Tornado Reports
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| 19:35Z | EF2 | KBGM | PA | Luzerne | Westminister | A tornado touched down close to Bald Mountain Road in Plains|Township Luzerne County around 235 pm EST Saturday February|25th, 2017. The tornado did extensive damage to a metal horse|barn, and 2 homes along its path. There was varying amounts of |damage to another 28 homes. The tornado also knocked down over|a thousand trees along a 12.8 mile long path. Hardest hit areas |were Bald Mountain Road in Plains Township, Suscon, Chapel, and |Baker Roads in Pittston Township, and along Glendale Road in |Pittston and Spring Brook Township in Lackawanna County. |Additionally, there was significant tree damage at Lake Scranton|near Moosic. The tornado lifted north of Lake Scranton. ||Maximum winds were estimated at 120 mph along Bald Mountain Road|in Plains Township and between 100 and 110 mph along Suscon, |Chapel, and Baker Roads in Pittston Township. Fortunately, there|were no injuries or deaths. |
| 19:48Z | EF2 | KBGM | PA | Lackawanna | Hillside Jct | A tornado touched down close to Bald Mountain Road in Plains|Township Luzerne County around 235 pm EST Saturday February|25th, 2017. The tornado did extensive damage to a metal horse|barn, and 2 homes along its path. There was varying amounts of |damage to another 28 homes. The tornado also knocked down over|a thousand trees along a 12.8 mile long path. Hardest hit areas |were Bald Mountain Road in Plains Township, Suscon, Chapel, and |Baker Roads in Pittston Township, and along Glendale Road in |Pittston and Spring Brook Township in Lackawanna County. |Additionally, there was significant tree damage at Lake Scranton|near Moosic. The tornado lifted north of Lake Scranton. ||Maximum winds were estimated at 120 mph along Bald Mountain Road|in Plains Township and between 100 and 110 mph along Suscon, |Chapel, and Baker Roads in Pittston Township. Fortunately, there|were no injuries or deaths. |
| 20:06Z | EF1 | KLWX | MD | Charles | La Plata | National Weather Service personnel completed a ground survey |along with radar analysis and concluded a tornado that peaked at |low-end EF1 intensity with winds of 90 MPH produced damage along a|8.4 mile path, beginning near the intersection of U.S. Route 301|(Crain Highway) and Rosewick Road in north La Plata MD. The |tornado then moved northeast lifting near the intersection of St. |Peters Church Road and Gruss Farm Place in east Waldorf.||Along the tornadoes path, numerous trees were observed to have |been snapped, uprooted, and toppled in multiple directions. The |fallen trees downed many power lines and blocked multiple roads. |Some trees and large branches also fell onto homes and garages. |Minor roof damage was also observed with the removal of shingles |and eaves. Some loss of insulation was observed near where the |tornado peaked in intensity.||Initial concentrated path of tree damage was observed near the |Rosewick Crossing Shopping Center. A narrow path of tree damage |then continued northeast near White Plains Village, where minor |roof damage in the form of loss of shingles and eaves was|observed to several homes. The tornado then continued northeast |crossing Billingsley Road near St. Charles Parkway, where more |tree and minor roof damage was observed. ||The tornado continued further northeast, peaking in intensity|near the Smallwood Village Shopping Center and Huntington|Townhouses, where the low-end EF1 damage and maximum path width|of 125 yards was observed. Numerous trees were observed down |across these areas with multiple instances of shingle, siding, and|eave damage. It was in this area where some loss of roof insulation|was observed. A light post was blown over and some windows were |also blown out. Just to the northeast a car port was lifted and |collapsed on a few automobiles. ||The tornado then continued to create areas of minor roof and tree|damage as it moved northeast, passing just to the north of the |St. Peters Catholic Church, beyond there damage became more |spotty, with the tornado likely lifting just to the northeast of |the church near St. Peters Church Road. |
| 20:15Z | EF1 | KLWX | PA | York | Hallam | An EF1 tornado was confirmed in Hellam Township, between Hallam and Wrightsville, by a NWS storm survey. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 90 mph, with a path length of just under two miles and a maximum path width of 100 yards. |
| 00:18Z | EF1 | KENX | MA | Hampshire | Goshen | A tornado touched down in Goshen at Pine Road, just to the east of Hammond Pond. Several pine trees were snapped mid-way and two homes were damaged by trees falling onto them. A portion of Route 9 was closed between the Fire Station and the intersection with Route 112. There was significant tree damage on the southwest shore of Highland Lake, with numerous trees snapped half-way up from their bases and many uprooted. The tornado crossed Highland Lake and imagery received after-the-fact from town officials also indicated significant tree damage on the northeast side of Highland Lake from Camp Howe southward along Headquarters Road into the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) State Forest. The damage was consistent with 90 mph wind gusts, with a rating of EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.|The tornado was on the ground for 2.9 miles with a maximum width of 100 yards. It lasted from 718-721 PM before lifting up briefly and then touching down again in Conway, MA. |
| 00:23Z | EF1 | KENX | MA | Franklin | South Ashfield | The second phase of this tornado touched down at 723 pm EST on Main Poland Road in western Conway Massachusetts. The path width started at 50 yards, with a sharp gradient evident of damage versus no damage. Large sections of forest had thick pine trees snapped at mid-tree. Numerous power lines were downed along the path into downtown Conway. The path width grew, reaching a maximum width of 200 yards near the town hall. Several houses were severely damaged on Whately Road, southeast of the town hall. Roofs were blown off, and in one case the side walls of a house were missing with the interior of the house exposed. On Hill View Road a large barn collapsed. One injury occurred when a tree landed on a house on South Deerfield Road east of town. That was where the visible damage path ended. |
Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).