High Wind, Philadelphia
- When
- January 10, 4:00 PM EST to 4:15 PM EST
- Where
- Philadelphia forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.008, -75.134 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Pennsylvania, January 10, 2000
Strong southwest winds above the surface briefly mixed down to the ground during the late afternoon of the 10th in Philadelphia. m.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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 southwest winds above the surface briefly mixed down to the ground during the late afternoon of the 10th in Philadelphia. A peak wind gust of 46 mph occurred at the Philadelphia International Airport at 405 p.m. EST. Peak wind gusts at surrounding airports were around 30 mph.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and High Wind in Ohio, January 10, 2000
- High Wind in Washington, January 10, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 10, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, January 10, 2000
- High Wind in Nevada, January 10, 2000
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, January 10, 2000
- High Wind in New York, January 10, 2000
- High Wind in Nevada, January 10, 2000
- High Wind in West Virginia, January 10, 2000
- High Wind in South Dakota, January 10, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, January 10, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, January 10, 2000
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, January 2000
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: 5129566.