Hail, Wind & Tornado Reports in Chester County, PA

Hail Report Description: Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).

Hail Report Description: Hail up to quarter size occurred for two minutes on Flagstone Road in Chester Springs.

Hail Report Description: Picture of 1 inch hail measured in Coatesville. Time estimated.

Hail Report Description: REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.).

Hail Report Description: CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM PHOENIXVILLE. SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.

Hail Report Description: SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.

Hail Report Description: TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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Hail Report Description: MPING REPORT OF QUARTER SIZED HAIL.

Hail Report Description: PHOTO OF QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN WEST GROVE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Hail Report Description: PHOTO INDICATES HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE FELL IN THE NOTTINGHAM AREA. TIME APPROXIMATED BY RADAR.

Hail Report Description: QUARTER-SIZED HAIL.

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Hail Report Description: Half dollar size hail fell over Thorndale during a severe thunderstorm.

Hail Report Description: Another severe thunderstorm dropped large hail around West Chester. This one dropped hail as large as ping pong balls in West Goshen Township.

Hail Report Description: A second thunderstorm dropped hail as large as pennies in Exton (West Whiteland Township).

Hail Report Description: A severe thunderstorm dropped quarter size hail in Lionville (Uwchlan Township).

Hail Report Description: Elsewhere in West Chester, a severe thunderstorm dropped ping pong ball size hail.

Hail Report Description: A severe thunderstorm dropped quarter size hail that covered the ground near East Boot Road in West Chester.

Hail Report Description: A severe thunderstorm dropped half dollar size hail in Exton (West Whiteland Township).

Hail Report Description: A thunderstorm dropped penny size hail in West Chester. The same line of thunderstorms elsewhere in Chester County generated a wind gust of 54 mph in Elverson as well as dropped smaller hail.

Hail Report Description: A strong thunderstorm dropped nickel size hail in Elverson.

Hail Report Description: Nickel to quarter size hail fell in Coatesville.

Hail Report Description: A severe thunderstorm dropped quarter-size hail in West Chester.

Hail Report Description: A strong thunderstorm dropped hail up to penny-size in Spring City at 1:25 pm EDT on the 3rd. Some smaller hail also fell with the storm.

Hail Report Description: A severe thunderstorm dropped half dollar size hail in Downingtown.

Hail Report Description: A severe thunderstorm dropped quarter size hail in West Brandywine Township.

Wind Report Description: Tree on wires. Time estimated by radar.

Wind Report Description: Tree and wires down. Time estimated by radar.

Wind Report Description: Tree down on wires. Time estimated by radar.

Wind Report Description: Tree on wires. Time estimated by radar.

Wind Report Description: Several large_ healthy trees blown down.

Wind Report Description: EM reports trees and wires down in Parkesburg. Time estimated.

Wind Report Description: EM reports trees and wires down in Atglen. Time estimated.

Wind Report Description: Tree limbs down on wires. Time estimated from radar.

Wind Report Description: Route 372 between Wilmington Rd and Old Wilmington Rd is closed due to several trees and power poles down. Time estimated.

Wind Report Description: EM reports trees and wires down in West Bradford. Time estimated.

Wind Report Description: EM reports trees and wires down in West Caln. Time estimated.

Wind Report Description: tree was blown down on Morgantown Road_ blocking traffic.

Wind Report Description: EM reports tree down on Pine Swamp Rd in Warwick Twp. Time estimated.

Wind Report Description: Tree damage between Oxford and Russellville. Time estimated from radar.

Wind Report Description: Trees down. some trees on wires.

Wind Report Description: Report and photos via social media of at least 2 trees down along East Pennsylvania Avenue in Downingtown. One felled tree appears to have crushed a shed. Time estimated from radar.

Wind Report Description: Trees down.

Wind Report Description: Report of power lines down in Guthriesville_ East Brandywine Township. Time estimated from radar.

Wind Report Description: Trees and wires down across Creek Road with wires arcing. Time estimated from radar.

Wind Report Description: Basketball hoop knocked over. Estimated max wind gusts up to 80 mph. Time estimated from radar.

Wind Report Description: Trees down and blocking route 322.

