Thunderstorm Wind, Noble
- When
- March 14, 7:15 PM EST
- Where
- Noble County, Caldwell
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -81.520
Law enforcement reported trees down in Caldwell.
Flooding and Hail in Ohio, March 14 to 15, 2007
A strong cold front produced severe weather across portions of Western Pennsylvania, Southeast Ohio, and Northern West Virginia. As low pressure slowly moved east of the region, heavy rains with some snow melt then caused flooding of some streams and creeks.
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
- 10
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 strong cold front produced severe weather across portions of Western Pennsylvania, Southeast Ohio, and Northern West Virginia. As low pressure slowly moved east of the region, heavy rains with some snow melt then caused flooding of some streams and creeks.
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 Mar 14, 2:54 PM EST, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 2:54 PM EST, 4 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 354 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2007 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... BACK EDGE OF AREA OF RAIN SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH SHORTWAVE TROUGH CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST INTO CENTRAL PA THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT A BREAK FROM PRECIPITATION THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST INTO THE FORECAST AREA LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. EXPECT PRECIPITATION WITH FRONT TO MOVE BACK INTO REGION BY LATE TONIGHT. SO WILL KEEP POPS CATEGORICAL FOR MAINLY LATER TONIGHT AND THEN LIKELY NORTHWEST AND CATEGORICAL SOUTH AND EAST THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS BASED LARGELY ON HPC QPF GUIDANCE. SITUATION TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY AS 24H RAIN AMOUNTS OVER 1.5 INCHES MAY CAUSE FLOODING CONCERNS ON SMALL STREAMS THURSDAY AND LARGER RIVERS INTO THE WEEKEND. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... GFS AND ECMWF MODEL RUNS BOTH SHOW THE PASSAGE OF A COLD UPPER TROUGH THROUGH THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY FRIDAY INTO SUNDAY. THIS CAN RESULT IN COLD CLOUDY CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND WITH POSSIBLY FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS. AS THE UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL (WEST TO EAST) EARLY NEXT WEEK, TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO SEASONABLE VALUES AS INDICATED BY HPC AND GFS MOS GUIDANCE. ANY PRECIPITATION EVENTS WILL BE LIGHT ALBEIT DIFFICULT TO TIME IN THE FAST FLOW. && .AVIATION /20Z-18Z/... BACK EDGE OF AREA OF RAIN SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH SHORTWAVE TROUGH CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST INTO CENTRAL PA. BEHIND THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION EXPECT GENERALLY MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING ALONG WITH AREAS OF IFR CEILINGS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST INTO THE FORECAST AREA LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. EXPECT PRECIPITATION WITH FRONT TO MOVE BACK INTO REGION MAINLY BETWEEN 04Z-08Z TONIGHT. PREDOMINATELY MVFR CONDITIONS SHOULD LOWER TO IFR IN RAIN AND FOG AT NORTHERN TERMINALS AFTER 09Z AND FAR SOUTHERN TERMINALS AFTER 13Z THURSDAY. SOUTHWEST LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY LATE TONIGHT...THEN NORTHERLY THURSDAY MORNING AS FRONT MOVES THROUGH REGION. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. && 14/11/14/
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 3:10 AM EST, 16 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 410 AM EDT WED MAR 14 2007 OHZ039>041-048>050-057-058-PAZ007-013-150815- TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH- MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-MERCER-LAWRENCE- 410 AM EDT WED MAR 14 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES DOWN FROM THE NORTH. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS...HOWEVER EMBEDDED SUPERCELL STRUCTURES SUPPORT A HAIL/ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS PLEASE REPORT ANY WIND DAMAGE AND HAIL STONES ONE HALF INCH OR LARGER. MDZ001-OHZ059-068-069-PAZ008-009-014>016-020>023-029>032- WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-150815- GARRETT-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-VENANGO-FOREST-BUTLER-CLARION- JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON- WESTMORELAND-GREENE-FAYETTE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL- MARION-MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER- 410 AM EDT WED MAR 14 2007 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 14, 3:19 PM EST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
419 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM FLASH FLOOD 10 W PLEASANTVILLE 41.59N 79.77W
03/14/2007 VENANGO PA EMERGENCY MNGR
ROAD FLOODING NEAR CHAPMANVILLE AND OTHER LOCATIONS IN
PLUM...CORNPLANTER...AND CHERRYTREE TOWNSHIPS INCLUDING
SR 227 AND BUXTON RD.
