Thunderstorm Wind — Franklin, Pennsylvania

2021-08-13 · near Five Forks, Franklin, Pennsylvania

$6K

Property damage

52 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

A severe thunderstorm producing winds estimated near 60 mph knocked down at least eight trees across Fort Stouffer Road west of Five Forks, making the road impassable.

Wider weather episode

Scattered showers and storms developed in a very warm and very humid airmass over central Pennsylvania during the afternoon of August 13, 2021, well ahead of an approaching cold front over the eastern Great Lakes. Several of these storms produced wind damage, particularly a cluster of storms that pushed eastward from the southern Alleghenies into the Lower Susquehanna Valley.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 977150. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.