Thunderstorm Wind, Beaver
- When
- September 23, 12:50 AM EST
- Where
- Beaver County, 2 mi SE of Economy
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.600, -80.167
Trees blown down.
Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, September 23, 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
- 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 Sep 22, 2:30 PM EST, 10 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 2:30 PM EST, 10 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 330 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT IN ASSOCIATION WITH A COLD FRONT. CURRENTLY, THE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER EAST CENTRAL MICHIGAN AND WILL CONTINUE EASTWARD. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THOUGH THE CWA BY MORNING. && .LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STRETCH OUT TO THE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA BY FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEN RETURN NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT ON SUNDAY. WILL GENERALLY GO WITH POPS LESS 20 PERCENT FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN CHANCE POPS ON SUNDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION ON MONDAY BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. TUESDAY WILL BE DRY UNDER HIGH PRESSURE...THEN NEXT PRECIP CHANCE WILL BE FROM LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. && .AVIATION... GENERALLY CLEAR TO MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT APPROACHES AFTER DARK WHICH WILL BRING CLOUDIER CONDITIONS WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND MVFR TO IFR FLYING CONDITIONS. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 22, 3:45 AM EST, 21 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 445 AM EDT THU SEP 22 2005 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016- 020>023-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-230845- GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON- JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER- VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER- ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND-GREENE- FAYETTE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- PRESTON-TUCKER- 445 AM EDT THU SEP 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... WESTERN MARYLAND...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 15
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 22, 11:21 PM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1221 AM EDT FRI SEP 23 2005 PAZ007-008-230630- MERCER-VENANGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHARON...HERMITAGE...GROVE CITY... GREENVILLE...FARRELL...OIL CITY...FRANKLIN...SUGARCREEK 1221 AM EDT FRI SEP 23 2005 ...LINE OF GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THROUGH 2AM. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. BE AWARE THAT THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING A LARGE AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES.
Special weather statement, Sep 22, 11:31 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1231 AM EDT FRI SEP 23 2005 OHZ041-230645- COLUMBIANA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAST LIVERPOOL...SALEM...COLUMBIANA... EAST PALESTINE...WELLSVILLE...CALCUTTA 1231 AM EDT FRI SEP 23 2005 ...LINE OF GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 2AM. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. BE AWARE THAT THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A LARGE AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES.
Special weather statement, Sep 23, 12:18 AM EST, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 118 AM EDT FRI SEP 23 2005 OHZ040-041-049-050-PAZ007-013-014-020>022-029-WVZ001-002-230615- ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-BEAVER PA-BROOKE WV-BUTLER PA-CARROLL OH-COLUMBIANA OH-HANCOCK WV-HARRISON OH-JEFFERSON OH-LAWRENCE PA-MERCER PA-WASHINGTON PA- 118 AM EDT FRI SEP 23 2005 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... COLUMBIANA...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...HARRISON...MERCER...BUTLER... ARMSTRONG...LAWRENCE...BEAVER...ALLEGHENY...WASHINGTON...HANCOCK AND BROOKE COUNTIES THROUGH 3 AM. AT 116 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF HARLANSBURG TO 4 MILES NORTH OF SCIO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS MAY REACH 40 TO 45 MPH WHICH MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO DOWN SOME BRANCHES...AND EVEN SOME POORLY ROOTED TREES. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772. 15
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:51 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
- Hurricane in Texas, September 23 to 24, 2005
- Hurricane in Louisiana, September 23 to 24, 2005
- Hurricane in Texas, September 23 to 24, 2005
- Storm Surge in Louisiana, September 23 to 24, 2005
- Tropical Storm in Louisiana, September 23 to 24, 2005
- High Wind in Nevada, September 23, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kansas, September 23, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, September 23, 2005
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, September 23, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, September 23, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, September 23, 2005
- Hail in Missouri, September 23, 2005
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, September 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: 5471697.