&&
LGIORDANSpecial weather statement, Mar 14, 6:13 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 713 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2007 OHZ068-150015- NOBLE OH- 713 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2007 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTY... NOBLE... AT 707 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELLE VALLEY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... BELLE VALLEY...CALDWELL...DUDLEY...SARAHSVILLE AND WOLF RUN STATE PARK 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, Mar 14, 6:39 PM EST, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 739 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2007 OHZ059-069-150045- BELMONT OH-MONROE OH- 739 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2007 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... MONROE AND BELMONT... AT 732 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 12 MILES WEST OF WOODSFIELD...OR ABOUT OVER SUMMERFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ALLEDONIA...ANTIOCH...BARKCAMP STATE PARK...BARNESVILLE... BENWOOD...BETHESDA...CAMERON...GRAYSVILLE...ROUND BOTTOM...SOMERTON AND WOODSFIELD 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, Mar 14, 7:04 PM EST, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 804 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2007 OHZ059-150100- BELMONT OH- 804 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2007 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTY... BELMONT... AT 759 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF SOMERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ALLEDONIA...BARKCAMP STATE PARK...BARNESVILLE...BETHESDA...SAINT CLAIRSVILLE AND SOMERTON 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.
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:15 UTC.
Event by event
7 flood, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Monroe
- When
- March 14, 7:25 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Woodsfield
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -81.120
One inch hail reported in Woodsfield.
Hail, Belmont
- When
- March 14, 7:40 PM EST
- Where
- Belmont County, Bridgeport
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 40.070, -80.750
Public reported one inch hail in Bridgeport.
Flood, Belmont
- When
- March 15, 3:49 AM EST to 6:30 AM EST
- Where
- Belmont County, Shadyside
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.970, -80.750
A trained spotter reported County RD 54 and Pipe Creek RD flooded.
Flood, Coshocton
- When
- March 15, 8:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Coshocton County, Coshocton
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 40.270, -81.850
Law enforcement reported numerous roads closed due to flooding.
Flood, Guernsey
- When
- March 15, 8:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Guernsey County, Cambridge
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 40.030, -81.600
Numerous roads flooded across the county due to heavy rains.
Flood, Muskingum
- When
- March 15, 8:10 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Muskingum County, (Zzv)zanesville Muni
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 39.950, -81.900
Law enforcement reported flooding of small streams, creeks and secondary roads across the county.
Flood, Tuscarawas
- When
- March 15, 8:30 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Tuscarawas County, Uhrichsville
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 40.400, -81.330
Numerous roads flooded across the county.
Flood, Harrison
- When
- March 15, 9:00 AM EST to 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Harrison County, Scio
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 40.400, -81.080
Numerous roads closed due to flooding.
Flood, Jefferson
- When
- March 15, 1:45 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Rayland
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 40.180, -80.680
Numerous roads closed due to flooding across the county.
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Minnesota, March 14 to 17, 2007
- Flooding in New York, March 14 to 18, 2007
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, March 14, 2007
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, March 14, 2007
- Flooding in New York, March 14 to 18, 2007
- Flooding and Hail in Ohio, March 14, 2007
- Flooding and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, March 14 to 15, 2007
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, March 14, 2007
- Heavy Rain in Hawaii, March 14 to 16, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, March 14, 2007
- Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, March 14 to 15, 2007
- Hail in Texas, March 14, 2007
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, March 2007
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: 20321, 20320, 20322, 20323, 20324, 20325, 20326, 20327, 20328, 20329.