Thunderstorm Wind, Clearfield
- When
- June 22, 5:25 PM EST
- Where
- Clearfield County, Du Bois
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.117, -78.767
Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires in DuBois.
Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 22, 2006
1 thunderstorm wind, 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 State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 22, 3:18 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 3:18 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 418 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... OUTFLOW FROM LAST NIGHTS MCS HAS KEPT THINGS QUITE SO FAR ACROSS CENTRAL PA...BUT MAIN CONCERN REMAINS FROM JUST EAST OF PIT...WESTWARD...AS AIRMASS OVER THE OH VLY IS VERY UNSTABLE. THUS LOOKING AT WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AS THE AIRMASS HEATS UP. MORE IN THE WAY OF WIDESPREAD STORMS THIS EVENING...ESP IN THE WEST...AS THE REMAINS OF THE MCS TRACKS EASTWARD FROM THE OH VLY. SOME STORMS WILL LIKELY BE ON THE STRONG TO SEVERE SIDE. HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE...BUT STORMS WILL BE MOVING. SVR TSTORM WATCH 543 CONTINUES THROUGH 10PM/02Z. FRONT SLIDES THROUGH FRIDAY BRINGING HIGH PROB OF SHOWERS/TSTORMS TO ALL OF CENTRAL PA. FRONT SETTLES IN ALONG MASON/DIXON LINE FRI NIGHT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING DEVELOPS AS SHOWERS/TSTORMS RIDE ALONG THIS BOUNDARY AS DEFORMATION ZONE TIGHTENS AND PW/S INCREASE. COULD SEE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN IN A 36HR PERIOD IN/NEAR THE LOWER SUSQ VALLEY. AN ESF HAS BEEN ISSUED DETAILING THE THREAT. REGION CAN HANDLE A COUPLE OF INCHES OF RAIN...BUT TRAINING ECHOS OR SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN IN JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH RUNOFF IN THIS SOUPY ATMOSPHERE. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... NO BIG CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO LINGER JUST TO OUR SOUTHEAST. HIGHEST PROB FOR SHOWERS/TSTORMS WILL BE IN THE SOUTHEAST AS DEEP MOISTURE AND SE WINDS FEED INTO THE FRONT SUN THROUGH TUE SHARPENING THE BOUNDARY. CORE OF HEAVIEST PRECIP MAY BE JUST TO OUR EAST BUT COULD EXTEND BACK INTO THE LOWER SUSQ VALLEY...ESPECIALLY MON. JUST ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DAILY SHOWERS/TSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL COUNTIES THROUGH THE PERIOD. MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ALSO FOR THE SOUTHEAST AS DEWPOINTS CLIMB TO NEAR 70 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL DAYS. TEMPS WILL BE TEMPERED A BIT BY PLENTY OF CLOUDS...BUT THAT WILL BRING VERY MILD LOWS AND NEAR NORMAL HIGHS. PATTERN FINALLY BREAKS BY WED INTO THU AS FRONT FINALLY WASHES OUT AND HIGH PRESSURE CAN BUILD STRONGER OVER CENTRAL PA. && .AVIATION... MAINLY VFR THIS AFTERNOON...BUT MVFR EARLY ON AT HIGHER ELEVATION SITES LIKE BFD AND JST...GIVEN BANDS OF SC. MORE MVFR AND IFR CONDITIONS TONIGHT UNTIL AROUND 14Z ON FRIDAY...AS REMAINS OF MCS TRACK EASTWARD FROM THE OH VLY. THEN BACK TO VFR AROUND MIDDAY FOR A BRIEF TIME...UNTIL FRONT FIRES UP MORE STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...RXR/MARTIN LONG TERM...RXR AVIATION...MARTIN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 3:56 AM EST, 13 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 456 AM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-056>059-063>066-230900- WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN- JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING- SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON- CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 456 AM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT VERY HUMID AIR WILL SURGE INTO THE REGION TODAY SETTING THE STAGE FOR SOME SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD CAUSE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A SLOW MOVING FRONT WILL STALL JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE STATE LATER FRIDAY AND OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE BIGGEST THREAT FOR FLOODING RAIN WILL BE OVER SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:15 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 515 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 PAZ004-005-010-222215- ELK-MCKEAN-WARREN- 515 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO REGION... AT 509 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FROM WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR YOUNGSVILLE AROUND 525 PM...CHAPMAN STATE PARK AROUND 535 PM...WARREN AROUND 540 PM...RUSSELL...SHEFFIELD AND CLARENDON AROUND 545 PM...PORTLAND MILLS AROUND 550 PM...LUDLOW...KINZUA DAM AND BROCKPORT AROUND 555 PM. INTENSE LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:30 PM EST, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 530 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 PAZ017-222230- CLEARFIELD- 530 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING REGION... AT 522 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING CLEARFIELD COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE COUNTY FROM THE WEST BETWEEN 545 PM AND 730 PM. EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE STORMS...CAUSING WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:02 PM EST, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 602 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 PAZ024-025-033-034-222300- BEDFORD-BLAIR-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- 602 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING REGION... AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF INDIANA TO 11 MILES EAST OF MOUNT PLEASANT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR JENNERSTOWN...BOSWELL AND ACOSTA AROUND 620 PM...STOYSTOWN...JEROME AND FRIEDENS AROUND 625 PM...FERNDALE...WESTMONT...VINTONDALE AND TIRE HILL AROUND 630 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE STORMS THIS EVENING...CAUSING WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. FORECASTER:
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:26 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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, June 22, 2006
- Heat in California, June 22 to 30, 2006
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, June 22, 2006
- Heat in Pennsylvania, June 22, 2006
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, June 22, 2006
- Dust Storm and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 22, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 22, 2006
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 22, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 22, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 22, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 22 to 23, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 22, 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: 5517891.