Major Winter Storm Moves Through the Mid-Atlantic; High Winds Coming to Southern California

A major winter storm will move from the Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic today, continuing severe travel delays, with major impacts due to areas of heavy snow and some icing for portions of West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C., and Delaware. High winds will impact much of southern California Tuesday into Wednesday possibly resulting in power outages and fire weather. Read More >

A tornado moved one mile south of Penfield to seven miles north of Lock Haven. Ten houses were destroyed or damaged. About 88,000 trees were destroyed in Pennsylvania State Forest land. In Clinton County, this tornado also took down a large metal fire tower and at least one cabin. Golf ball size hail fell near Avis. This tornado carved a 75 mile long path of damage; at times this path was 1.5 miles wide.

Source: NCDC Storm Data: May 1985; Volume 27, Number 5

The scar from this tornado can still be seen in satellite imagery. In this Bing map, you can see the scar extending from south of Hollywood, PA to northeast of Jersey Shore, PA.