Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- July 30, 3:14 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson County, 1 mi NW of Summerville
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 41.130, -79.200
Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 30, 1996
Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and several large limbs in and just to the northwest of Summerville.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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 numerous trees and several large limbs in and just to the northwest of Summerville.
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:12 UTC.
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
- Rip Current in Alabama, July 30, 1996
- Rip Current in Florida, July 30, 1996
- Tornado in Colorado, July 30, 1996
- Hail in Colorado, July 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 30, 1996
- Hail in Wyoming, July 30, 1996
- Tornado in Wyoming, July 30, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 30, 1996
- Tornado in West Virginia, July 30, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, July 30, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, July 30, 1996
- Tornado in West Virginia, July 30, 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: 5574736.