Thunderstorm Wind, Allegheny
- When
- March 25, 5:26 PM EST
- Where
- Allegheny County, 3 mi NW of Coraopolis
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -80.200
Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, March 25, 1996
Thunderstorm winds gusted to 63 mph at the National Weather Service Office.
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
- None recorded
- 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 gusted to 63 mph at the National Weather Service Office.
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 3 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:24 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
- High Wind in Illinois, March 25, 1996
- Blizzard in Iowa, March 25, 1996
- High Wind in Ohio, March 25, 1996
- High Wind in New York, March 25, 1996
- High Wind in Michigan, March 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, March 25, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, March 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, March 25, 1996
- High Wind in Illinois, March 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, March 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, March 25, 1996
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, March 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: 5544735.