Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- July 4, 9:45 AM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -76.300
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 4, 1983
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- July 4, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -76.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- July 4, 10:15 AM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County
- Coordinates
- 40.070, -76.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- July 4, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County
- Coordinates
- 40.030, -76.120
Thunderstorm Wind, York
- When
- July 4, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- York County
- Measured
- 78 kt (90 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.730, -76.450
Tornado, Beaver
- When
- July 4, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Beaver County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.630, -80.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Venango
- When
- July 4, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Venango County
- Coordinates
- 41.180, -79.980
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
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, July 4, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 4, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 4, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 4, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 4, 1983
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 4, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 4, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, July 4, 1983
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 4, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 4, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 4, 1983
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1983Every state in 1983This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Pennsylvania, 1983
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: 10118104, 10118105, 10118106, 10118107, 10118108, 10118109, 10118110.