Hail, Washington
- When
- June 4, 7:08 AM EST
- Where
- Washington County, 1.14 mi E of Bissell
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 40.019, -80.109
The public reported penny size hail in Marianna.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 4 to 5, 2008
A cold front moved across Ohio and Pennsylvania on June 4th and stalled near the West Virginia and Pennsylvania border on June 5th. This produced scattered severe thunderstorms and flash flooding across eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia.
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
- $25,000
- 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 cold front moved across Ohio and Pennsylvania on June 4th and stalled near the West Virginia and Pennsylvania border on June 5th. This produced scattered severe thunderstorms and flash flooding across eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia.
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 4, 2:20 AM EST, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 2:20 AM EST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
320 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
A WARM FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.
THIS FRONT WILL BE THE FOCAL POINT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
A STRONG HIGH WILL BRING HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS FOR THE WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
HAVE ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 444 THROUGH 1100 AM THIS MORNING.
CURRENTLY WATCHING THREE AREAS AS THEY RELATE TO TODAYS FORECAST.
THE FIRST IS ACROSS MY FAR SOUTH NEAR BOUNDARY WHERE DISSIPATING
MCS CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS WV. THE SECOND AREA IS CURRENTLY
MOVING OVER OVER E IN AND W OH. THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTHER UL
WAVE. THIS SECOND AREA WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY FOR
POTENTIAL OF FLOODING/SEVERE THROUGH DAWN. CURRENT MODEL SOLUTIONS
WANT TO CARRY THIS AREA ON A MORE NORTHERLY TRACK THAN CONVECTION
CURRENTLY FIRING ACROSS MY SOUTH. IN ADDITION...A MORE NORTHERLY
TRACK WILL PUSH IT INTO MORE STABLE AIR WHICH IN TURN SHOULD
PROMOTE WEAKENING. THIS TREND IS REASONABLE AS AREA OF CONVECTION
JUST TO MY WEST FIRED OVER E IN A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO AND HAS BEEN
SLOWLY WEAKENING SINCE. THIS CAN BEEN SEEN WITH A COMBINATION OF
RADAR/SAT PICS AS INTENSITY OF CELLS ARE WEAKENING AND CLOUD TOPS
ARE WARMING.
THE THIRD AREA IS A STRENGTHENING CLUSTER OF STORMS OF E IL AND W
IN. IF PAST TREND HOLDS TRUE...WOULD EXPECT THIS AREA TO WEAKEN
AS IT MOVES EASTWARD AS WELL AND PERHAPS TURN SOUTHWARD. THERE ARE
SOME SIGNS ON CURRENT SAT PICS THAT THIS CLUSTER IS TAKING A MORE
SOUTHERLY ROUTE.
FOR THE FORECAST TODAY...MODELS ARE SHOWING A LARGE SHIELD OF
RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. BEST
INSTABILITY...SHEAR AND JUICIEST AIR REMAINS TO THE SOUTH OF MY
CWA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. CONCERN WILL BE MORE TOWARD
FLOODING POTENTIAL RATHER THAN SEVERE. ALTHOUGH SEVERE CANNOT BE
COMPLETELY RULED OUT. TODAYS SFC FEATURES WILL ALLOW FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING CELLS...WHICH DEPENDING ON INTENSITY AND
SPEED COULD CAUSE WATER PROBLEMS THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER MY
SOUTHERN COUNTIES.
LAST WAVE FINALLY MOVES THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH SHOULD
BRING AN END TO THE ACTIVITY.
HAVE GONE LOWER ON TEMPS TODAY THAN GUIDANCE AS PLENTY OF CLOUDS
FROM DECAYING MCS AND PRECIP SHOULD HOLD TEMPS DOWN A BIT.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY/...
FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES NORTHWARD TONIGHT AS LARGE SFC LOW OVER
CENTRAL US MOVES NORTHWARD AS WELL. IN ADDITION...UL HEIGHTS
BEGIN TO SLOWLY RISE INTO THU MORNING AS LARGE EASTERN RIDGE
STARTS TO TAKE HOLD.
THIS UL RIDGE WILL BE THE MAIN PLAYER IN OUR WEATHER THROUGH
FRIDAY. BENEATH THIS RIDGE...SFC HIGH DEEPENS AND PROVIDES STRONG
AND CONSISTENT FLOW FROM THE SOUTH. NOT MUCH ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED
WITH SUCH STRONG SUBSIDENCE...HOWEVER...A MUCH WARMER AND HUMID
PATTERN WILL MAKE IT FEEL VERY MUCH LIKE SUMMER BY FRIDAY.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
CURRENT MEDIUM RANGE MODELS WANT TO KEEP STRONG RIDGE OVER THE
EASTERN US INTO EARLY MONDAY.
