Thunderstorm Wind in Centre County, Pennsylvania

Thunderstorm Wind May 18, 2026 · Centre 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 wind gusts estimated near 60 mph knocked down a tree that fell onto a garage and car. This tree falling also damaged the roof of a residence with no injuries reported in Park Forest.

The wider storm

An environment ripe with instability and moisture coincided with the eastern edge of an elevated mixed layer (EML) allowed for scattered thunderstorm development during the afternoon and evening hours of May 18, 2026. Due to the lack of extremely favorable shear and lift, these thunderstorms struggled to develop further; however, inverted V soundings did allow for some damaging winds to mix down to the surface across Centre County and Clinton County causing isolated wind damage.

Began near Woodycrest (40.7907, -77.9203).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1337735. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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