Thunderstorm Wind, Clarion
- When
- July 16, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Clarion County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -79.400
Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 16, 1980
15 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 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
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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
15 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Clearfield
- When
- July 16, 11:26 AM CST
- Where
- Clearfield County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.180, -78.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Clearfield
- When
- July 16, 11:35 AM CST
- Where
- Clearfield County
- Coordinates
- 41.170, -78.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Berks
- When
- July 16, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Berks County
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -75.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Berks
- When
- July 16, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Berks County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.380, -75.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Berks
- When
- July 16, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Berks County
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -75.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Lehigh
- When
- July 16, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Lehigh County
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.580, -75.530
Tornado, Chester
- When
- July 16, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Chester County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.7 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.950, -75.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Bucks
- When
- July 16, 2:46 PM CST
- Where
- Bucks County
- Measured
- 88 kt (101 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.450, -75.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- July 16, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 40.250, -75.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Luzerne
- When
- July 16, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Luzerne County
- Coordinates
- 41.250, -75.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware
- When
- July 16, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Delaware County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.880, -75.230
Hail, Philadelphia
- When
- July 16, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Philadelphia County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -75.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Philadelphia
- When
- July 16, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Philadelphia County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -75.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Westmoreland
- When
- July 16, 5:44 PM CST
- Where
- Westmoreland County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.280, -79.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Cambria
- When
- July 16, 6:04 PM CST
- Where
- Cambria County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.320, -78.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Armstrong
- When
- July 16, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -79.350
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.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 16, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 16, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 16, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 16, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 16, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 16, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 16, 1980
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, July 16, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, July 16, 1980
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 16, 1980
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: 10114992, 10114993, 10114994, 10114995, 10114996, 10114997, 10114998, 10114999, 10115000, 10115001, 10115002, 10115003, 10115214, 10115215, 10115216, 10115217, 10115218.