Marine High Wind, Chester
- When
- August 16, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chester County, West Chester
- Coordinates
- 39.973, -75.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Marine High Wind in Pennsylvania, August 16, 1997
A strong thunderstorm pulled down tree limbs in Parkesburg-Sadsbury and also in West Whiteland and West Goshen Townships.
Where it happened
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- 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 PHI wrote it up.
A strong thunderstorm pulled down tree limbs in Parkesburg-Sadsbury and also in West Whiteland and West Goshen Townships.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 marine high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Marine High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 48 knots or more over water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Maryland, August 16 to 17, 1997
- Heat in Virginia, August 16 to 17, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 16, 1997
- Heat in District of Columbia, August 16 to 17, 1997
- Heat in Pennsylvania, August 16 to 17, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 16, 1997
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 16, 1997
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, August 16, 1997
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, August 16, 1997
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, August 16, 1997
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, August 16, 1997
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, August 16, 1997
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: 5621644.