Thunderstorm Wind, Tioga
- When
- August 17, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Tioga County
- Coordinates
- 41.850, -77.280
Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 17, 1988
13 thunderstorm wind, 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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
13 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sullivan
- When
- August 17, 10:40 AM CST
- Where
- Sullivan County
- Coordinates
- 41.550, -76.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Sullivan
- When
- August 17, 10:50 AM CST
- Where
- Sullivan County
- Coordinates
- 41.320, -76.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Luzerne
- When
- August 17, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Luzerne County
- Coordinates
- 41.180, -76.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia
- When
- August 17, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -76.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Luzerne
- When
- August 17, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Luzerne County
- Coordinates
- 41.180, -76.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Luzerne
- When
- August 17, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Luzerne County
- Coordinates
- 40.970, -75.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Luzerne
- When
- August 17, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Luzerne County
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 41.250, -75.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Berks
- When
- August 17, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Berks County
- Coordinates
- 40.270, -75.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Philadelphia
- When
- August 17, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Philadelphia County
- Measured
- 82 kt (94 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.950, -75.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- August 17, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 40.130, -75.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Bucks
- When
- August 17, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Bucks County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.120, -74.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware
- When
- August 17, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Delaware County
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -75.420
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Jersey, August 17, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, August 17, 1988
- Tornado in Colorado, August 17, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Montana, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 17, 1988
- Tornado in Texas, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, August 17, 1988
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: 10117306, 10117307, 10117308, 10117309, 10117310, 10117311, 10117312, 10117313, 10117314, 10118160, 10118161, 10118162, 10118163.