High Wind, Philadelphia
- When
- November 30, 11:37 AM EST
- Where
- Philadelphia forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.008, -75.134 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Pennsylvania, November 30, 2000
A 50-year-old man was killed by a tree limb in West Philadelphia. The man was walking through a park when a large limb was snapped by the gusty wind and broke his neck.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- 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.
A 50-year-old man was killed by a tree limb in West Philadelphia. The man was walking through a park when a large limb was snapped by the gusty wind and broke his neck. The peak wind gust at Philadelphia International Airport was 38 mph. The tree limb showed signs of water damage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind, Philadelphia | 2000-11-30 | 50 | Male | Under Tree | Direct |
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
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: 5161752.