THIS WILL MEAN A MAINLY DRY WEEKEND...BUT WELL ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND HUMID CONDITIONS. WITH SO MUCH HUMIDITY...A
SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM REMAINS A POSSIBILITY THIS WEEKEND...BUT
MAIN TRACK OF ACTIVITY WILL BE WELL NORTH OF THE REGION INTO EARLY MONDAY.
RIDGE BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN MONDAY AND FRONT TO THE NORTH WILL
START TO SINK SOUTHWARD.
AT THIS POINT IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL TAKE TILL TUESDAY UNTIL FRONT
WILL HAVE ENOUGH PUSH TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.
&&
.AVIATION /07Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
FRONT LYING ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO AND SOUTHWEST PA WITH AREAS OF
SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN TERMINALS. QUITE VARIABLE
CONDITIONS WITH VFR AT TIMES QUICKLY BECOMING IFR IN SHOWERS AND
STORMS. NORTH OF BOUNDARY AREAS OF STRATUS AND FOG CREATING MVFR TO
IFR CONDITIONS WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING. BOUNDARY
WILL SHIFT SLIGHTLY NORTH REMAINDER OF DAY WITH SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXPANDING NORTH TOWARD MID DAY WITH GENERAL MVFR
CONDITIONS.
MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY. WIDELY SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL AS EARLY MORNING FOG AND HAZE WILL LOWER
CONDITIONS TO MVFR/IFR AT TIMES OVER THE WEEKEND AS LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE REMAINS OVER THE REGION.
&&
.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR MDZ001.
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR OHZ057>059-
068-069.
PA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR PAZ031-032.
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WVZ004-012-
021>023-041.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 4:11 AM EST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 511 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 OHZ039>041-048>050-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029-030-WVZ001>003- 050915- TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-MERCER- VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY- ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO- 511 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS. THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. THE DAYS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. MDZ001-PAZ031-032-WVZ004-012-021>023-041-050915- GARRETT-GREENE-FAYETTE-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-PRESTON- TUCKER- 511 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. THUNDERSTORMS TODAY COULD PRODUCE RAIN HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. ...SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS. THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. OHZ057>059-068-069-050915- MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE- 511 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...TORNADO WATCH 444 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. THUNDERSTORMS TODAY COULD PRODUCE RAIN HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. ...SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS. THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. IF THUNDERSTORMS DO REACH SEVERE LEVELS...A TORNADO COULD DEVELOP IN SEVERE STORMS DURING THE MORNING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 1:59 AM EST, 5 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 259 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 OHZ057-040745- MUSKINGUM OH- 259 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS... A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...MUSKINGUM... AT 3001 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER DRAKE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND HAIL. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. THESE STORMS SHOULD WEAKEN SOMEWHAT AND CLEAR MUSKINGUM COUNTY BY 330 AM. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ADAMSVILLE...BRIDGEVILLE...CHANDLERSVILLE...DRAKE AND NORWICH 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, Jun 4, 6:34 AM EST, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 734 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 PAZ029-031-WVZ003-004-041230- GREENE PA-MARSHALL WV-OHIO WV-WASHINGTON PA- 734 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... WASHINGTON...GREENE...MARSHALL AND OHIO... AT 732 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 4 MILES EAST OF SHERRARD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL AS THE RATE OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH MAY ALSO BE GENERATED. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... CLAYSVILLE...RYERSON STATION...SWARTS...AMITY AND BANETOWN MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. 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), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:09 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Armstrong
- When
- June 5, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Armstrong County, 2.86 mi SW of Frogtown
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 40.923, -79.692
Emergency management reported trees down in Sugar Creek Twp. along Miller Road.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Flood in Virginia, June 4, 2008
- Flooding in Illinois, June 4 to 18, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Nebraska, June 4 to 5, 2008
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Indiana, June 4, 2008
- Flooding in Indiana, June 4 to 22, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 4 to 5, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Nebraska, June 4 to 5, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Nebraska, June 4 to 15, 2008
- Flood in Indiana, June 4 to 12, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Maryland, June 4, 2008
- Flood in Indiana, June 4 to 21, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Iowa, June 4 to 18, 2008
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, June 2008
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: 101929, 101934.