Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 10, 1995

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 10, 1995
Start: 1995-07-10T16:45
End: 1995-07-10T23:55
Location: Pennsylvania

July 10, 1995 · 16 events in 13 counties and zones

11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 16 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: $30,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 16

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.

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Event by event

11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Bedford

When: July 10, 4:45 PM EST
Where: Bedford County, Breezewood
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.007, -78.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dime-size hail fell in Breezewood.

Thunderstorm Wind, Huntingdon

When: July 10, 4:57 PM EST
Where: Huntingdon County, Orbisonia
Coordinates: 40.417, -77.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were downed in Cromwell Township near Orbisonia.

Hail, Mifflin

When: July 10, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Mifflin County, Grainville
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $30,000
Coordinates: 40.610, -77.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winds took down trees and quarter-size hail was reported in Lewistown. Significant damage to corn crop in Grainsville.

Hail, Mifflin

When: July 10, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Mifflin County, Lewistown
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 40.610, -77.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winds took down trees and quarter-size hail was reported in Lewistown. Significant damage to corn crop in Grainsville.

Thunderstorm Wind, Mifflin

When: July 10, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Mifflin County
Coordinates: 40.610, -77.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winds took down trees and quarter-size hail was reported in Lewistown. Significant damage to corn crop in Grainsville.

Thunderstorm Wind, Elk

When: July 10, 6:15 PM EST
Where: Elk County, Johnsonburg
Coordinates: 41.425, -78.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were downed near Johnsonburg.

Thunderstorm Wind, Synder

When: July 10, 6:25 PM EST
Where: Synder County, Beavertown
Coordinates: 40.770, -77.070 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A severe thunderstorm uprooted trees in Beavertown and golf ball-size hail made Shade Mountain snow covered.

Hail, Synder

When: July 10, 6:25 PM EST
Where: Synder County, Beavertown
Coordinates: 40.770, -77.070 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A severe thunderstorm uprooted trees in Beavertown and golf ball-size hail made Shade Mountain snow covered.

Hail, Fulton

When: July 10, 7:30 PM EST
Where: Fulton County, Town Hill
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 39.925, -78.113 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Quarter-size hail fell on Route Interstate 70 near Town Hill.

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When: July 10, 8:00 PM EST to 11:55 PM EST
Where: Franklin County, Hamiltown to Waynesboro
Coordinates: 39.927, -77.721 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms took down trees in Hamiltown and also in St. Thomas. Two minor injuries due to lightning, and two barns destroyed in the Waynesboro area.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lebanon

When: July 10, 10:48 PM EST
Where: Lebanon County, Reistville
Coordinates: 40.367, -76.458 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A severe thunderstorm uprooted trees in Reistville.

Thunderstorm Wind, Carbon

When: July 10, 11:00 PM EST
Where: Carbon County, Nesquehoning
Coordinates: 40.918, -75.709 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A severe thunderstorm downed trees onto electrical wires in Nesquehoning. Lightning struck about four to five houses in the county, none with serious damage.

Thunderstorm Wind, Adams

When: July 10, 11:20 PM EST
Where: Adams County, East Berlin
Coordinates: 39.872, -77.218 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were uprooted in Lake Meade, at least one fell onto a house.

Thunderstorm Wind, Northampton

When: July 10, 11:30 PM EST to 11:50 PM EST
Where: Northampton County, Eastern
Coordinates: 40.754, -75.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms uprooted large trees in Easton and Palmer Township, two near the Lion's Pool in Palmer. A SKYWARN Spotter in Williams Township estimated wind gusts greater than 50 mph.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lehigh

When: July 10, 11:30 PM EST to 11:35 PM EST
Where: Lehigh County, Southeast
Coordinates: 40.613, -75.592 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms uprooted trees in the west end of Allentown and in Upper Saucon Township. Pennsylvania State Route 378 was closed as six uprooted trees blocked the roadway.

Thunderstorm Wind, York

When: July 10, 11:50 PM EST to 11:55 PM EST
Where: York County, Southwest
Coordinates: 39.920, -76.726 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Damaging winds uprooted trees in Hanover, Heidelberg Township and North Codorus Township in southwest York County.

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: 10343835, 10345621, 10345765, 10345766, 10345767, 10345716, 10345566, 10358513, 10345966, 10345932, 10345800, 10343564, 10341318, 10345665, 10345847, 10345420.