Thunderstorm Wind — Clinton, Pennsylvania

2016-10-20 · near Cedar Spgs, Clinton, Pennsylvania

Event narrative

A severe thunderstorm producing straight line winds estimated at 95 to 100 mph knocked down trees onto a home in Lamar Township, causing one fatality.

Wider weather episode

A potent cold front pushed into an unseasonably warm and humid air mass, generating widespread showers and thunderstorms. There was a considerable amount of both low level and deep layer shear, and some of the storms produced damaging winds. A line of convection stalled and trained over Centre, Clinton and Lycoming counties during the late evening hours, producing a swath of 4 to 8 inches of rainfall from just north and west of State College northeastward to near Lock Haven, Jersey Shore and just north of Williamsport. There were numerous road closures due to high water in Patton Township, Centre County and several water rescues were reported along Bald Eagle Creek in Milesburg, Centre County, and across northern Lycoming County and western Sullivan County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 656869. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.