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Thunderstorm Wind in Union County, Pennsylvania

Thunderstorm Wind July 2, 2023 · Union County, Pennsylvania

60 mph

Estimated gust (52 kt)

$30K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A severe thunderstorm producing winds estimated near 60 mph caused a barn collapse.

The wider storm

Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed across central Pennsylvania during the afternoon and evening of July 2, 2023, as a disturbance tracked eastward along a frontal boundary stalled over southern New York state. In an environment with relatively modest buoyancy (1000-1500 J/kg CAPE) and strong shear (0-1 km SRH of approximately 200 m2/s2). Discrete cells were able to develop on the southern periphery of this activity. Several of these cells produced wind damage, and there were also five tornadoes from the central mountains eastward into the middle Susquehanna Valley.

Began near Lochiel (40.9500, -76.9500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1106750. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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