Thunderstorm Wind, Venango
- When
- August 20, 6:43 PM EST to 6:55 PM EST
- Where
- Venango County, Franklin
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Coordinates
- 41.400, -79.850
Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 20, 1996
Thunderstorm winds downed trees, large limbs and power lines throughout Franklin.
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
- $8,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees, large limbs and power lines throughout Franklin.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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- Flash Flood in Indiana, August 20, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 20, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 20, 1996
- Flood in Missouri, August 20 to 21, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kansas, August 20, 1996
- Hail in Puerto Rico, August 20, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 20, 1996
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, August 1996
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: 5574412.