High Wind, Cambria
- When
- February 27, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cambria forecast zone
- Measured
- 30 kt (35 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.495, -78.714 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 27, 1997
High winds partially tore a roof off the State Prison Building in Somerset. Numerous reports of trees and wires down.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- 5
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 partially tore a roof off the State Prison Building in Somerset. Numerous reports of trees and wires down.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Clearfield
- When
- February 27, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Clearfield forecast zone
- Measured
- 30 kt (35 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -78.474 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, McKean
- When
- February 27, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- McKean forecast zone
- Measured
- 30 kt (35 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.808, -78.569 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Somerset
- When
- February 27, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Somerset forecast zone
- Measured
- 30 kt (35 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.972, -79.028 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Warren
- When
- February 27, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Warren forecast zone
- Measured
- 30 kt (35 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.815, -79.274 (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
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- High Wind in New York, February 27, 1997
- High Wind in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 27, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 27, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, February 27 to 28, 1997
- High Wind in Michigan, February 27, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, February 27 to 28, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, February 27 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: 5593179, 5593180, 5593181, 5593182, 5593183.