Severe thunderstorms developed along a stalled frontal boundary across the Ohio Valley with widespread wind damage across eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, and Garrett county Maryland. One fatality occurred in Westmoreland county Pennsylvania when a large tree fell on a moving car, killing the driver.
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The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms developed along a stalled frontal boundary across the Ohio Valley with widespread wind damage across eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, and Garrett county Maryland. One fatality occurred in Westmoreland county Pennsylvania when a large tree fell on a moving car, killing the driver.
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 29, 1:52 AM EST, 8 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 252 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES WILL BRING UNSETTLED WEATHER THROUGH MONDAY WITH A RISK OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING A PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER FOR TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. A COLD FRONT APPROACHING THURSDAY WILL BRING A RISK OF SHOWERS FOR THURSDAY INTO SATURDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... A STRONG UPPER TROF DIGGING INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES BY THIS EVENING WILL BRING A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS. SHOWERS WILL BE VERY WIDELY SCATTERED THIS MORNING. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... COLD UPPER LOW WILL BRING UNSETTLED WEATHER AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPRERATURES FOR MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS IN RESPONSE TO THE HEATING OF THE DAY. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE DISTRICT WILL BRING DRY WEATHER FOR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE DISTRICT THURSDAY WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT WILL KEEP A RISK OF SHOWERS INTO SATURDAY. && .AVIATION /07Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... SCT MVFR VSBYS IN BR WITH ISOLATED IFR IN FG EARLY THIS MORNING. ANY BR OR FG THAT FORMS WILL BURN OFF BY 13Z. SREF, NAM AND NMM WRF SIM RADAR LOOP ALL POINT TO SHOWERS AND TSTMS REDEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON IN CONVERGENCE ZONE IN ADVANCE OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT. CAPE VALUES RUNNING 1000-1400 J/KG WITH MAX LIFT PRE-FROPA. MVFR/SCT IFR CONDS IN/NEAR CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON...WND GUSTS 50KTS+ POSSIBLE IN SOME STORMS. MODEL RUNS SHOW SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS WELL...WITH COLD MID LEVEL UPPER LOW HOLDING. A FEW PERIODS OF IFR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. MORE SETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY...BEFORE ANOTHER COLD FRONT AFFECTS THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND SHORT-LIVED BOUTS OF IFR THURSDAY. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 450 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-300900- 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- 450 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1116 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 OHZ039-048-291615- COSHOCTON OH-TUSCARAWAS OH- 1116 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... COSHOCTON AND TUSCARAWAS... AT 1115 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COOPERDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 36 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...IN ADDITION TO BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... BAKERSVILLE...BALTIC...CONESVILLE...COOPERDALE...COSHOCTON... DENNISON...DOVER...GNADENHUTTEN...NELLIE...NEW PHILADELPHIA...STONE CREEK...STRASBURG...SUGARCREEK...UHRICHSVILLE AND WARSAW 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 Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:28 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency management reported flash flooding in and around Moundsville and across the county with some roads closed.
Law enforcement reported trees down along Rt 2 south of Wellsburg.
Emergency management reported large trees down along Riley rd near |MC Mechen.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 115318, 115319, 115320.