Pennsylvania, 2000

High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 27, 2000

February 27, 2000 · NWS CTP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$20,000
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.

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1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Lebanon

When
February 27, 9:00 PM EST
Where
Lebanon forecast zone
Property damage
$20,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
40.367, -76.458 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winds whipped through the small community of Buffalo Springs in Heidelberg Township late in the evening of the 27th. A large showroom window was broken at an automobile dealer when a 125-foot parking shed was lifted by the winds and blown against the building, parts of the shed were also scattered into an adjacent field, and other parts also damaged some used cars in the lot nearby. A couple of cow sheds were also demolished on a neighboring farm.

What these are

High Wind
Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

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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: 5132235.