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Thunderstorm Wind in Elk County, Pennsylvania

Thunderstorm Wind July 11, 2021 · Elk County, Pennsylvania

60 mph

Estimated gust (52 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

A severe thunderstorm with winds estimated near 60 mph brought down a tree on wires in Benezette Township.

The wider storm

Scattered thunderstorms developed in a moderate CAPE, moderate shear environment just south of a warm front that was draped from northwest to southeast across central Pennsylvania during the afternoon of July 11, 2021. Several of the storms produced wind damage, and a few storms exhibited rotation near the warm front. One slower moving thunderstorm brought urban flash flooding to Harrisburg.

Began near Benezette (41.3102, -78.4037).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 965862. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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