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Thunderstorm Wind in Montour County, Pennsylvania

Thunderstorm Wind July 13, 2014 · Montour County, Pennsylvania

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$1K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Thunderstorm winds estimated near 60 mph knocked down trees and wires near Mechanicsville.

The wider storm

A large upper low over Ontario moved south with its primary cold front sagging across the Great Lakes region into the Ohio Valley. Moist and unstable conditions ahead of the cold front where dewpoints climbed into the upper 60s to low 70s and temperatures with the 80s and 90s. Thunderstorms developed during the early afternoon and become organized in conjunction with increasing mid-level height falls and winds aloft. The severe storms produced multiple reports of damaging winds and a few reports of hail from the Allegheny Mountains into the Middle Susquehanna Valley.

Began near Danville (40.9700, -76.5900).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 521265. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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