A powerful storm system will continue to bring heavy mountain snow, rain, and high winds to the Pacific Northwest and northern California through midweek. Heavy rain and flash flooding potential exists across the central Gulf Coast over the next few days, including the Florida Panhandle. A Slight Risk (level 2 of 4) of excessive rainfall is in effect Tuesday. Read More >
See the path/track map and the images of damage below.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 748 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR RIVERSIDE IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA... LOCATION...RIVERSIDE IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA DATE...JUNE 30TH 2015 ESTIMATED TIME...815 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS PATH LENGTH...1 MILE BEGINNING LAT/LON...40.9238N/76.6440W ENDING LAT/LON...40.9253N/76.6235W * 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 RIVERSIDE IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA ON JUNE 30TH 2015. A STORM DAMAGE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED ON WEDNESDAY THE 1ST OF JULY SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF RIVERSIDE IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY. MOST OF THE SURVEYED DAMAGE WAS AT A RESIDENCE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MOSER AND SNYDERTOWN ROADS. DAMAGE BEGAN JUST TO THE WEST OF PINE SWAMP ROAD ABOUT 1 MILE WEST OF THE RESIDENCE. MULTIPLE TREES WERE DAMAGED AS THE TORNADO MOVED EASTWARD ACROSS A WOODED AREA AND A FIELD BEFORE CROSSING SNYDERTOWN ROAD. AN EYEWITNESS VIEWED THE TORNADO FROM AN ADJACENT PROPERTY AS IT BEGAN TO DAMAGE THE RESIDENCE AT MOSER AND SNYDERTOWN ROADS. A CHAOTIC DEBRIS FIELD WAS OBSERVED AT THE RESIDENCE WITH DEBRIS STREWN IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS. HOWEVER...THERE WAS A CLEAR PATTERN OF BOTH COUNTER-CLOCKWISE AND CONVERGENT WIND FLOW. THE MOST EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WAS TO A SMALL BARN AND A SHED. DEBRIS FROM THESE STRUCTURES HEAVILY DAMAGED A CAR. THE CAR ITSELF WAS MOVED A SHORT DISTANCE AND THE WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT. TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED. PIECES OF WOOD WERE IMPALED INTO THE GROUND IN A CONVERGENT PATTERN AND ONE 2 BY 4 IMPALED THE CAR. SIDING AND TRIM WERE DAMAGED ON A HOUSE. THE TORNADO APPEARED TO THEN LIFT AND END WITH NO DAMAGE OCCURRING AT THE NEXT RESIDENCE TO THE EAST ON MOSER ROAD. 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. |