Thunderstorms developed well ahead of a slow moving cold front. Some of the thunderstorms were severe, and also produced flash flooding across much of northern Venango county in Pennsylvania, with some flooding in Tuscarawas county Ohio.
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The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed well ahead of a slow moving cold front. Some of the thunderstorms were severe, and also produced flash flooding across much of northern Venango county in Pennsylvania, with some flooding in Tuscarawas county Ohio.
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 24, 1:35 PM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
235 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY. BEHIND THE FRONT...EXPECT SLIGHTLY COOLER
AND LESS HUMID CONDITIONS.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
CURRENT VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING CU FIELD FILLING IN THE
PREVIOUS VOIDS SEEN ACROSS NRN WV AND SWRN PA. NEAR TERM MODELS
CONTINUE TO SHOW A WEAK UPPER LEVEL WAVE PASSING THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON/EVENING. ALREADY BEGINNING TO SEE SOME SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP INTO ERN OH.
WITH MODEST INSTABILITY AND 0-6KM BULK SHEAR IN THE 20-30KT
RANGE...WOULD NOT EXPECT TO SEE NUMEROUS SEVERE STORMS
TODAY...HOWEVER A FEW STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE MAY OCCUR. 12Z
UPPER AIR SOUNDING SHOWED DEEP MOISTURE THROUGH H6...LIMITING DRY
AIR INTRUSION FOR SEVERE WIND POTENTIAL. ALSO...THE 12Z SOUNDING
HAD THE FREEZING LEVEL ALMOST PUSHING 14KFT...WHICH WOULD TAKE A
PROLONGED DEEP UPDRAFT FOR HAIL PRODUCTION.
WITH COPIOUS MOISTURE ALONG THE FRONT IN OHIO AND PWATS CONTINUING
TO SURGE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE TO
ISSUE AN FFA NOW THROUGH THE PASSAGE OF THE PRIMARY WAVE TOMORROW.
ATTM THE FFA IS CONFINED TO AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF PIT...WHERE
ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING
HAVE KEPT SOILS NEARLY SATURATED. IF THE AXIS OF HEAVY RAIN SHIFTS
FURTHER EAST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT...AN EASTWARD EXPANSION OF THE
WATCH MAY BE PRUDENT...HOWEVER FFG IS A BIT HIGHER PRIMARILY SOUTH
OF PIT INTO NRN WV.
SFC LOW TRACKS DIRECTLY OVERHEAD MIDDAY WEDNESDAY WITH THE UPPER
WAVE RIDING WITH IT. BEST CHANCE OF HEAVY RAIN SHOULD STAY NORTH
OF THE LOW ALONG THE MID-LEVEL DEFORMATION. RIGHT ENTRANCE OF THE
UPPER JET WILL ALSO PROVIDE SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF UPPER LEVEL
DIVERGENCE THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY.
TAX
&&
.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
A COLD FRONT IS SET TO CLEAR THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE AREA
WEDNESDAY EVENING...WINDING DOWN THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS FROM
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. DRIER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND
THE FRONT...LIKELY BREAKING UP CLOUDS AND ALLOWING FOR WIDER
DIURNAL TEMPERATURE SPREADS. DUE TO THE STRONG SUN...DAYTIME HIGHS
MAY STILL APPROACH 80 DEGREES...HOWEVER NIGHTTIME LOWS WILL BE
MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE IN THE 50S AND LOWER 60S.
MODEL GUIDANCE IS RATHER SPLIT AS TO WHETHER A SECONDARY SYSTEMS
MAY APPROACH IN NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ON FRIDAY. THE NAM IS THE MOST
BULLISH WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND BRINGS SHOWERS ACROSS THE MUCH OF
THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES
STRENGTHEN. THE GFS/ECMWF/CANADIAN ARE ALL MORE SUBDUED WITH
THIS...SO ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE/LOW END CHANCE POPS WERE CARRIED.
OTHERWISE...THE NEXT REAL CHANCE OF ANY WIDESPREAD
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS SEEMS LIKELY TO HOLD OFF UNTIL NEXT WEEKEND.
FRIES
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
WARMTH...HUMIDITY...AND SLGT TO CHC POPS WL RTN FOR THE WEEKEND AS ERN
CONUS RIDGE BLDS IN RESPONSE TO GREAT PLNS TROFG. THE NR CLIMO PCPN
CHCS WL BE DEPENDENT ON WEAK SHRTWVS THROUGH FLOW AND DIURNALLY
SPPRTD/MESOSCALE FORCED CONVECTION. IN GENL...WPC GUIDANCE
REPRESENTS THE SCENARIO SUFFICIENTLY AND FEW CHANGES WERE COMPLETED.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
A PASSING SHORTWAVE SHOULD BRING THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE CONDITIONS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN
VFR...IFR RESTRICTIONS IN THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH PLENTY
OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO HELP PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. THIS WILL MOST
LIKELY BE CONFINED TO THE PORTS NORTH AND WEST OF PIT BUT VCTS WILL
BE MENTIONED ELSEWHERE.
