Tornado, Montgomery
- When
- July 26, 12:40 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.270, -75.480
Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 26, 1988
11 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
11 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lancaster
- When
- July 26, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.170, -76.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- July 26, 12:49 PM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County
- Coordinates
- 40.150, -76.170
Hail, Berks
- When
- July 26, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Berks County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.350, -75.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Lebanon
- When
- July 26, 1:27 PM CST
- Where
- Lebanon County
- Coordinates
- 40.370, -76.570
Hail, Lebanon
- When
- July 26, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lebanon County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.330, -76.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Dauphin
- When
- July 26, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- Dauphin County
- Coordinates
- 40.280, -76.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Lebanon
- When
- July 26, 3:19 PM CST
- Where
- Lebanon County
- Coordinates
- 40.330, -76.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Lebanon
- When
- July 26, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Lebanon County
- Coordinates
- 40.350, -76.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Lebanon
- When
- July 26, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lebanon County
- Coordinates
- 40.330, -76.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Chester
- When
- July 26, 5:18 PM CST
- Where
- Chester County
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -75.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware
- When
- July 26, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Delaware County
- Coordinates
- 39.870, -75.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Chester
- When
- July 26, 5:37 PM CST
- Where
- Chester County
- Coordinates
- 39.970, -75.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Chester
- When
- July 26, 5:46 PM CST
- Where
- Chester County
- Coordinates
- 40.050, -75.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Philadelphia
- When
- July 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Philadelphia County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.080, -75.030
What these are
- 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.
- 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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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 26, 1988
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- Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 26, 1988
- Hail in Colorado, July 26, 1988
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, July 26, 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: 10115530, 10115529, 10115531, 10115532, 10115533, 10115534, 10115535, 10115536, 10115537, 10115538, 10115539, 10115540, 10115541, 10115542, 10115543.