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Pennsylvania storm reports for August 12, 2023

NOAA recorded 24 hail reports, 89 wind reports and 5 tornado reports in Pennsylvania on August 12, 2023.

in Pennsylvania
118
Storm reports
About 31 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
3.0 in
Largest hail
About 35 miles from Binghamton, NY
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 38 miles from Scranton, PA
5
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

  • Wind report
  • Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on August 12, 2023 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

Reports by hour

Hail24, most at 5 PM

Wind89, most at 11 PM

Tornado5, most at 7 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
12:24 PMEF0About 22 miles from Erie, PA0.45 mi long, 20 yd wide
3:32 PMEF1About 38 miles from Scranton, PA3.25 mi long, 150 yd wide
7:08 PMEF1About 31 miles from Pittsburgh, PA4.45 mi long, 30 yd wide
7:49 PMEF1Near 40.55, -78.82, PA0.32 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:55 PMEF0Near 40.53, -78.76, PA0.2 mi long, 100 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Pittsburgh, PA1.0 in63 mph0
Allentown, PANone58 mph0
Reading, PANone60 mph0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.