Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 8, 1996

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$2,000

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.

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 16 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.

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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.

• Lightning Strike in New Mexico, August 8, 19962 deaths · 1 event
• Lightning Strike in Texas, August 8, 19961 death · 1 event
• Flash Flood in Colorado, August 8, 1996$800,000 · 1 event
• Flash Flood in New York, August 8, 1996$700,000 · 1 event
• Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 8, 1996$80,000 · 1 event
• Lightning Strike in New York, August 8, 19965 injured · $10,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Florida, August 8, 1996$60,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in New York, August 8, 1996$50,000 · 1 event
• Flash Flood in New York, August 8, 1996$30,000 · 1 event
• Flash Flood in New York, August 8, 1996$25,000 · 1 event
• Lightning Strike in Ohio, August 8, 1996$25,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in New York, August 8, 1996$25,000 · 1 event

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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: 5574216.