Wind Report Description: Large branches snapped. Time estimated from radar.

Wind Report Description: Tree blown down onto US1 near the Lincoln University exit. Time estimated from radar.

Wind Report Description: Tree down on Road at 150 Paradise Street. Time estimated from radar.

Wind Report Description: Telephone pole down on Kaolin Road near the intersection with Colonial Farm Road.

Wind Report Description: Tree down on power line. Wires on fire.

Wind Report Description: Tree down blocking roadway near intersection of Dowlin Forge Road and Fairweather drive. Time estimated from radar.

Wind Report Description: Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg time of report from Valley Twp. Tree down in roadway. Time estimated from radar.

Wind Report Description: Large Limb partially blocking lane near 236 Bucktoe Road. Time estimated from radar.

Wind Report Description: Two trees down in roadway near 4200 Hazelwood Avenue. Time estimated from radar.

Tornado Report Description: A brief tornado occurred in East Caln Township. The first damage was noted just south of the intersection of East Lancaster Avenue and Quarry Road_ where several small tree branches were broken. A pa

Tornado Report Description: An EF-1 tornado began in West Caln Township near Baldwin Road where a hardwood tree was uprooted and found hanging on top of downed wires. South of here... between Baldwin Road and Chantry Lane... another hardwood tree was found snapped at its trunk. This was the area that the tornado reached its maximum width of approximately 250 yards. The tornado then continued eastward with tree and wire damage seen on North Sandy Hill Road near Wallace Lane where a tree and large limbs fell on and damaged a wooden fence. Continuing further east... a row of hardwood trees was severely damaged with snapped trunks on Martins Corner Road just north of Wagontown Road. A utility pole was also snapped here... but this appeared to have been caused by the falling trees and the strain introduced to the wires since the pole may have been weakened by age. The tornado then dissipated as there was no concentrated damage found east of Martins Corner Road. Additional damage separate from this path was noted and appear

Tornado Report Description: AN EMBEDDED SUPERCELL IN A QUASI-LINEAR FEATURE PRODUCED A TORNADO NEAR OXFORD... PA. A PATH OF DAMAGE BEGAN IN CROP LAND NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 5TH STREET AND WATERWAY ROAD. TREE DAMAGE CONTINUED NORTHEAST OF HERE. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED IN THE WILTSHIRE DEVELOPMENT. ON SLATE HILL DRIVE... ONE HOUSE LOST A SOUTHEAST FACING EXTERIOR WALL. ANOTHER HOUSE LOST A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SIDING AND A PORTION OF THE ROOF. TREE DAMAGE CONTINUED IN A NORTHEAST PATH. AT HICKORY HILL ROAD... THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OF A COMMERCIAL OUTBUILDING AND A RECREATIONAL TRAILER WAS FLIPPED ON ITS SIDE. SPORADIC TREE AND CROP DAMAGE WAS NOTED FROM DRONE FOOTAGE...THIS PORTION OF THE PATH WAS INACCESSIBLE BY VEHICLE...CONTINUING TO THE NORTHEAST. A METAL STORAGE BUILDING AT A BUSINESS ALONG REEDVILLE ROAD HAD WALL AND ROOF DAMAGE. FURTHER NORTHEAST THERE WAS DAMAGE TO TURKEY PENS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BALTIMORE PIKE AND WEST BRANCH ROAD. ADDITIONAL TREE AND POWER POLE DAMAGE CONTINUED IN A NORTHE

Tornado Report Description: An EF-1 tornado touched down in Honey Brook Township. No injuries were reported, although several homes as well as numerous trees were damaged. The tornado touched down near Given Road and moved northeast lifting near Talbotville Road. Roof panels were torn from one home. A mobile home was unseated from its moorings. Two uninjured people were trapped within the mobile home and had to be rescued by the local fire department. A barn along Talbotville Road had its roof torn off and wall damaged during the storm. Farmstands were damaged along Talbotville Road. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped along the damage path. Debris was scattered across roadways and farm fields and included pieces of tin roofs as well as insulation. Several roads were impassable because of downed trees and power lines. The path length was approximately 0.7 of a mile, the maximum path width was estimated to be 100 yards and the estimated peak wind gust was 95 mph.

