Hail, Wind & Tornado Reports in and near ZIP 16738

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: Ping-pong ball size hail (1.5 inch diameter) was reported in Lewis Run.

Hail Report Description: Quarter sized hail was reported in Lewis Run.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

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Wind Report Description: Tree down on Decasper Drive off Route 219.

Wind Report Description: Trees down on wires along Route.

Wind Report Description: Trees down on wires on Lamont Road.

Wind Report Description: Trees and wires down near Lewis Run.

Wind Report Description: Wires down on road.

Wind Report Description: TREE AND WIRES DOWN ON ROUTE 59 AND BIG SHANTY RD.

Wind Report Description: TREES AND WIRES DOWN.

Wind Report Description: LARGE BRANCHES REPORTED DOWN.

Wind Report Description: INDIVIDUAL TRAPPED UNDER A DOWNED TREE

Wind Report Description: TREE DOWN ACROSS ROBERTS ROAD JUST SOUTHWEST OF BRADFORD REGIONAL AIRPORT.

Wind Report Description: TREES DOWN IN LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP

Wind Report Description: A thunderstorm producing winds estimated around 60 mph knocked down trees and wires, blocking Pine Run Road near Lafayette.

Wind Report Description: An official NWS storm survey found widespread straight-line wind damage near Lewis Run. A broad swath of wind damage (approximately 10 miles wide) brought down dozens of trees in the area. Within the relatively wide swath of downed trees, an embedded microburst was confirmed along US 219. The microburst was approximately 200 yards long with estimated maximum winds between 70 and 90 mph. Five houses and two outbuildings sustained moderate structural damage due to fallen trees.

Wind Report Description: Thunderstorm winds knocked down large trees across Route 59 about 3 miles West of Marshburg.

Wind Report Description: Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires in Westline.

Wind Report Description: Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees along Route 219 in Lafayette.

Wind Report Description: Trees down.

Wind Report Description: Trees down on Route 219, just west of Lafayette, or about 5 miles south of Lewis Run.

Wind Report Description: Trees down in Lafayette Township.

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Tornado Report Description: A team from the National Weather Service office in State College surveyed damage and interviewed residents and emergency management officials in McKean county. The team determined that an F1 tornado touched down in McKean county between 315 pm and 330 pm local time on July 21st 2003.The thunderstorm which spawned the tornado first started producing downburst wind damage 2 miles west of the town of Kane. It continued to the Northeast for 15 miles...before the tornado itself 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. One employee of the Kinzua Bridge State Park was injured during the collaspe of the bridge. Thousands of trees were also downed along the path of the tornado.The Kinzua Bridge, constructed in 1882, was listed as one of Pennsylvania's 10 most endangered historic properties. The viaduct, at 301 feet high and 2053 feet long was the fourth largest in the nation. The bridge which once was capable of holding the 511 ton "Big Boy", the largest steam engine in the world, was closed to rail traffic in June of 2002 after inspection by the DCNR showed significant structural weakening.. Later, in August 2002, the bridge was closed to pedestrian traffic as well. The Kinzua Bridge was in the midst of a 10.8 million dollar restoration project which began in February 2003.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.On August 6th, Governor Edward G. Rendell signed a Proclamation of Disaster Emergency to support recovery efforts in several northwestern Pennsylvania counties including McKean. Aslo, a request was made for a Presidential Declaration for a Major Disaster for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, specifically requesting the implementation of the Public Assistance Grant Program.