March 29th, 2009 York and Lancaster Counties Tornado

Summary:

AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 440 PM EDT NEAR LITITZ...AND LIFTED BETWEEN LITITZ AND EPHRATA AT 445 PM
EDT. WHILE THE TORNADO PATH LENGTH WAS 1.25 MILES...WIDESPREAD DOWNBURST WIND DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED WELL BEYOND THE TRACK OF THE INITIAL TORNADO... CREATING A TOTAL DAMAGE PATH OF 10 MILES BETWEEN LITITZ AND DENVER.

IN ALL...238 STRUCTURES WERE AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO...HAIL AND DOWNBURST WIND DAMAGE. 200 HOMES SUFFERED MINOR HAIL DAMAGE.

8 TRAILER HOMES WERE AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO...6 OF WHICH WERE DESTROYED...WHILE 2 MORE SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE.

30 BARNS SUFFERED MODERATE DAMAGE...AND ANOTHER SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE.

A TORNADO WARNING WAS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA AT 421 PM EDT...PROVIDING NEARLY 20 MINUTES OF LEAD TIME.