Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- July 8, 2:07 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, South Canaan
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -75.420
Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 8, 1996
The storm that caused injuries from lightning in Lackawanna County moved eastward into southern Wayne County and intensified to severe levels. It produced dime to nickel sized hail and downed trees in Lake Ariel from 300 to 305 pm; then downed additional trees in South Canaan at 307 pm.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $5,000
- 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 BGM wrote it up.
The storm that caused injuries from lightning in Lackawanna County moved eastward into southern Wayne County and intensified to severe levels. It produced dime to nickel sized hail and downed trees in Lake Ariel from 300 to 305 pm; then downed additional trees in South Canaan at 307 pm.
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:06 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
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in New Jersey, July 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, July 8, 1996
- Tornado in Maine, July 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, July 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 8, 1996
- Hail in Maine, July 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 8, 1996
- Flood in Mississippi, July 8, 1996
- Flood in Mississippi, July 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, July 8, 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: 5567038.