Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- August 5, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County
- Coordinates
- 39.930, -76.400
Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 5, 1986
6 thunderstorm wind, 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
- None recorded
- 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 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, York
- When
- August 5, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- York County
- Coordinates
- 40.030, -76.530
Hail, Perry
- When
- August 5, 3:13 PM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.420, -77.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- August 5, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County
- Coordinates
- 40.030, -76.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Perry
- When
- August 5, 3:46 PM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Coordinates
- 40.380, -77.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Dauphin
- When
- August 5, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Dauphin County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.270, -76.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- August 5, 4:38 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Coordinates
- 40.070, -77.020
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.
- 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
- Tornadoes in Missouri, August 5, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 5, 1986
- Hail in Minnesota, August 5, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Montana, August 5, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 5, 1986
- Tornado in Iowa, August 5, 1986
- Hail in Kansas, August 5, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 5, 1986
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: 10118260, 10118261, 10118262, 10118263, 10118264, 10118265, 10118266.