High Wind in Blair, Pennsylvania

High Wind March 13, 2026 – March 14, 2026 · Blair, Pennsylvania

70 mph

Estimated gust (61 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

High winds occurred across Blair County during the evening of March 13, 2026. A 64 mph wind gust was measured at the Altoona-Blair County Airport and scattered power outages were reported.

The wider storm

An strong upper-level low with an associated surface cold front allowed to ample lift in an environment with sufficient shear and instability for a line of showers and isolated thunderstorms to form during the afternoon and evening hours of March 13, 2026. Strong-to-damaging wind gusts were observed across northwestern Pennsylvania with these features with the most widespread wind damage in portions of Clearfield County during the late afternoon to early evening hours.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1317593. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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