACKSVILLE 39.72N 80.25W
06/06/2005 0.75 INCH MONONGALIA WV SKYWARN SPOTTER
SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED HAIL 3/4 INCH HAIL
&&The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:29 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Pennsylvania, June 6, 2005
- Heat in Missouri, June 6, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, June 6 to 7, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 6 to 7, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 6, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 6, 2005
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, June 6, 2005
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 6, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, June 6, 2005
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 6, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 6, 2005
- Lightning Strikes in Pennsylvania, June 6, 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: 5455463.