Thunderstorm Wind, Chester
- When
- September 8, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Chester County, Phoenixville
- Coordinates
- 40.130, -75.520
Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, September 8, 1996
A severe thunderstorm uprooted trees and downed power lines in the Phoenixville area. About 3,000 homes lost power.
Where it happened
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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 PHI wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm uprooted trees and downed power lines in the Phoenixville area. About 3,000 homes lost power. The hardest hit areas were along Pickering Dam Road and Charlestown Road north of Hilltop Road.
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:27 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 Flood in Pennsylvania, September 8 to 9, 1996
- Flood in Virginia, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Hawaii, September 8 to 9, 1996
- Tornado in Florida, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, September 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, September 8, 1996
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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: 5580601.