High Wind, Westmoreland
- When
- January 18, 8:00 PM EST to 11:15 PM EST
- Where
- Westmoreland forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
High Wind in Pennsylvania, January 18, 1996
High winds knocked down several large limbs across Westmoreland County. Wind speed were measured up to 63 miles an hour.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
Strong, gusty winds caused some damage across the Laurel Highlands.High winds knocked down several large limbs across Westmoreland County. Wind speed were measured up to 63 miles an hour. A roof was blown off a garage in New Stanton and power lines were also downed. In Fayette County trees were downed in Uniontown and Everson. Siding was also blown off a house in Everson. Trees and power lines were downed in Connellsville.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Fayette
- When
- January 18, 8:00 PM EST to 11:15 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Oklahoma, January 18 to 20, 1996
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 18 to 19, 1996
- Cold in Wisconsin, January 18, 1996
- High Wind in Indiana, January 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, January 18 to 19, 1996
- Tornado in Missouri, January 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, January 18 to 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, January 18, 1996
- High Wind in Alabama, January 18 to 19, 1996
- Tornado in Kentucky, January 18, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 18, 1996
More
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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: 5544520, 5544521.