Strong Wind, Lehigh
- When
- January 18, 4:00 PM EST to 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Lehigh forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.613, -75.592 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, January 18, 1999
A powerful cold front accompanied by rain showers produced wind gusts of around 50 mph in the Lehigh Valley. The winds knocked down numerous limbs and wires as well as a few trees within Allentown.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 powerful cold front accompanied by rain showers produced wind gusts of around 50 mph in the Lehigh Valley. The winds knocked down numerous limbs and wires as well as a few trees within Allentown. A downed limb caused 1,300 Bethlehem residents to lose power. About 3,200 Pennsylvania Power and Light residents lost power in Lehigh and Northampton Counties. The peak wind gust at the Lehigh Valley International Airport was 47 mph at 424 p.m. EST.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong Wind, Northampton
- When
- January 18, 4:20 PM EST to 4:50 PM EST
- Where
- Northampton forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.754, -75.307 (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
- Avalanche in Washington, January 18, 1999
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, January 18, 1999
- High Wind in New Jersey, January 18 to 19, 1999
- Damaging Winds and Waterspout in Maryland, January 18, 1999
- High Wind in New Jersey, January 18, 1999
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, January 18, 1999
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, January 18, 1999
- Damaging Wind and High Wind in Massachusetts, January 18, 1999
- High Wind in West Virginia, January 18, 1999
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, January 18, 1999
- Winter Weather in Maine, January 18 to 19, 1999
- Hail in Alabama, January 18, 1999
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, January 1999
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5685312, 5685313.