Tornado Report Description: An EF-0 tornado moved through New London Township during the afternoon of the 27th. The tornado touched down south of the intersection of Pennsylvania State Route 896 and Saginaw Road and just to the north of State Road. The tornado moved north and crossed West Avondale Road before it lifted. The tornado touched down one more time in a wooded area behind the Avon Grove Intermediate School. Numerous trees were snapped and a few homes suffered siding and roof damage. A car was also tossed by the tornado. No injuries were reported. The tornado's path length was approximately 1.4 miles and its maximum path width was 100 yards. The estimated maximum wind speed was 70 mph.

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Tornado Report Description: An unseasonably warm and humid air mass and an approaching cold front combined to produce a tornado (F1 on the Fujita Scale) in Honey Brook near 6 p.m. EST. About a dozen people were injured. Two barns and four houses were destroyed, twenty-five other homes were damaged. A warehouse was also badly damaged. About 35 families were evacuated. Damage was estimated at 3 million dollars. Based on the storm survey, winds were near the high range of the F1 tornado scale and were estimated to be around 100 mph.The tornado touched down near Diane Drive then moved on a north path paralleling Pennsylvania State Route 10 and crossed U.S. Route 322 near the Zook's Molasses Warehouse. The tornado made a slight turn to the east after crossing Rodd Road and lifted near a quarry near Welsh Road. The tornado was on the ground for about 1.8 miles. Its path width was estimated at 100 yards.A house on Diane Drive had the appearance of an implosion. On Walnut Drive was destroyed, two others were badly damaged. One house on Meadow Drive was missing a wall and a large portion of its roof. On Route 10, the tornado ripped the roof and the third floor off the barn. A father and his three sons that were milking the cows when the tornado passed were injured, two seriously. The tornado proceeded to destroy the two silos on the farm. Across the street, the tornado ripped the roof from the three story Zook Molasses Company Warehouse. A gas leak at the site forced the evacuations of 30 families. Twisted and mangled pieces of sheet metal dotted the landscape. Furniture and insulation was lodeged in tree tops. Roofs, walls and even bathtubs were found in fields.Daily high temperature records were tied at both the Philadelphia (70 degrees) and the Lehigh Valley (67 degrees) International Airports on the 26th.

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Tornado Report Description: A severe thunderstorm uprooted trees in West and East Whiteland Townships. As the thunderstorm moved northeast into Charlestown Township, it dropped a F1 (Fujita Scale) tornado on Valley Hill Road. Most of the damage with the second tornado of this day in Chester County was uprooted trees. But, a couple of trees knocked down awnings and a church sign and resulted in minor property damage. Although the tornado lifted in western parts of Charlestown, its parent thunderstorm produced downburst winds which knocked over trees on Pennsylvania State Route 29 in the eastern part of town. No injuries were reported.

Tornado Report Description: A weak tornado (F0 on the Fujita Scale) touched down on Barneston Road in Wallace Township. There was no property damage, but numerous trees were uprooted or snapped (up to three feet wide) on Barneston (at least 20), Templin and Indiantown Roads. The tornado was sighted by many individuals in the area. No injuries were reported.

