Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 16, 1988

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 16, 1988
Start: 1988-07-16T13:25
End: 1988-07-16T21:43
Location: Pennsylvania

July 16, 1988 · NWS PHL · 40 events in 17 counties and zones

33 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 40

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

33 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Erie

When: July 16, 1:25 PM CST
Where: Erie County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 41.920, -79.630

Thunderstorm Wind, Erie

When: July 16, 3:12 PM CST
Where: Erie County
Coordinates: 41.870, -80.130

Hail, Erie

When: July 16, 3:15 PM CST
Where: Erie County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 41.880, -80.400

Thunderstorm Wind, Forest

When: July 16, 3:15 PM CST
Where: Forest County
Coordinates: 41.480, -79.080

Thunderstorm Wind, Tioga

When: July 16, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Tioga County
Coordinates: 41.750, -77.300

Hail, Erie

When: July 16, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Erie County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 41.870, -80.130

Thunderstorm Wind, Elk

When: July 16, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Elk County
Coordinates: 41.580, -78.700

Hail, Erie

When: July 16, 3:45 PM CST
Where: Erie County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 42.030, -79.800

Thunderstorm Wind, Cameron

When: July 16, 3:45 PM CST
Where: Cameron County
Coordinates: 41.480, -78.220

Thunderstorm Wind, Erie

When: July 16, 3:58 PM CST
Where: Erie County
Coordinates: 41.870, -80.080

Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton

When: July 16, 4:10 PM CST
Where: Clinton County
Coordinates: 41.330, -77.770

Thunderstorm Wind, Bradford

When: July 16, 4:10 PM CST
Where: Bradford County
Coordinates: 41.850, -76.500

Thunderstorm Wind, Bradford

When: July 16, 4:12 PM CST
Where: Bradford County
Coordinates: 41.600, -76.430

Thunderstorm Wind, Bradford

When: July 16, 4:25 PM CST
Where: Bradford County
Coordinates: 41.850, -76.330

Thunderstorm Wind, Susquehanna

When: July 16, 4:25 PM CST
Where: Susquehanna County
Coordinates: 41.870, -76.100

Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton

When: July 16, 4:26 PM CST
Where: Clinton County
Coordinates: 41.130, -77.430

Thunderstorm Wind, Lycoming

When: July 16, 4:33 PM CST
Where: Lycoming County
Coordinates: 41.250, -77.000

Thunderstorm Wind, Lycoming

When: July 16, 4:36 PM CST
Where: Lycoming County
Coordinates: 41.200, -77.270

Thunderstorm Wind, Bradford

When: July 16, 4:40 PM CST
Where: Bradford County
Coordinates: 41.770, -76.430

Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton

When: July 16, 4:52 PM CST
Where: Clinton County
Coordinates: 41.200, -77.380

Thunderstorm Wind, Lycoming

When: July 16, 4:53 PM CST
Where: Lycoming County
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 41.150, -77.170

Thunderstorm Wind, Lycoming

When: July 16, 4:58 PM CST
Where: Lycoming County
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 41.250, -76.930

Thunderstorm Wind, Warren

When: July 16, 5:10 PM CST
Where: Warren County
Coordinates: 41.680, -79.420

Thunderstorm Wind, Luzerne

When: July 16, 5:12 PM CST
Where: Luzerne County
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 41.330, -75.720

Thunderstorm Wind, Susquehanna

When: July 16, 5:15 PM CST
Where: Susquehanna County
Coordinates: 41.850, -76.020

Thunderstorm Wind, Lycoming

When: July 16, 5:16 PM CST
Where: Lycoming County
Coordinates: 41.180, -76.880

Thunderstorm Wind, Lycoming

When: July 16, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Lycoming County
Coordinates: 41.450, -76.930

Thunderstorm Wind, Lycoming

When: July 16, 5:34 PM CST
Where: Lycoming County
Coordinates: 41.250, -77.000

Thunderstorm Wind, Lycoming

When: July 16, 5:41 PM CST
Where: Lycoming County
Coordinates: 41.250, -76.800

Thunderstorm Wind, Susquehanna

When: July 16, 5:45 PM CST
Where: Susquehanna County
Coordinates: 41.880, -75.730

Thunderstorm Wind, Northumberland

When: July 16, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Northumberland County
Coordinates: 41.080, -76.880

Thunderstorm Wind, Dauphin

When: July 16, 7:06 PM CST
Where: Dauphin County
Coordinates: 40.480, -76.720

Thunderstorm Wind, Schuylkill

When: July 16, 7:15 PM CST
Where: Schuylkill County
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 40.750, -75.780

Hail, Schuylkill

When: July 16, 7:20 PM CST
Where: Schuylkill County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.650, -76.020

Thunderstorm Wind, Carbon

When: July 16, 7:23 PM CST
Where: Carbon County
Measured: 54 kt (62 mph)
Coordinates: 40.830, -75.520

Thunderstorm Wind, Lebanon

When: July 16, 7:27 PM CST
Where: Lebanon County
Coordinates: 40.450, -76.380

Thunderstorm Wind, Berks

When: July 16, 7:44 PM CST
Where: Berks County
Coordinates: 40.330, -75.980

Thunderstorm Wind, Lebanon

When: July 16, 7:48 PM CST
Where: Lebanon County
Coordinates: 40.480, -76.480

Hail, Elk

When: July 16, 9:15 PM CST
Where: Elk County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 41.430, -78.750

Hail, Elk

When: July 16, 9:43 PM CST
Where: Elk County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 41.430, -78.580

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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

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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: 10116179, 10116180, 10116181, 10116182, 10115268, 10116183, 10116184, 10115269, 10115270, 10115271, 10115272, 10115273, 10115274, 10115275, 10115276, 10115277, 10115278, 10115279, 10115280, 10115281, 10115282, 10115283, 10115494, 10115495, 10115496, 10115497, 10115498, 10115499, 10115500, 10115501, 10115502, 10115503, 10115504, 10115505, 10115506, 10115507, 10115508, 10115509, 10115510, 10115511.