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19:25Z EF1 KLWX PA York Windsor The National Weather Service in State College surveyed storm damage in York County and determined that an EF1 tornado touched down near Windsor during the afternoon of June 12, 2011. The weak EF1 tornado, with peak winds estimated around 90 mph, touched down in East Windsor at 1525 EDT near State Route 624 and Maryland Avenue. The storm traveled to the southeast, and lifted just east of Pleasant Grove Road near State Route 74. Six homes were affected, with trees falling near or on them. Overall, about 50 trees were damaged or uprooted. There were no injuries or fatalities.
19:30Z EF0 KLWX PA York Windsor A National Weather Service survey team and staff from the York County Emergency Management Agency concluded that an EF0 tornado, with peak winds around 75 mph, touched down briefly during the afternoon of June 12th 2011. The tornado touched down at 1530 EDT about 1/4 mile northeast of Springvale, east of Red Lion. The tornado traveled to the southeast, and lifted just south of Bahnsmill Road at 1531 EDT. Several homes were affected, with one tree down on a house. A total of about 15 trees were damaged or downed. There were no injuries or fatalities.
20:07Z EF0 KDOX MD Harford Street Trees were uprooted and snapped along its path from Street Road to Miller Road.
20:50Z EF0 KDOX MD Harford Belcamp Significant tree damage surrounded a historic property near Riverside Parkway and Pulaski Parkway. Nearly three dozen trees were either blown down or topped on this property. Tree debris carried from the property littered the adjoining railroad tracks that parallel Pulaski Highway. An eyewitness observed large tree limbs blowing horizontally across Pulaski Highway.
20:58Z EF0 KUDX WY Niobrara Redbird Law enforcement reported a brief tornado touchdown.
21:30Z EF0 KUDX WY Niobrara Redbird A trained spotter reported a brief tornado touchdown.
23:35Z EF1 KUDX MT Carter Albion At 535 pm, a tornado touched down 5 miles west of Albion, MT in far southeast Montana. The tornado was estimated to have remained on the ground for 15 minutes, traveling approximately 5 miles to the east northeast. The tornado produced periodic damage along a 100 yard wide path. The worst of the damage was located one mile north of Albion. A National Weather Service Cooperative Weather Observer located just north of Albion reported 50-60 trees that were snapped off, some as large as 2 feet in diameter. Two calves were also killed in this vicinity. Before the tornado lifted, 1.5 miles northeast of Albion, the tornado destroyed several grain bins, snapped off 4 power poles, flipped a semi-trailer on its side and produced minor damage to a nearby home. The tornado was classified as an EF-1, with estimated winds of 86-109 mph at its strongest point, one mile north of Albion.
00:25Z EF0 KBIS ND Hettinger Mott Muni Arpt The observer reported a tornado briefly touched down in his farm fields and destroyed crops. No other damage, injuries, or fatalities occurred with this tornado. Based on the report, this was a weak EF0 tornado on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, with winds of 70 miles per hour.
00:34Z EF0 KUDX SD Harding Redig A small tornado destroyed part of a barn, rolled large steel calf shelters, blew down steel stockade walls, and lifted a calf shelter over a nine foot fence.
01:45Z EF0 KBIS ND Morton Judson This tornado briefly touched down in the open country. No reports of damage, injuries, or fatalities occurred with this tornado. Based on the report, this was a weak EF0 tornado on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, with winds of 70 miles per hour.
02:00Z EF0 KBIS ND Morton Judson Spotters reported a brief tornado touchdown in open country northwest of Sweet Briar Lake. No reports of damage, injuries, or fatalities occurred with this tornado. Based on the report, this was a weak EF0 tornado on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, with winds of 70 miles per hour.
02:15Z EF2 KBIS ND Grant New Leipzig A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed that an EF2 tornado on the Enhanced Fujita Scale touched down eight miles south-southwest of Elgin, then moved northeast before lifting 3 miles south-southeast of Elgin. No fewer than four farmsteads were damaged along the path of the tornado. The worst damage occurred six miles south-southwest of Elgin, where the tornado was nearly one half of a mile wide, damaging every building on a farmstead and completely destroying the smaller buildings. Damage also occurred to trees, vehicles, and power poles. The damage surveyed corresponded to EF2 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. From that it was determined that wind speeds were on the order of around 120 miles per hour.||Farther north-northeast, three other farmsteads sustained tornado damage. Damage on the first two farmsteads north-northeast of the worst damage was consistent with an EF1 tornado. The farthest north farmstead had damage consistent with an EF0 tornado. ||There were no injuries or fatalities with this tornado.

Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).