Hail, Allegheny
- When
- June 19, 8:08 PM EST
- Where
- Allegheny County, Pittsburgh
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.433, -79.983
Numerous reports penny size hail.
Hail in Pennsylvania, June 19, 2006
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 19, 2:00 PM EST, 6 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 2:00 PM EST, 6 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 300 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... SECONDARY TROF...HIGH CAPES...AND DECENT OMEGA COULD LEAD TO TSTMS THIS EVENING IF LINE DEVELOPING FROM DETROIT TO INDIANAPOLIS FILLS IN. INSTABILITY AND CYCLONIC FLOW OVERNIGHT WILL BRING SC TO REGION OVERNIGHT. ATMOSPHERE DRIES RAPIDLY TOMORROW MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST BRING PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... GFS SHOWS SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW MOVING FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY. WILL INCLUDE MENTION OF CHANCE POPS FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY. ZONAL PATTERN CONTINUES LATE THIS WEEK WITH SERIES OF SHORT WAVES MOVING ALONG IN FLOW. BROAD UPPER TROUGH SETS UP OVER THE GREAT LAKES BEGINNING OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. AT THE SURFACE...FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO THE NORTH OF OUR FORECAST AREA THURSDAY SAGS DOWN ALONG THE OHIO VALLEY AND BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. DIFFICULT TO FIND ANY PROLONGED RAIN-FREE PERIODS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SO WILL PLAN TO MENTION CHANCE POPS EACH DAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH FRIDAY WITH A COOL DOWN OVER THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION... SCT-BKN035 THIS AFTERNOON. SECONDARY TROF...HIGH CAPES...AND DECENT OMEGA COULD LEAD TO TSTMS THIS EVENING IF LINE DEVELOPING FROM DETROIT TO INDIANAPOLIS FILLS IN. INSTABILITY AND CYCLONIC FLOW OVERNIGHT WILL BRING SC TO REGION OVERNIGHT. VSBYS 3 -5 MI FOG AROUND SUNRISE. EXPECT DRYING FROM MID MORNING ON WITH GENERALLY SCT CU BY TUES AFTERNOON. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 3:12 PM EST, 4 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 412 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016- 020>023-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-200815- 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- 412 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY FROM INTERSTATE 80 AND NORTH. HOWEVER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO DEVELOP ELSEWHERE THROUGHOUT THE REGION LATER IN THE EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...AND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:28 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
628 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0625 PM TSTM WND DMG UTICA 41.44N 79.96W
06/19/2006 VENANGO PA EMERGENCY MNGR
LARGE TREES DOWN.
&&
TPARRISHLocal storm report, Jun 19, 5:43 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
643 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0635 PM TSTM WND DMG FRANKLIN 41.39N 79.84W
06/19/2006 VENANGO PA EMERGENCY MNGR
LARGE TREE FELL INTO A HOME ON 10TH STREET.
&&
TPARRISHLocal storm report, Jun 19, 5:58 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
658 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 E OIL CITY 41.43N 79.59W
06/19/2006 VENANGO PA LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN IN PRESIDENT NEAR SR62.
&&
TPARRISHSpecial weather statement, Jun 19, 6:12 PM EST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 712 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006 PAZ014-022-200015- ARMSTRONG PA-BUTLER PA- 712 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... BUTLER AND ARMSTRONG... AT 710 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH TOWARD NORTHERN ARMSTRONG COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... BRADYS BEND...CHICORA AND HOOKER 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. WOODRUM
Local storm report, Jun 19, 6:17 PM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
717 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0710 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 W KNOX 41.23N 79.63W
06/19/2006 CLARION PA EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN.
&&
TPARRISHLocal storm report, Jun 19, 6:29 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
729 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0710 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NNE TIONESTA 41.56N 79.41W
06/19/2006 FOREST PA LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN NEAR ENDEAVOR ALONG SR666.
&&
TPARRISHThe radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:09 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maine, June 19, 2006
- Heat in Oklahoma, June 19, 2006
- Flash Flood and Hail in Indiana, June 19, 2006
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 19, 2006
- Wildfire in Oregon, June 19 to 20, 2006
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, June 19, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 19, 2006
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 19, 2006
- Lightning Strikes in Indiana, June 19, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 19, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 19, 2006
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 19, 2006
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, June 2006
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: 5511622.