High Wind in Pennsylvania, January 18, 1999

Damaging wind gusts accompanied a cold front as it moved through Bucks County between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. EST on the 18th. Winds gusted up to around 60 mph and knocked down numerous limbs and wires as well as numerous trees in the county. Several trees were knocked down in Bedminster and Tinicum Townships. In Sellersville, the high winds peeled back a portion of the roof of the Sellersville Fire Department. Sporadic tree and limb damage was reported throughout Upper Bucks County. In Doylestown, one tree fell onto a house. The worst damage to a home though occurred in Falls Township as a tree fell through the roof into a bedroom. The house was deemed uninhabitable. Elsewhere in Lower Bucks, trees were uprooted in Lower Makefield, Lower Southampton, Middletown, Morrisville, Tullytown and Yardley. A shed was destroyed in Morrisville and a vehicle was damaged by a fallen tree in Lower Makefield Township. PECO Energy and Pennsylvania Power and Light reported that about 12,000 homes and businesses lost power in the county. All power was restored by the morning of the 19th.