High Wind, Mercer
- When
- February 17, 6:45 AM EST
- Where
- Mercer forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.302, -80.258 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 17, 2006
A couple of trees were blown down by wind in Hermitage (Mercer Co), and Punxsutawney (Jefferson Co.)
Where it happened
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- Wind
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- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 happened
The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
A couple of trees were blown down by wind in Hermitage (Mercer Co), and Punxsutawney (Jefferson Co.)
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 Feb 17, 3:00 AM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 3:00 AM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
300 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006
.SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING
BRINGING A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY THIS MORNING AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS WITH AND IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. A
HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES AND
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS SOUTH AND EAST OF PITTSBURGH FOR STRONG GUSTS
WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. AS THE FRONT SWEEPS EAST OF THE DISTRICT
BY MID MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL FALL FROM THE 50S EARLY THIS
MORNING INTO THE LOWER 30S BY AFTERNOON. MUCH DRIER COLDER AIR WILL
PUSH INTO THE DISTRICT FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON, TONIGHT AND INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT. WEST WINDS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL NOT BE FAVORABLE
FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WITH JUST A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS
ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO
THE DISTRICT SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT WILL BRING MUCH COLDER
TEMPERATURES AND PROVIDE A LOWERING SUBSIDENCE INVERSION THAT WILL
INHIBIT SNOW SHOWERS.
&&
.LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WITH DRY
WEATHER AND CONTINUED COLD TEMPERATURES. A WEAK UPPER TROF MOVING
ACROSS THE LAKES ON MONDAY WILL BRING PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES BUT NOT
ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR SNOW SHOWERS. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BUILD BACK INTO THE DISTRICT FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL DRY
WEATHER AND SLOWLY MODERATING TEMPERATURES. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS FOR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS FOR THURSDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...
MAIN CONCERN THIS MORNING IS STRONG WINDS. SFC WINDS EXPECTED TO BE
SUSTAINED AROUND 15 TO 20 KTS INTO EARLY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS 35 TO
40 KTS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS AT 2000 TO 3000 FT EXPECTED WITH
FRONTAL PASSAGE FROM 08-11Z. LOW LEVEL JET OF 75KTS WILL SWEEP
THROUGH WITH FRONT WITH A SOUTH TO NORTH AXIS. VFR CONDITIONS
EXPECTED AHEAD OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY THEN A SHORT PERIOD 3 TO 4 HOURS
OF IFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS WITH FRONT AND JUST BEHIND FRONT. CIGS
WILL DROP TO 1000 TO 2000 FT FOR A SHORT TIME BEHIND FRONT WITH SOME
CEILINGS FALLING BELOW 1000FT. VIS WITH RAIN WILL GENERALLY BE IN
THE 3 TO 5SM RANGE. LL CLOUDS CLEAR OUT QUICKLY THIS MORNING WITH A
RETURN OF VFR CONDITIONS RETURNING BY 15Z. VERY DRY AIR BEHIND FRONT
WILL ALLOW SKIES TO BECOME CLEAR TO PC BY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL
WEAKEN DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS WELL.
&&
.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR MDZ001 UNTIL 1 PM FRIDAY.
OH...WIND ADVISORY FOR OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069 UNTIL 1
PM FRIDAY.
PA...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR PAZ007>009-015-016-023-030-032 UNTIL 1
PM FRIDAY.
...WIND ADVISORY FOR PAZ013-014-020>022-029-031 UNTIL 1 PM FRIDAY.
WV...WIND ADVISORY FOR WVZ001>004-012-021-022 UNTIL 1 PM FRIDAY.
...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR WVZ023-041 UNTIL 1 PM FRIDAY.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 5:08 AM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 508 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 MDZ001-PAZ007>009-015-016-023-030-032-WVZ023-041-181015- GARRETT-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-INDIANA- WESTMORELAND-FAYETTE-PRESTON-TUCKER- 508 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MARYLAND...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1:00 PM THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH MAY OCCUR UNTIL 1:00 PM BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE DISTRICT THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 50 MPH AND ANY PROPERTY DAMAGE OR TREES DOWN. OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ013-014-020>022-029-031- WVZ001>004-012-021-022-181015- TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH- MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-BEAVER- ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-WASHINGTON-GREENE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO- MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- 508 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1:00 PM THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH MAY OCCUR BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE DISTRICT THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER SHOULD REPORT WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AND ANY PROPERTY DAMAGE OR TREE LIMBS DOWN.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Jefferson
- When
- February 17, 6:45 AM EST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.128, -78.999 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, February 17, 2006
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- High Wind in Ohio, February 17, 2006
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Washington, February 17, 2006
- High Wind and Strong Wind in New Jersey, February 17, 2006
- High Wind in New Hampshire, February 17, 2006
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, February 17, 2006
- High Wind in Vermont, February 17, 2006
- High Wind in New Hampshire, February 17, 2006
- High Wind in Maine, February 17, 2006
- High Wind in New York, February 17, 2006
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: 5493164, 5493165.