Thunderstorm Wind — Chester, Pennsylvania

2006-07-18 · near Glenmoore, Chester, Pennsylvania

Direct deaths

Injuries

62 MG

Magnitude

Wider weather episode

A severe thunderstorm caused considerable wind damage throughout Chester County as well as the death of two people. Thousands of trees were damaged and took until the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd for most of the power to be restored in the county. A 73-year-old woman died when a tree fell on her vehicle while she was driving. A 57-year-old woman died in Caln Township while walking outside when a tree fell on her. A 70-year-old woman injured her leg seriously in West Caln Township when another tree fell on her. PECO Energy reported 180,253 customers lost power in Chester County. Overall 482,068 customers lost power, the largest outage ever for a thunderstorm event in their history and the largest outage for the utility since Isabel in 2003. Skywarn spotters measured wind gusts of 71 mph in Glenmoore and 60 mph in Coatesville.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5522793. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.