Thunderstorm Wind, Berks
- When
- November 26, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Berks County, Geigertown
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -75.830
Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, November 26, 1999
A severe thunderstorm produced a microburst with hurricane force gusts that damged five homes in Geigertown around the intersection of Pennsylvania State Route 82 and Geigertown Road. Several barn roofs and sheds were also blown away.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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 severe thunderstorm produced a microburst with hurricane force gusts that damged five homes in Geigertown around the intersection of Pennsylvania State Route 82 and Geigertown Road. Several barn roofs and sheds were also blown away. One barn roof was found one quarter of a mile downwind. No serious injuries were reported. One house's garage was badly damaged. Shingles and drainpipes were also torn off and the wooden railing from the deck was torn away. The severe thunderstorm knocked down a chimney from another house and crashed a swing set into a porch. An aluminum window frame was torn away from another house. Numerous Douglas firs and Hemlock trees in the area were sheared off. A 25 foot section of one hemlock tree flew over one house and landed on and damaged the pickup truck and the side of another house.
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:59 UTC.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, November 26, 1999
- Avalanche in Montana, November 26, 1999
- Dense Fog in Florida, November 26, 1999
- Flash Flood in New York, November 26 to 27, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Washington, November 26, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Montana, November 26, 1999
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, November 26, 1999
- Strong Wind in Vermont, November 26, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, November 26, 1999
- Funnel Cloud in Florida, November 26, 1999
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, November 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5721633.