Hail, Wind & Tornado Reports in Wyoming County, PA

Hail Report Description: SIZE ESTIMATED FROM VIDEO.

Hail Report Description: SIZE ESTIMATED FROM VIDEO.

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Hail Report Description: A thunderstorm briefly reached severe levels over southern sections of the county early in the evening.Dime sized hail was observed in Noxen.

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Wind Report Description: Numerous reports of trees and wires downed in Forkston. Time estimated by radar.

Wind Report Description: Tree down near the intersection of Reynolds Road and Seamans Road.

Wind Report Description: Tree down on State Route 92.

Wind Report Description: Tree and wires down blocking residence on Keiper Road.

Wind Report Description: Pole Down on Dickinson road.

Wind Report Description: Numerous trees and wires down southeast of Tunkhannock to the county border along and near the PA 307 corridor with first storm. Radar-estimated time.

Wind Report Description: Multiple trees and wires down which caused a few temporary road closures from east of Tunkhannock to the Wyoming-Luzerne-Lackwanna tri-section. Radar-estimated time.

Wind Report Description: Multiple trees uprooted and snapped on private property.

Wind Report Description: Tree down across Allen Street.

Wind Report Description: Railroad gate knocked over from wind. Time estimated from radar.

Wind Report Description: Tree down on Meshoppen Creek Road. Time estimated from radar.

Wind Report Description: Tree down on Demunds Road. Time estimated from radar.

Wind Report Description: Trees down.

Wind Report Description: Multiple reports of trees and wires down in Falls Township. Time estimated from radar.

Wind Report Description: Multiple reports of trees and wires down in Overfield Township. Time estimated from radar.

Wind Report Description: Shingles blown off roof.

Wind Report Description: Multiple trees down on Hunter Highway.

Wind Report Description: Tree down on house.

Wind Report Description: WIRE DOWN AT 2200 CHERRY HILL RD... NEWTON TOWNSHIP. TIME IS RADAR ESTIMATED.

Wind Report Description: TREES DOWN BY CAMPGROUND STRANDING CAMPERS.

Wind Report Description: TREES AND WIRES DOWN.

Wind Report Description: TREES AND WIRES DOWN. WIRES STARTED A GRASS FIRE.

Wind Report Description: MULTIPLE TREES DOWN. UNKNOWN SIZE OR NUMBER OF TREES. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Wind Report Description: TREES DOWN. UNKNOWN SIZE OR NUMBER OF TREES. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Wind Report Description: TREES DOWN.

Wind Report Description: TREES DOWN.

Wind Report Description: TREE AND WIRES DOWN.

Wind Report Description: LARGE TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 11. RADAR ESTIMATED TIME.

Wind Report Description: TREE AND WIRES DOWN IN ROAD.

Wind Report Description: TREE DOWN BLOCKING ROAD. RADAR ESTIMATED TIME.

Tornado Report Description: *** 1 INJ *** EF-0 TORNADO IN FALLS TOWNSHIP WITH MAX WIND SPEED OF 80 MPH. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR PINE HILL ROAD... THEN LIFTED THREE MINUTES LATER NEAR BUTTERMILK ROAD. THE MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS 75 YARDS. DOZENS OF TREES AND A UTILITY POLE WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED IN THE 1.6 MILE LONG PATH. A RESIDENT SUSTAINED A MINOR INJURY WHEN HIT BY TORNADIC DEBRIS.

Tornado Report Description: A NWS storm survey confirmed a tornado touchdown at the Skyhaven Airport. The first signs of damage were to a metal roof which was peeled away from a farm outbuilding. Pieces of this roof were moved in a northeast direction for over 400 yards. There was limited damaged to trees, mainly consisting of small downed branches. Toward the edge of the airport, corn stalks were blown toward the northeast. On the other side of a grove of pine trees, pieces of the metal roof were blown back toward the west and southwest. Pieces of roof ended up toward the emergency operations center, about 1.21 miles from the building from which it was peeled. The tornado continued northeast to the edge of the runway before lifting up.

