Strong Wind, Chester
- When
- February 25, 6:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chester forecast zone
Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, February 25, 1998
Strong northwest winds around the intense northeaster that brought heavy precipitation to Eastern Pennsylvania on the 23rd, buffeted the region during the daylight hours on the 25th. Peak wind gusts averaged around 50 mph.
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
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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.
Strong northwest winds around the intense northeaster that brought heavy precipitation to Eastern Pennsylvania on the 23rd, buffeted the region during the daylight hours on the 25th. Peak wind gusts averaged around 50 mph. Most of the strongest gusts occurred within one or two hours of noon. One person was injured (cuts to the face) in Worcester Township in Montgomery County when a tree limb broke through the windshield of the vehicle she was driving. Elsewhere in Montgomery County, in Lower Merion Township a tree crushed an unoccupied vehicle. Service was suspended on the SEPTA R5 commuter rail Doylestown line after some overhead power lines were damaged. The recent heavy precipitation loosened the ground and caused some weak and shallow rooted trees and limbs to be knocked down throughout the area. This in turn took down power lines. In the PECO service area in and around Philadelphia about 29,100 homes and businesses lost power for up to two hours. Half of the outages occurred in Chester and Bucks Counties. Peak wind gusts included 53 mph at the Lehigh Valley International Airport, 52 mph in Reading, on Independence Mall in Philadelphia and in Abington (Montgomery County), 50 mph in Tobyhanna (Monroe County) and 46 mph at the Philadelphia International Airport.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
10 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong Wind, Delaware
- When
- February 25, 6:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Delaware forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.917, -75.399 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Lehigh
- When
- February 25, 6:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lehigh forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.613, -75.592 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Monroe
- When
- February 25, 6:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.058, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Montgomery
- When
- February 25, 6:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery forecast zone
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
Strong Wind, Northampton
- When
- February 25, 6:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northampton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.754, -75.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Philadelphia
- When
- February 25, 6:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Philadelphia forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.008, -75.134 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Berks
- When
- February 25, 6:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Berks forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.416, -75.926 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Bucks
- When
- February 25, 6:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bucks forecast zone
Strong Wind, Carbon
- When
- February 25, 6:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Carbon forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.918, -75.709 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Blizzard in Montana, February 25 to 28, 1998
- Blizzard in North Dakota, February 25 to 28, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, February 25 to 26, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 25 to 26, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, February 25 to 26, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, February 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 25, 1998
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 25 to 28, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 25, 1998
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Texas, February 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, February 25, 1998
- High Wind in Nebraska, February 25, 1998
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: 5631743, 5631744, 5631745, 5631746, 5631747, 5631748, 5631749, 5633116, 5633117, 5633118.