Thunderstorm Wind, Caroline
- When
- July 5, 5:50 PM EST
- Where
- Caroline County, Bethlehem
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.733, -75.950
Damaging Wind in Maryland, July 5, 2001
A severe thunderstorm knocked down trees and power lines in Bethlehem.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- 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.
A severe thunderstorm knocked down trees and power lines in Bethlehem.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 5, 1:50 PM EST, 4 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 1:50 PM EST, 4 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 250 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2001 AT 200 PM...THE COLD FRONT APPEARED TO EXTEND SOUTHWEST FROM NORTHERN VERMONT...ACROSS THE FINGER LAKES REGION AND INTO NORTHERN OHIO. A FEW REMNANT BOUNDARIES REMAINED OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT... AND THERE SEEMED TO BE A WEAK SURFACE LOW OVER NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. THE FRONT AND THE HODGE PODGE OF SURFACE BOUNDARIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO SINK TO THE SOUTH. WE/RE STILL EXPECTING THE FRONT TO REACH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA BY DARK. THAT FEATURE SHOULD THEN MAKE IT TO FENWICK ISLAND AFTER MIDNIGHT. WE/LL KEEP THE MENTION OF PRECIP IN THE FORECAST UNTIL AFTER THE FRONT PASSES. THE DRY AIR NOW OVER MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN IS EXPECTED TO BUILD OVER OUR REGION FOR FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH THE RETURN FLOW OF SOMEWHAT WARMER AND MORE HUMID AIR ANTICIPATED FOR SATURDAY. WITH THE APPROACH OF THE NEXT SHORT WAVE TROUGH LATE IN THE WEEKEND...WE/LL MAINTAIN CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECASTS FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE ZONE FORECASTS WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 400. .PHI...NONE. IOVINO
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Texas, July 5, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 5, 2001
- Hail in Kansas, July 5, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 5, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 5, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 5, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 5, 2001
- Flash Flood in Arizona, July 5, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 5, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 5, 2001
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 5, 2001
- Tornado in New Jersey, July 5, 2001
More
Every storm in Maryland in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, July 2001
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: 5260215.