June 11th, 2014 Bedford County Tornado

Tornadoes:

Tornado - Hopewell, Pennsylvania Bedford County Date 6/11/2014 Time (Local) 7:10 pm EF Rating 1 Est. Peak Winds 95 mph Path Length 11 miles Max Width 300 yard Injuries/Deaths 0 injuries / 0 deaths Summary: Track Map

The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:

EF0 Weak 65-85 mph	EF1 Moderate 86-110 mph	EF2 Significant 111-135 mph	EF3 Severe 136-165 mph	EF4 Extreme 166-200 mph	EF5 Catastrophic 200+ mph

SPC

SBCAPE and SBCIN 23:00 UTC	SPC Mesoscale Discussion	NWS SPC Tornado Watch

Mesoscale Discussion

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0954

   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

   1232 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014

   AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTHERN/WEST-CENTRAL PA AND PORTIONS OF

   MD/NORTHERN VA/DC/WV PANHANDLE

   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY 

   VALID 111732Z - 111930Z

   PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...80 PERCENT

   SUMMARY...THE POTENTIAL FOR A COUPLE OF TORNADOES ALONG WITH

   DAMAGING WINDS/SEVERE HAIL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH MID/LATE

   AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN/WEST-CENTRAL PA AND PORTIONS OF

   MD/NORTHERN VA/WV PANHANDLE AND THE DC METRO VICINITY. A WATCH IS

   LIKELY BY AS EARLY AS MID-AFTERNOON.

   DISCUSSION...LIKELY INFLUENCED BY OVERNIGHT CONVECTION/OUTFLOW...A

   ZONE OF DIFFERENTIAL HEATING COINCIDES WITH A QUASI-STATIONARY

   BOUNDARY THAT ANGLES FROM WESTERN/SOUTHERN PA EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD TO

   EASTERN MD. THE AIR MASS ALONG /AND ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF/ THIS

   BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO STEADILY WARM WHILE SOME INCREASE IN LOW-LEVEL

   MOISTURE CONTINUES TO OCCUR /MIDDLE AND SOME UPPER 60S F SURFACE

   DEWPOINTS/. CURRENT OBSERVATIONAL TRENDS/SHORT-TERM NUMERICAL

   GUIDANCE INDICATE THAT THE STRONGEST DESTABILIZATION WILL CONTINUE

   TO OCCUR ACROSS PARTS OF VA AND ADJACENT MD/WV...BUT AT LEAST 1000

   J/KG MLCAPE WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY COMMON THROUGH MID/LATE

   AFTERNOON COINCIDENT WITH MUCH OF THE FRONTAL ZONE. BENEATH A BELT

   OF MODERATELY STRONG DEEP-LAYER SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS...GENERAL

   PREVALENCE OF SOUTHEASTERLY NEAR-SURFACE WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A

   MAXIMIZATION OF LOW-LEVEL SHEAR/SRH IN VICINITY OF THE BOUNDARY

   WITHIN A RELATIVELY MOIST/LOW LCL ENVIRONMENT. AS SUCH...ANY STORMS

   DEVELOPING NEAR AND/OR CROSSING THE BOUNDARY FROM THE WEST-SOUTHWEST

   WILL LIKELY ATTAIN SUPERCELL CHARACTERISTICS WITH CORRESPONDING

   POTENTIAL FOR A COUPLE OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE HAIL/WIND.

   ..GUYER/MEAD.. 06/11/2014

   ATTN...WFO...CTP...LWX...PBZ...

   LAT...LON   41038016 41137913 40507877 40177798 39767690 39257662

               38627689 38577748 39227963 39768002 41038016

Storm Reports

445 

NOUS41 KCTP 122055

PNSCTP

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-

049>053-056>059-063>066-130100-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

455 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2014

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR EVERETT IN BEDFORD COUNTY

PENNSYLVANIA...

LOCATION...EVERETT TO HOPEWELL IN BEDFORD COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA 

DATE...JUNE 11, 2014 

ESTIMATED TIME...6:10 PM EDT

MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1 

ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...93 MPH 

MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS 

PATH LENGTH...12 MILES 

BEGINNING LAT/LON...40.02N/78.42W 

ENDING LAT/LON...40.13N/78.31W

* FATALITIES...0

* INJURIES...0

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO

CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN

NWS STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS CONFIRMED A

TORNADO NEAR EVERETT IN BEDFORD COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA ON JUNE 11,

2014.

DESPITE 3 VIDEOS SHOWING EVIDENCE THAT THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN

NEAR CENTERVILLE AT 546PM EDT...NO EVIDENCE OF WIND DAMAGE WAS

FOUND. HOWEVER...THE STORM PRODUCED QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL

ALONG A 16 MILE PATH BETWEEN CENTERVILLE AND EVERETT. 

THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED ROUTE 30 NEAR EVERETT AND BEGAN

PRODUCING DAMAGE ALONG A 12 MILE SKIPPING PATH. DAMAGE INCLUDED

UPROOTED AND SNAPPED TREES AS WELL AS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO TWO

HOMES AND TWO BARNS...ONE OF WHICH WAS DESTROYED. THE DESTROYED

BARN HAD NO DOORS WHICH LIKELY ALLOWED THE WIND TO DESTROY THE

STRUCTURE. THE TORNADO LIFTED NEAR HOPEWELL AROUND 720PM EDT.

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT

WEATHER.GOV/CTP.

FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES

INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH.

EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH.

EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH.

EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH.

EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH.

EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.

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GRUMM/COLBERT

Tornado Warning