Thunderstorm Wind — Snyder, Pennsylvania

2022-03-31 · near Salem, Snyder, Pennsylvania

52 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

A severe thunderstorm producing winds estimated near 60 mph produced multiple reports of trees down across Snyder County, including on the 3600 block of Salem Road in Penn Township and on Fisher Road Monroe Township.

Wider weather episode

A strong cold front pushed into an anomalously warm and humid airmass over central Pennsylvania during the afternoon of March 31, 2022, triggering a QLCS that stretched from the New York state line southward into Maryland. CAPE was relatively low (generally <500 J/kg), but shear was high. There were several bowing segments within the QLCS, and there were a number of wind damage reports (and one quarter-sized hail report) that resulted.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1008066. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.