Thunderstorm Wind, Carbon
- When
- August 11, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Carbon County
- Coordinates
- 40.920, -75.700
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 11, 1983
7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 2
- Property damage
- $50 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chester
- When
- August 11, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Chester County
- Coordinates
- 39.970, -75.620
Tornado, Lehigh
- When
- August 11, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Lehigh County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 40.720, -75.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Northampton
- When
- August 11, 2:36 PM CST
- Where
- Northampton County
- Measured
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.650, -75.430
Tornado, Northampton
- When
- August 11, 2:41 PM CST
- Where
- Northampton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -75.520
Tornado, Northampton
- When
- August 11, 2:47 PM CST
- Where
- Northampton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.600, -75.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Chester
- When
- August 11, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Chester County
- Coordinates
- 40.020, -75.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Chester
- When
- August 11, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Chester County
- Coordinates
- 39.970, -75.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware
- When
- August 11, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Delaware County
- Coordinates
- 39.950, -75.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Philadelphia
- When
- August 11, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Philadelphia County
- Coordinates
- 39.950, -75.170
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 11, 1983
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 11, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 11, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, August 11, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Delaware, August 11, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, August 11, 1983
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 11, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 11, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 11, 1983
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: 10114797, 10114798, 10114799, 10114800, 10114801, 10114802, 10114803, 10114804, 10114805, 10114806.