Pennsylvania, 1998

Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, November 11, 1998

November 11, 1998 · NWS PHI · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Strong wind gusts of around 40 mph and briefly heavy rain associated with a cold frontal passage combined to knock down a display tent in Limerick. The steel poles holding up the 700 pound display tent snapped.

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.

Strong wind gusts of around 40 mph and briefly heavy rain associated with a cold frontal passage combined to knock down a display tent in Limerick. The steel poles holding up the 700 pound display tent snapped. The 30 foot by 30 foot tent folded in half. Some tree limbs were also knocked down. The peak wind gusts at both the Lehigh Valley and Philadelphia International Airports were 39 mph.

Event by event

1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Strong Wind, Montgomery

When
November 11, 3:30 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
Where
Montgomery forecast zone
Reported by
NEWSPAPER

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

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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: 5676246.