Hail, Butler
- When
- July 27, 3:05 PM EST
- Where
- Butler County, 1.56 mi W of Keisters
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Social Media
- Coordinates
- 41.050, -80.030
Flood and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 27 to 28, 2014
Low pressure deepening over the Great Lakes produced areas of thunderstorms the afternoon and evening of July 27th, with some of the storms being severe across western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, and eastern Ohio. Strong down bursts with winds of 80 MPH occurred near New Martinsville, West Virginia, with another downburst with winds estimated over 100 MPH occurred in Tucker county.
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
- $60,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
Low pressure deepening over the Great Lakes produced areas of thunderstorms the afternoon and evening of July 27th, with some of the storms being severe across western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, and eastern Ohio. Strong down bursts with winds of 80 MPH occurred near New Martinsville, West Virginia, with another downburst with winds estimated over 100 MPH occurred in Tucker county.
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 Jul 27, 1:04 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 1:04 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 204 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014 .SYNOPSIS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH SOME SEVERE...WILL PLAGUE THE UPPER OHIO REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... MID AFTN UPDATE WAS ISSUED TO ADJUST FOR TORNADO WATCH AND HOURLY TRENDS BASED ON THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS...RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGES. TSTMS WL CONT DVLPG AS SFC TEMPS ARE NR/EXCEED CONVECTIVE THRESHOLDS...AND AS MID LVLS COOL WITH THE ADVN OF GREAT LAKES LOW PRES. DEEP LYR SHEAR WL ALSO INCRS AS MID...AND LOW LVL FLOWS IMPROVE INTO THE EVE. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY/... SURFACE SYSTEM WILL QUICKLY EXIT TO THE EAST OVERNIGHT. UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL SWING IN BEHIND IT. STORM CHANCES WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...BUT SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE AS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO WRAP AROUND THE EXITING TROUGH ON MONDAY...KEEPING IN THE RISK FOR SHOWERS. ATMOSPHERE IS NOT SHOWING A GREAT DEAL OF INSTABILITY MONDAY AND WITH LOTS OF CLOUD COVER...STORM THREAT SHOULD BE GREATLY REDUCED. SHOWERS WILL END MONDAY NIGHT...AND MUCH COOLER AIR WILL DIVE SOUTHWARD OVER THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. TUESDAY SHOULD SEE AN INCREASE IN SUNSHINE...BUT WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPS. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE UNDER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL PROVIDE A COOL AND COMFORTABLE MIDWEEK. ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT MAY BRING SHOWERS THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN FRIDAY. WARMER AIR AND THE RISK FOR SHOWERS FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... STG TO SVR TSTMS ARE EXPECTED INTO ERLY EVE WITH ADVNG LOW PRES. TEMPO TSTM MENTIONS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED FOR ALL PORTS. THEREAFTER...EXPECT MVFR TO DEVELOP OVRNGT IN ST/SC AND SHWRS. OUTLOOK.../MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... RSTRNS ARE LIKELY MON AS A CDFNT CROSSES THE RGN. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. && 15
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 12:49 PM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 149 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029-031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-281800- 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-GREENE-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES- FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION- MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER- 149 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014 ...TORNADO WATCH 447 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... 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...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. TORNADO WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 2:28 PM EST, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 328 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014 OHZ039-040-049-050-272015- CARROLL OH-HARRISON OH-JEFFERSON OH-TUSCARAWAS OH- 328 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL JEFFERSON...CENTRAL TUSCARAWAS...HARRISON AND SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTIES... AT 326 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM NEW PHILADELPHIA TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLENDENING...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAIN WILL POND WATER ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL SMALL STREAMS. INTENSE LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... UHRICHSVILLE... TIPPECANOE... NEW PHILADELPHIA... GNADENHUTTEN... DENNISON... CLENDENING... TAPPAN... CADIZ... BOWERSTON... SCIO... JEWETT... SHERRODSVILLE... PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE OR BY USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. LAT...LON 4062 8106 4035 8062 4020 8122 4046 8165 07
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 2:49 PM EST, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
349 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014
PAZ013-014-022-272030-
ARMSTRONG PA-BUTLER PA-LAWRENCE PA-
349 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BUTLER...EAST CENTRAL
LAWRENCE AND NORTHERN ARMSTRONG COUNTIES...
AT 345 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM MORAINE
STATE PARK TO FORD CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAIN WILL
POND WATER ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL SMALL STREAMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MORAINE STATE PARK... MCCONNELLS MILL... BUTLER...
FORD CITY... KITTANNING... CHICORA...
HOOKER... MUFF... BRADYS BEND...
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH
FACEBOOK PAGE OR BY USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH.
LAT...LON 4091 7921 4071 7961 4095 8030 4113 7984
4106 7966 4106 7967 4104 7963 4104 7960
4101 7961 4100 7958 4098 7963 4097 7961
4098 7958 4098 7950 4100 7948
07Special weather statement, Jul 27, 3:02 PM EST, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 402 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014 OHZ068-069-272045- MONROE OH-NOBLE OH- 402 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL NOBLE AND MONROE COUNTIES... AT 400 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SARAHSVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SARAHSVILLE... SUMMERFIELD... LEWISVILLE... WOODSFIELD... ANTIOCH... ROUND BOTTOM... CAMERON... BENWOOD... PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE OR BY USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. LAT...LON 3984 8087 3962 8091 3975 8151 3988 8147 07
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:04 UTC.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Armstrong
- When
- July 27, 3:35 PM EST
- Where
- Armstrong County, 0.87 mi NW of Worthington
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- State Official
- Coordinates
- 40.840, -79.630
The 911 call center reported power lines down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Clarion
- When
- July 27, 4:15 PM EST
- Where
- Clarion County, 1.04 mi E of Leeper
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- State Official
- Coordinates
- 41.370, -79.300
The 911 Call Center reported multiple trees down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Indiana
- When
- July 27, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Indiana County, 0.53 mi W of Clarksburg
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 40.530, -79.380
The public reported trees down and minor damage to a barn.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- July 27, 5:05 PM EST
- Where
- Mercer County, 2.07 mi N of Greenville Muni Arpt
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- State Official
- Coordinates
- 41.480, -80.380
The 911 Call Center reported multiple trees down.
Flood, Venango
- When
- July 27, 9:43 PM EST to July 28, 12:30 AM EST
- Where
- Venango County, Polk Jct to 0.42 mi NE of Polk Jct
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- State Official
- Coordinates
- 41.370, -79.930
The 911 call Center reported Sandy Creek in Polk out of its banks. A small trailer park was evacuated briefly due to high water.
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.
- 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 27, 2014
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, July 27, 2014
- Lightning Strikes in California, July 27, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 27, 2014
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Massachusetts, July 27, 2014
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Massachusetts, July 27 to 28, 2014
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 27, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 27, 2014
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Kentucky, July 27 to 28, 2014
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Nevada, July 27 to 28, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Jersey, July 27 to 28, 2014
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 27, 2014
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, July 2014
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: 533632, 533633, 533634, 533635, 533636, 533631.