Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 31, 1993

Name: Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 31, 1993
Start: 1993-05-31T15:00
End: 1993-05-31T15:30
Location: Pennsylvania

May 31, 1993 · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $500
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Centre

When: May 31, 3:00 PM EST
Where: Centre County
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 40.919, -77.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Forty large trees were blown down over a one acre area at Merengo. The trees included some oaks of 18 to 40 inches in diameter and some white pines between 24 and 30 inches in diameter. One house sustained minor damage when the wind blew a truck cap into the house's roof. Part of a fence and a rototiller was damaged by a fallen tree.

Thunderstorm Wind, Bedford

When: May 31, 3:30 PM EST
Where: Bedford County, Saxton
Coordinates: 40.007, -78.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees down in Saxton boro near Stonerstown. State Route 913 was closed temporarily from a fallen tree.

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

Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1993 Every state in 1993 This day in weather history Warnings in Pennsylvania, May 1993

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: 10343526, 10343810.