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Thunderstorm Wind in Clinton County, Pennsylvania

Thunderstorm Wind October 20, 2016 · Clinton County, Pennsylvania

96 mph
Estimated gust (83 kt)
1
Death
$25K
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 straight line winds estimated at 95 to 100 mph knocked down trees onto a home in Lamar Township, causing one fatality.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Cedar Spgs (41.0631, -77.4923).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 656869. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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