High Wind, Dauphin
- When
- February 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Dauphin forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.415, -76.779 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 22, 1997
High winds gusting to 61 mph at State College and 58 mph at Middletown blew down trees and caused many power outages.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 7
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 CTP wrote it up.
High winds gusting to 61 mph at State College and 58 mph at Middletown blew down trees and caused many power outages.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Northern Centre
- When
- February 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Centre forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.919, -77.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Northern Lycoming
- When
- February 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Lycoming forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.343, -77.064 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Centre
- When
- February 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Centre forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.919, -77.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Lycoming
- When
- February 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Lycoming forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.343, -77.064 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Warren
- When
- February 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Warren forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.815, -79.274 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, York
- When
- February 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- York forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -76.726 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in New York, February 22, 1997
- High Wind in New York, February 22, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maine, February 22, 1997
- High Wind in New York, February 22, 1997
- High Wind in Vermont, February 22, 1997
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in New York, February 22, 1997
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in New York, February 22, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maine, February 22, 1997
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 22, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New York, February 22, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, February 22 to 28, 1997
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, February 1997
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: 5593172, 5593173, 5593174, 5593175, 5593176, 5593177, 5593178.