Thunderstorm Wind — Wayne, Pennsylvania

2025-07-03 · near Starlight, Wayne, Pennsylvania

Event narrative

Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees.

Wider weather episode

A passing cold front generated severe thunderstorms after the atmosphere ahead of it became unstable with high wind shear and steep temperature lapse rates. The scattered severe storms had very damaging winds, up to 100 mph as determined by a storm survey in Susquehanna County, and large hail. Numerous trees were knocked down in parts of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The survey team did note that terrain effects made the tree damage look like tornado damage in some areas but all damage was determined to be due to strong winds after accessing radar data.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1275502. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.