A batch of storms that touched down in the Philadelphia region Monday included a tornado that in one minute did some damage in a Montgomery County retail plaza. The National Weather Service surveyed the damage and concluded that an EF0 tornado touched down near Routes 309 and the 202 Parkway in Montgomeryville just before 4…
Extensive damage reported in Montgomery County after possible tornado
MONTGOMERYVILLE, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — A severe line of storms moved through the Philadelphia region on Monday evening, triggering tornado warnings in Delaware, Pennsylvania and South Jersey. The fast-moving storm moved northeastward through the heart of the Delaware Valley, producing damaging wind gusts near 60 mph. Extensive damage has been reported near Susan Circle Drive in…
NWS Confirms EF1 Tornado Touches Down Near Tarentum
TARENTUM, Pa. (KDKA) – The National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado tore through Allegheny County this morning. They also confirmed an EF0 tornado touched down in Lower Burrell. “We can confirm a tornado occurred after reviewing radar data last night,” said NWS Pittsburgh Meteorologist Matthew Kramar. Matthew Kramar with the National Weather Service surveyed…
Tornado suspected in New Kensington, heavy winds slam region, 41K without power
The National Weather Service said it suspects a tornado touched down in New Kensington early Wednesday, ripping roofs from buildings. Elsewhere in the region, heavy winds destroyed hangars at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity, downed trees and power lines and left more than 40,000 people without power. NWS radar showed a tornado touch down…
Pa., N.J. 2019 tornado count climbs to 43
With the confirmation of another tornado spawned by the Halloween squall line — this one in New Jersey, an EF-1 with top winds of 100 mph — the 2019 tornado total in the Garden State rose to nine. The long-term average is less than two. The destructive EF-2 twister that ripped up a half-mile stretch…
EF2 tornado hit Thornbury Township, Delaware County, officials confirm
THORNBURY TWP., Pennsylvania (WPVI) — The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF2 tornado touched down in Delaware County during Thursday night’s storms. “It was just told to us that it was an EF2 tornado that hit down here in Thornbury Township,” Jim Raith, Chairman of the Board Commissioners, said in a late Friday morning…
Another tornado confirmed in Indiana County
COMMODORE — “If it had come down through the middle of town, it could have been worse.” So Commodore Volunteer Fire Department Chief Mark J. Riva described the Sunday evening tornado that sheared trees on the hillside near his home, and took a 200-pound kennel off the family’s pet dog. “Where’s Max?” Riva’s older daughter…
Tornado drops in at Falls
In Gene Dziak’s 15 years as director of the Wyoming County Emergency Management Agency, he doesn’t recall ever having to activate the emergency operations center for tornado warnings in two consecutive days. “That’s just insane. Two days in a row we activated the EOC for warnings,” Dziak said. “Not watches, warnings.” The National Weather Service…
Another Pa. tornado confirmed, bringing the state’s total to 29 for the year and 13 in May
Another tornado touched down in Pennsylvania this week but this time in Tioga County, according to a release from the National Weather Service Sunday morning. The tornado spotted near Whitneyville, with a maximum wind speed of 75 mph, cut a swath of approximately 50 yards for 1 mile. Hundreds of trees and branches were downed,…
A Bucks County tornado was Pennsylvania’s 16th of 2019. That’s an entire year’s worth of tornadoes, and it’s still May.
Another round of severe weather moved through the region Thursday evening, spawning tornado warnings in Stroudsburg and across the Delaware River in Warren County. No actual tornado came of it this time. But on Thursday meteorologists confirmed one did hit during storms last weekend in Bucks County — and it was something of a milestone…