Hail, Wind & Tornado Reports in McKean County, PA

Hail Report Description: Hail reported during heavy rainfall from showers over Mount Jewett.

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Hail Report Description: GOLF BALL-SIZED HAIL REPORTED NEAR LIBERTY

Hail Report Description: HAIL COVERING THE GROUND...SOME QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED.

Hail Report Description: QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN KANE

Hail Report Description: Ping-pong ball size hail (1.5 inch diameter) was reported near Norwich/Gardeau.

Hail Report Description: Quarter size hail (1 inch diameter) was reported in Ormsby.

Hail Report Description: Quarter size hail (1 inch diameter) was reported in Gifford.

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

Hail Report Description: Quarter-sized hail (1 inch diameter) was reported southwest of Bradford.

Hail Report Description: Penny size hail (0.75 inch diameter) was reported in Eldred.

Hail Report Description: Golf ball size hail reported in Turtlepoint.

Hail Report Description: Quarter size hail reported in Port Allegany.

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Hail Report Description: Spotter reported quarter size hail (1 inch diameter) driving west from Kane to Ludlow.

Hail Report Description: Public reported nickel-sized hail in Port Allegany.

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Hail Report Description: Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail /1.00 inch/ in Smethport. Winds also knocked down trees and power lines.

Hail Report Description: Three quarter inch hail /0.75/ fell in Kane.

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

Hail Report Description: Quarter sized hail was reported in Eldred.

Hail Report Description: Golf ball sized hail was reported in Duke Center.

Hail Report Description: Hail was reported in Bradford.

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Wind Report Description: Trees on power lines. Time est from radar.

Wind Report Description: Tree down on Two Mile Road Blocking Road.

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

Wind Report Description: Tree down with wires in the 500 block of Park Avenue.

Wind Report Description: Trees on wires between Kane and Burning Well.

Wind Report Description: Trees down on wires along Looker Mountain Trail.

Wind Report Description: Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 2 SSW Bradford. Trees down across the 400 block of South Avenue. Time initially off by one hour.

Wind Report Description: Trees down across Route 321 at the Red Bridge Bank Fishing Area.

Wind Report Description: Trees down across the 400 block of South Avenue.

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Wind Report Description: Trees on Wires. Time from radar.

Wind Report Description: Trees down with electrical hazard in Keating Township. Time estimated by radar.

Wind Report Description: Tree down on Rimrock Trail off of Route 59. Time estimated by radar.

Wind Report Description: Tree down on Mead Run Road blocking roadway. Time estimated by radar.

Wind Report Description: Trees and wires down along Upper Portage Road.

Wind Report Description: Trees down on wires along Route.

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

Wind Report Description: Trees down on wires along Two Mile Road.

Wind Report Description: Trees and wires down.

Wind Report Description: Tree down near Route 6 in Liberty Township.

Wind Report Description: Tree down blocking road near Indian Creek and North Branch Road.

Wind Report Description: Trees down on wires on Route 6.

Wind Report Description: Tree down near US Route 219.

Wind Report Description: Trees down on Chestnut street.

Wind Report Description: Tree down near Sedgwick Street and State Route 321.

Wind Report Description: Tree down near Water Street and South Hillside Ave Tree Down.

Wind Report Description: Trees and wires down near Coryville.

Wind Report Description: Trees and wires down near Custer City.

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

Tornado Report Description: An EF1 tornado with a maximum wind speed of 105mph occurred just east of Bradford Airport. Its path length was 1.23 miles and it had a peak width of around 200 yards.

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.

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