Thunderstorm Wind, Northampton
- When
- August 24, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Northampton County
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -75.400
Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 24, 1968
4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 4
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.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chester
- When
- August 24, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Chester County
- Coordinates
- 40.080, -75.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- August 24, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -75.400
Thunderstorm Wind, McKean
- When
- August 24, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- McKean County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.780, -78.580
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 24, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, August 24, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 24, 1968
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 24, 1968
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 24, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 24, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 24, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 24, 1968
- Hail in Oklahoma, August 24, 1968
More
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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: 10116698, 10116699, 10116700, 10116701.