Thunderstorm Wind, Carbon
- When
- July 17, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Carbon County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.830, -75.670
Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 17, 1989
7 thunderstorm wind, 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
7 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Schuylkill
- When
- July 17, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Schuylkill County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.680, -76.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Berks
- When
- July 17, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Berks County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.350, -75.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Northampton
- When
- July 17, 3:18 PM CST
- Where
- Northampton County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.730, -75.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Berks
- When
- July 17, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Berks County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.400, -75.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Lehigh
- When
- July 17, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Lehigh County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.530, -75.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Northampton
- When
- July 17, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Northampton County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.670, -75.230
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 17, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 17, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 17, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, July 17, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 17, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 17, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 17, 1989
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 17, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 17, 1989
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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: 10115982, 10115983, 10115984, 10115985, 10115986, 10115987, 10115988.