An Analysis of Severe Weather in the Delaware Valley July 17, 1988

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• Personal Author:
  Hitchens, Richard D.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. National Weather Service. Eastern Region
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NWS (National Weather Service) ; ER (Eastern Region)
• Description:
  On Sunday, July 17, 1988, a severe weather episode occurred in the Delaware Valley. A small tornado tauched downed in Pottstown, PA, tearing a roof from a house. Winds gusted to 63 mph at Reading, PA, and to 58 mph at Wilmington (severe reports, Figure 1). Dozens of reports of downed trees and power outages were received. On the bright side, the storms brought the first significant rains to Wilmington in almost two months.
• Series:
  Eastern Region technical attachment (National Weather Service (U.S.)) ; 89-8
• Format:
  pdf
• Document Type:
  Technical Attachment
• Place as Subject:
  Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/70033/noaa_70033_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 143.92 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Weather Service (NWS)
• Main Document Checksum:
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