High Wind, Berks
- When
- January 11, 10:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Berks forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.416, -75.926 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Pennsylvania, January 11, 2000
A strong cold front produced wind gusts to around 50 mph as it pushed through Eastern Pennsylvania during the late morning of the 11th. The strong winds knocked down tree limbs and some wires.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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
- 10
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 strong cold front produced wind gusts to around 50 mph as it pushed through Eastern Pennsylvania during the late morning of the 11th. The strong winds knocked down tree limbs and some wires. PECO Energy reported about 21,000 homes and businesses lost power in Southeast Pennsylvania from this cold frontal passage and a second wave of strong gusty winds that occurred later that afternoon. The strongest winds occurred with the cold frontal passage in most areas. Peak wind gusts included 55 mph in Langhorne (Bucks County), 51 mph at the Philadelphia International Airport, 48 mph at the Lehigh Valley International Airport, 47 mph in Mount Pocono (Monroe County) and 44 mph in Pottstown (Montgomery County) and Reading (Berks County).
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
10 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Bucks
- When
- January 11, 10:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bucks forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Carbon
- When
- January 11, 10:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Carbon forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.918, -75.709 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Chester
- When
- January 11, 10:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chester forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Delaware
- When
- January 11, 10:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Delaware forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.917, -75.399 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Lehigh
- When
- January 11, 10:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lehigh forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.613, -75.592 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Monroe
- When
- January 11, 10:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.058, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Montgomery
- When
- January 11, 10:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Northampton
- When
- January 11, 10:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northampton forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.754, -75.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Philadelphia
- When
- January 11, 10:00 AM EST to 12:00 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)
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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The same day elsewhere
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- High Wind in New Jersey, January 11, 2000
- High Wind in North Carolina, January 11, 2000
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- High Wind in Pennsylvania, January 11, 2000
- High Wind in Ohio, January 11, 2000
- High Wind in Maryland, January 11, 2000
- High Wind in Kentucky, January 11, 2000
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: 5129576, 5131359, 5131360, 5131361, 5131362, 5131363, 5131364, 5131365, 5131366, 5131367.