Summary:

THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN 
OF ELLISBURG...WHERE IT DOWNED HUNDREDS OF TREES. THE TORNADO 
CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST...WHERE IT HIT THE SMOKER FARM. THE BARN 
AND HOUSE WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED...AND ONE OF THREE SILOS WAS 
TIPPED OVER. A SECOND HOME ON SMOKER ROAD WAS ALSO EXTENSIVELY 
DAMAGED AND IS UNINHABITABLE. IN ADDITION...A CAR WAS PICKED UP AND 
THROWN 600 YARDS. A FARM TRACTOR WAS LIFTED INTO THE TREES.

THE TORNADO PATH WAS 2 1/2 MILES LONG...WHILE THE WIDTH WAS ABOUT 
200 YARDS. BASED ON THE DAMAGE...THE TORNADO WAS MAINLY AN F2...BUT 
RATED AS A WEAK F3 AT ITS PEAK..WITH WINDS OF 160 MPH.

Summary:

SURVEYED DAMAGE AND INTERVIEWED RESIDENTS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 
OFFICIALS IN MCKEAN COUNTY TODAY. THE TEAM DETERMINED THAT AN F1 
TORNADO DID TOUCH DOWN IN MCKEAN COUNTY BETWEEN 315 PM AND 330 PM 
MONDAY AFTERNOON.

THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH SPAWNED THE TORNADO FIRST STARTED PRODUCING 
DOWNBURST WIND DAMAGE 2 MILES WEST OF KANE. IT CONTINUED TO THE 
NORTHEAST FOR 15 MILES...BEFORE THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 1 MILE WEST 
OF THE KINZUA VIADUCT IN A WOODED AREA. THE TORNADO CONTINUED 
NORTHEAST...PRODUCING A DAMAGE PATH 3 1/2 MILES LONG...AND ABOUT 1/3 
MILE WIDE. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 100 MPH...WHICH CLASSIFIES THE 
TORNADO AS AN F1 ON THE FUJITA SCALE. THE TORNADO CAUSED THE 
COLLAPSE OF THE HISTORIC KINZUA VIADUCT BRIDGE. NINE OF THE 20 
BRIDGE SUPPORTS WERE DESTROYED...LEADING TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE 
BRIDGE. THOUSANDS OF TREES WERE ALSO DOWNED ALONG THE PATH OF THE 
TORNADO.

THE TORNADO THEN LIFTED UP ABOUT 2 1/2 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE 
BRIDGE. DOWNBURST WIND DAMAGE CONTINUED TO ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF 
SMETHPORT...WHERE THE TORNADO ONCE AGAIN TOUCHED DOWN. THE TORNADO 
CONTINUED ON A NORTH-NORTHEAST PATH UNTIL IT LIFTED AGAIN ABOUT 1 
MILE NORTH OF FARMERS VALLEY...NEAR THE INTERSECTIONS OF ROUTES 46 
AND 446. TOP WIND SPEEDS DURING THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN WERE ESTIMATED 
AT 80 TO 90 MPH...AGAIN CLASSIFYING THE STORM AS AN F1 IN INTENSITY. 
THE PATH OF THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN WAS ABOUT 3 MILES LONG...WITH A 
WIDTH OF ABOUT 150 YARDS.

THIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN DAMAGED 2 BARNS...AND DESTROYED A THIRD. TWO 
HOMES AND A CHURCH WERE ALSO DAMAGED. NO INJURIES OR DEATHS WERE 
REPORTED. 

Summary:

A TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN STATE COLLEGE 
SURVEYED DAMAGE AND INTERVIEWED RESIDENTS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 
OFFICIALS IN LYCOMING COUNTY TODAY. THE TEAM DETERMINED THAT AN F1 
TORNADO DID TOUCH DOWN IN LYCOMING COUNTY ABOUT 530 PM MONDAY 
AFTERNOON.

THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN ON FUNSTON ROAD IN LAIRDSVILLE WHERE 
IT DID MOST OF ITS DAMAGE...TEARING A ROOF OFF A BARN AND CAUSING 
MINOR DAMAGE TO A FEW HOMES. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED ROUTE 118 AND 
LITTLE MUNCY CREEK AND CONTINUED ALONG BEAVER RUN ROAD. THE DAMAGE 
PATH ENDED ON SAVAGE HILL ROAD AS THE TORNADO LIFTED OFF THE GROUND. 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TEAM ALSO INVESTIGATED OTHER DAMAGE IN 
NEARBY MUNCY AND ACROSS THE RIVER IN LEWISBURG IN UNION COUNTY. THE 
DAMAGE IN BOTH LOCATIONS WAS DUE TO A COUPLE OF DOWNBURSTS. THE 
DAMAGE IN MUNCY WAS LIGHT AND SPORADIC AND CONFINED TO FALLEN TREES.

IN LEWISBURG...THE DAMAGE WAS FAR MORE EXTENSIVE. HUNDREDS OF TREES 
FELL IN LEWISBURG AND MANY OF THEM FELL ON HOMES. THERE WERE EVEN A 
FEW HOMES THAT SUSTAINED WIND DAMAGE TO THEIR ROOF THAT WAS NOT DUE 
TO TREES FALLING ON THEM. THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AND ANOTHER 
BUSINESS LOST PART OF THEIR ROOF AS WELL. 

Summary:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE AND JUNIATA COUNTY 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SURVEYED STORM DAMAGE AND INTERVIEWED 
RESIDENTS IN CENTRAL JUNIATA COUNTY ON JULY 24. THE TEAM DETERMINED 
THAT AN F1 TORNADO WITH PEAK WINDS OF UP TO 80 MPH DID TOUCH DOWN IN 
CENTRAL JUNIATA COUNTY NEAR EAST SALEM FROM ABOUT 500 TO 505 PM 
MONDAY AFTERNOON JULY 21.
 
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG THE TORNADO PATH.  THE ROOF OF 
A HOME WAS LIFTED OFF AS WELL AS PARTIAL DAMAGE TO ROOFS OF SEVERAL 
BARNS.  IN ONE LOCATION A TREE LIMB WAS DRIVEN INTO A BARN DOOR.  
EYEWITNESSES DESCRIBED A ROARING HORIZONTAL WIND WITH BLINDING 
VISIBILITY LASTING ONLY A MINUTE OR SO AT THE TIME DAMAGE OCCURRED.  
THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES.

THE TORNADO APPEARED TO FIRST TOUCH DOWN IN WESTERN DELAWARE 
TOWNSHIP JUST LESS THAN TWO MILES SOUTHWEST OF EAST SALEM.  THE 
TORNADO CONTINUED EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS ROUTE 333 FOR ABOUT 
ANOTHER MILE BEFORE DISSIPATING.  

THE TORNADO PATH WAS ABOUT 3 MILES LONG AND SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS 
WIDE WITH PEAK WINDS TO 80 MPH BASED ON VISIBLE DAMAGE.  AN F1 
TORNADO ON THE FUJITA SCALE HAS A RANGE OF WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 73 
AND 112 MPH.

Summary:

A TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN STATE COLLEGE 
SURVEYED DAMAGE AND INTERVIEWED RESIDENTS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 
OFFICIALS IN DAUPHIN COUNTY TODAY. THE TEAM DETERMINED THAT AN F0 
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN DAUPHIN COUNTY AROUND 4 PM TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG ROUTE 147 JUST SOUTH OF PAXTON IN 
DAUPHIN COUNTY. THE TORNADO PATH WAS ABOUT 1.5 MILES LONG AND THE 
WIDTH WAS ABOUT 150 YARDS. THE TORNADO KNOCKED DOWN 2 DOZEN TREES 
AND SNAPPED OFF AN ADDITIONAL DOZEN TREES.

THE TORNADO LIFTED AS IT MOVED EAST BUT THE STORM PRODUCED LARGE 
HAIL. A TRAILER COURT JUST SOUTH OF MILLERSBURG WAS HIT BY GOLF BALL 
TO TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL. THE NORTH SIDES OF THE TRAILERS WERE 
DENTED FROM THE HAIL AND MANY TRAILER SKIRTS HAD HOLES FROM THE 
HAIL. A FORD DEALERSHIP NEAR MILLERSBURG REPORTED 300 CARS DAMAGED 
BY HAIL. DAMAGE TO CARS RANGED FROM DENTS...TO BROKEN TAIL 
LIGHTS...TO A FEW CARS WITH WINDOWS BROKEN OUT BY THE HAIL.