Tornado Report Description: The tornado first touched down behind a house on Jurista Hill Road. The first signs of damage were to the top quarter of a pine tree which was twisted and bent over the tree itself. Continuing northeast, one large tree was uprooted with one smaller tree snapped. Another large tree was uprooted, and an 8 foot by 16 foot wooden shed rolled over for 30 yards. More tree branches were broken before the tornado moved toward a corn field, damaging a barn. After minor damage to small areas of the corn field, more trees were snapped and uprooted before the tornado lifted. The tornado passed right next to a two story house, with only a small section of the metal roof showing signs of uplifting.

Tornado Report Description: The same tornadic supercell that affected southeastern Bradford county moved eastward into northern Wyoming county around 10 pm EDT. Aerial damage surveys indicate that intervals of tree damage occurred from Meshoppen eastward to near Valentine Hill on the border of Lemon township. This damage was primarily in the form of twisted off tree sections at canopy level and also some uprooted trees on hilltop areas. Between 1010 and 1015 pm, the tornado lowered again down the east side of Valentine Hill, skipped across the far north end of Stevens Lake, and carved a path over a small hill just west of Lake Carey. Several residences along this path had heavy tree damage and minor siding and roof damage to their homes. The twister then seemed to temporarily turn towards the south and cross a portion of the long axis of Lake Carey. It was here within this small vacation community that the most severe damage occurred along with loss of life. Eyewitness accounts indicate that the tornado crossed State Route 1003 (a small causeway across the short axis of the lake in an west-east orientation) at about 1020 pm. Every structure located along this narrow strip of land crossing Lake Carey either sustained substantial damage or was completely leveled. It was here where two fatalities occurred as an elderly woman and her grandson were literally sucked out of the second floor of a house and thrown into an adjacent building. Every nearby tree was snapped off, uprooted, or otherwise toppled in chaotic patterns. At that point, the tornado made a jog to the left and resumed its eastward course. It crossed over State Route 1005, which parallels the eastern end of Lake Carey, then skipped up over a small hill. Again, heavy damage was inflicted upon homes in the path of the tornado both along the east end of the lake and also going up the hill. A dozen or more small boats which were anchored along the eastern end of the lake were thrown up out of the water and onto the shoreline. One home going up the hill towards the east was reduced to only its foundation and a portion of the back wall. Massive tree damage continued to be evident with a swath of trees cut down in a narrow path going over the hill and down its eastern side towards East Lemon township. A total of 42 homes in and around Lake Carey suffered considerable damage or were totally destroyed. The character of damage in this area indicates that the tornado strengthened and reached F3 intensity. The damage path was over a third of a mile wide at times. As the tornado pushed further to the east through East Lemon township, it encountered more rugged terrain and less populated areas. Still, however, it did encounter three additional homes and heavily damaged all of them. One had its roof completely torn away and its garage flattened. Another had its back deck destroyed and all of the back windows blown out. Swaths of tree damage were interspersed amongst these houses. Fortunately, two of the homes were unoccupied at the time with only one other minor injury associated with the storm in East Lemon township. The tornado was rated as F2 intensity at this point with damage widths varying from 250 to 400 yards. As the cell approached Factoryville and the Lackawanna county line after 1035 pm EDT, it weakened a bit with the tornado skipping over hilltop sections for the most part. Mostly tree damage was evident from aerial surveys between Route 92 and Lake Sheridan. The tornado's intensity had decreased to F1 along this segment of its path with the width of damage narrowing to under 100 yards in spots. In total, county emergency management officials estimated that in excess of 2 million dollars worth of damage was incurred with over 50 homes destroyed or heavily damaged. Fifteen injuries were directly tied to the tornado along with the two deaths mentioned earlier.

Tornado Report Description: A thunderstorm became tornadic over extreme southern portions of the county late in the evening. The cell dropped an F1 tornado on Beaumont township around 9:15 pm EDT. Post storm surveys and eyewitness accounts indicate that the tornado was near ground level only briefly as it skipped over a cemetery site and down an embankment just south of state route 2018. A house sustained minor damage from falling tree limbs near the path of the twister. A metal sign was bent over from the force of the winds and a few large trees were sheared off. The tornado lifted back up before crossing route 309. The distance of its path was about a half mile by 50 yards.

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