Thunderstorm Wind — Mckean, Pennsylvania

2025-06-05 · near Gibbs Hill, Mckean, Pennsylvania

Event narrative

A severe thunderstorm, producing wind gusts estimated near 60 mph, knocked down a tree down on Route 321 approximately a quarter of a mile south of the intersection of Bliss Hill Road, blocking the roadway northwest of Kane.

Wider weather episode

A surface cold front moved across northwestern Pennsylvania during the afternoon and began to fire showers and isolated thunderstorms given modest instability and sufficient moisture and shear. Thunderstorms across northwestern Pennsylvania gradually continued to become stronger and borderline severe as they entered the best moisture and instability of northwestern Pennsylvania, allowing for one complex of thunderstorms to cause tree damage in Warren and McKean counties during the afternoon and evening hours of June 5, 2025.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1261516. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.