CONDITIONS SHOULD DETERIORATE THIS EVENING AS MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE
FRONT STREAMS NORTHWARD. LAMP...MOS...AND SREF GUIDANCE SUGGEST A
PERIOD OF IFR CONDITIONS FOR KZZV...KFKL...AND KDUJ.
SW WIND WILL GUST TO 20KTS...EXCEPT WHERE HIGHER IN SOME
THUNDERSTORMS.
.OUTLOOK.../WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
PERIODIC RESTRICTIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY AS THE
FRONT CROSSES. HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD BRING PREVAILING VFR THROUGH
FRIDAY BEFORE SHOWER CHANCES INCREASE ONCE AGAIN.
&&
.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR OHZ039>041-
048>050-057-058.
PA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR PAZ007>009-
013>016-020>022.
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR WVZ001.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 207 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014 MDZ001-OHZ059-068-069-PAZ023-029-031-073>076-WVZ002>004-012-021>023- 041-251815- GARRETT-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-GREENE-WESTMORELAND- WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL- WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER- 207 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ENOUGH TO CAUSE LOCALIZED WATER PROBLEMS IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...ENOUGH TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT RISES ON SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS. IF THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL SHIFTS FURTHER EAST...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. OHZ039>041-048>050-057-058-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>022-WVZ001-251815- TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH- MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION- JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-HANCOCK- 207 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
216 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0743 PM TSTM WND DMG STONEBORO 41.34N 80.11W
06/23/2014 MERCER PA NWS EMPLOYEE
MANY TREES DOWN IN STONEBORO AND SANDY LAKE
&&
EVENT NUMBER PBZ1401629
FRIESSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
235 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
PAZ008-009-015-241930-
CLARION PA-FOREST PA-VENANGO PA-
235 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL CLARION...
NORTHEASTERN VENANGO AND NORTHWESTERN FOREST COUNTIES...
AT 231 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF OIL
CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OIL CITY... TIONESTA... WEST HICKORY...
KELLETTVILLE... LYNCH... BALLTOWN...
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH
FACEBOOK PAGE OR BY USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH.
LAT...LON 4162 7895 4159 7895 4132 7963 4147 7976
4163 7948 4163 7896
34SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
426 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
PAZ009-015-016-242115-
CLARION PA-FOREST PA-JEFFERSON PA-
426 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN FOREST...EXTREME NORTH
CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CLARION COUNTIES...
AT 420 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTHEAST
OF REDCLYFFE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. HEAVY RAIN WILL POND WATER ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL SMALL
STREAMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
REDCLYFFE... MARIENVILLE... LYNCH...
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH
FACEBOOK PAGE OR BY USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH.
LAT...LON 4162 7895 4144 7895 4143 7897 4145 7899
4145 7906 4142 7906 4141 7909 4136 7909
4136 7903 4132 7909 4144 7926 4163 7906PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
533 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0422 PM TSTM WND DMG BLUE JAY 41.55N 79.13W
06/24/2014 FOREST PA TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE OAK TREE ON BLUE JAY RD
&&
EVENT NUMBER PBZ1401630
XXSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
547 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
OHZ048-057-242215-
COSHOCTON OH-MUSKINGUM OH-
547 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT COSHOCTON AND NORTHWESTERN
MUSKINGUM COUNTIES...
AT 543 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF COOPERDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COOPERDALE... NELLIE... WARSAW...
COSHOCTON... BLISSFIELD... WEST LAFAYETTE...
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH
FACEBOOK PAGE OR BY USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH.
LAT...LON 4026 8220 4045 8188 4045 8180 4030 8166
4004 8218 4006 8220SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
644 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
OHZ039-040-048-242330-
CARROLL OH-COSHOCTON OH-TUSCARAWAS OH-
644 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN COSHOCTON...
NORTHWESTERN CARROLL AND TUSCARAWAS COUNTIES...
AT 642 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STONE CREEK...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. HEAVY RAIN WILL POND WATER ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL SMALL
STREAMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STONE CREEK... BALTIC... BAKERSVILLE...
SUGARCREEK... NEW PHILADELPHIA... DOVER...
STRASBURG... BOLIVAR... SHERRODSVILLE...
MINERAL CITY... DELLROY... MALVERN...
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH
FACEBOOK PAGE OR BY USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH.
LAT...LON 4045 8172 4045 8168 4063 8166 4065 8161
4065 8149 4067 8146 4066 8140 4066 8125
4072 8124 4073 8116 4062 8102 4028 8157
4042 8173The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:45 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported trees down blocking River Road.
Law enforcement reported Cherry Run Road Flooded.
Law enforcement reported roads flooded.
Law enforcement reported trees down.
Law enforcement reported trees down on Georgetown Road.
Law enforcement reported trees down.
Law enforcement reported trees down on Metz Road.
Law enforcement reported numerous trees and power lines down on roadways.
Law enforcement reported trees down along Route 7.
Law enforcement reported multiple flooded roadways in New Philadelphia.
Law enforcement reported several roads flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, June 2014
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: 517150, 517146, 517147, 517151, 517152, 517153, 517154, 517155, 517156, 517148, 517149.