Thunderstorm Wind, Berks
- When
- June 26, 12:40 PM EST to 1:10 PM EST
- Where
- Berks County, Countywide
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.400, -76.000
Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 26, 1998
A second severe thunderstorm caused wind damage and power outages across most of Berks County. Only the northeast part of the county was spared any wind damage.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $150,000
- 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 second severe thunderstorm caused wind damage and power outages across most of Berks County. Only the northeast part of the county was spared any wind damage. Hardest hit were Amity and Oley Townships with about six homes damaged from falling trees. A 100 foot tree also crashed into the second floor of a Mount Penn home. A tree also crashed into a trailer in Bernville. The wind gust reached 68 mph at the Reading Airport at 155 p.m. EDT and reached 66 mph in Shillington at 158 p.m. EDT. In |Muhlenberg Township, girders were twisted by the wind. About 12,000 homes and businesses lost power. Wind damage and/or power outages were reported from the following additional municipalities within the county: Bern Township, Bernville Borough, Birdsboro Borough, Brecknock Township, Caernarvon Township, Centre Township, Cumru Township, Exeter Township, Fleetwood Borough, Jefferson Township, Leesport Borough, Perry Township, Reading, Robeson Township, Spring Township, Union Township, Upper Tulpehocken Township and Windsor Township. About an inch of rain fell and caused flooding within the Spring Street subway in Reading and submerged one car.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 26 to 27, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 26 to 30, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 26, 1998
- Heat in Illinois, June 26 to 28, 1998
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in New York, June 26, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 26 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 26 to 30, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, June 26, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 26 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, June 26, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 26 to 27, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New York, June 26, 1998
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, June 1998
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: 5665838.