Tornado Report Description: A rare (with respect to both time of day and intensity) tornado outbreak affected eastern Chester County the evening of the 27th. Tornadic thunderstorms affected portions of the Middle Atlantic States south of Pennsylvania earlier that evening. As the first thunderstorm moved into southeast Chester County, it dropped its first tornado in London Britain Township near New London Road about 9:55 pm EST. The tornado reached its maximum intensity (F3 on the Fujita Scale) and destruction in the Hunter's Run Development on Crestwood Road. Six homes were destroyed and twenty-three were damaged. Eleven persons were injured. A 40-year-old man was critically injured when he was blown through his 2nd story window. Two teenagers were injured when a tree landed on their Ford Ranger Pickup. The rest of the injuries were mainly from flying glass. A gentleman's credit cards from London Britain were found 30 miles away. Heavy damage was reported along Chesterville Road as the tornado passed into New Garden Township. The worst damage in New Garden Township occurred to mushroom houses on Penn Green and Starr Roads. Eleven mushroom houses were damaged, three had their roofs torn off, eight had collapsed walls. Although the tornado lifted close to Starr Road in New Garden Township, downburst wind damage continued father north into neighboring townships. Even to the east of the tornado in London Britain Township, damaging wind gusts did massive damage in the White Clay Preserve and trees and wires were down on half the roads within the township. Farther north thunderstorm downburst winds ripped the roof off a hanger in the New Garden Airport and damaged the roof of the Unionville Elementary School in East Marlborough Township. Downed trees forced the closures of U.S. Routes 1 and 322 and Pennsylvania State Routes 41 and 162. Thunderstorm wind related damage continued north into Newlin Township and as the thunderstorm moved north into West Bradford, it dropped its second Chester County tornado of the evening. The weaker (F1 on the Fujita Scale) tornado touched down about 10:20 pm EST near the intersection of Telegraph and Sugarbridge Roads and uprooted trees. A mobile home on Sugar Bridge Road suffered severe damage to its porch and roof as a tree fell on it. The tornado followed a discontinuous path through West Bradford and northern East Bradford Township before lifting near the intersection of Boot and Valley Creek Roads. Most of the damage was uprooted trees and downed chimneys. Thunderstorm related wind damage was then reported in Downingtown with two foot diameter trees uprooted. As the thunderstorm headed north, wind related damage diminished. Just before it left Chester County, the thunderstorm split in two and the westward one entered Montgomery County near Limerick. The Chester County Office of Emergency Management estimated total damage in the county at $3.5 million with 9 houses or buildings totally destroyed and 49 other sustaining slight or moderate damage.

Tornado Report Description: A rare (with respect to both time of day and intensity) tornado outbreak affected eastern Chester County the evening of the 27th. Tornadic thunderstorms affected portions of the Middle Atlantic States south of Pennsylvania earlier that evening. As the first thunderstorm moved into southeast Chester County, it dropped its first tornado in London Britain Township near New London Road about 9:55 pm EST. The tornado reached its maximum intensity (F3 on the Fujita Scale) and destruction in the Hunter's Run Development on Crestwood Road. Six homes were destroyed and twenty-three were damaged. Eleven persons were injured. A 40-year-old man was critically injured when he was blown through his 2nd story window. Two teenagers were injured when a tree landed on their Ford Ranger Pickup. The rest of the injuries were mainly from flying glass. A gentleman's credit cards from London Britain were found 30 miles away. Heavy damage was reported along Chesterville Road as the tornado passed into New Garden Township. The worst damage in New Garden Township occurred to mushroom houses on Penn Green and Starr Roads. Eleven mushroom houses were damaged, three had their roofs torn off, eight had collapsed walls. Although the tornado lifted close to Starr Road in New Garden Township, downburst wind damage continued father north into neighboring townships. Even to the east of the tornado in London Britain Township, damaging wind gusts did massive damage in the White Clay Preserve and trees and wires were down on half the roads within the township. Farther north thunderstorm downburst winds ripped the roof off a hanger in the New Garden Airport and damaged the roof of the Unionville Elementary School in East Marlborough Township. Downed trees forced the closures of U.S. Routes 1 and 322 and Pennsylvania State Routes 41 and 162. Thunderstorm wind related damage continued north into Newlin Township and as the thunderstorm moved north into West Bradford, it dropped its second Chester County tornado of the evening. The weaker (F1 on the Fujita Scale) tornado touched down about 10:20 pm EST near the intersection of Telegraph and Sugarbridge Roads and uprooted trees. A mobile home on Sugar Bridge Road suffered severe damage to its porch and roof as a tree fell on it. The tornado followed a discontinuous path through West Bradford and northern East Bradford Township before lifting near the intersection of Boot and Valley Creek Roads. Most of the damage was uprooted trees and downed chimneys. Thunderstorm related wind damage was then reported in Downingtown with two foot diameter trees uprooted. As the thunderstorm headed north, wind related damage diminished. Just before it left Chester County, the thunderstorm split in two and the westward one entered Montgomery County near Limerick. The Chester County Office of Emergency Management estimated total damage in the county at $3.5 million with 9 houses or buildings totally destroyed and 49 other sustaining slight or moderate damage.

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