Tornado Reports
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| 14:07Z | EF0 | KMXX | GA | Chattahoochee | Shack | A weak, short-lived tornado touched down on a remote section of the Ft. Benning Army Reservation. Due to the sensitive nature of the location, a National Weather Service survey team could not access the site, however official from Ft. Benning flew over the site and provided the NWS office with positions for the start and end points as well as photos and descriptions of the damage. From this, the NWS determined that an EF0 tornado, with maximum wind speeds of 80 MPH and a maximum path width of 50 yards, travelled just under a half of a mile snapping and uprooting trees. [05/01/17: Tornado #1 County #1/1, EF-0, Chattahoochee, 2017:068]. |
| 14:24Z | EF0 | KJGX | GA | Forsyth | Ducktown | A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 80 MPH and a maximum path width of 150 yards travelled just under 2.5 miles across a portion of northwest Forsyth County. The tornado touched down along McConnell Road south of the Sawnee Mountain Park where it broke numerous small to medium tree branches. This type of damage continued as the tornado moved northeast across Bridgeshaw Drive and Watson Road. As the tornado moved along Pleasant Grove Road, it intensified slightly, snapping or uprooting several trees. One of these trees fell onto a mobile home. The tornado lifted shortly after this near the intersection of Pleasant Grove Road and Doctor Bramblett Road. No injuries were reported. [05/01/17: Tornado #2, County #1/1, EF-0, Forsyth, 2017:069]. |
| 18:30Z | EF0 | KPBZ | PA | Butler | Prospect | The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh PA has confirmed a|tornado near Prospect in Butler County, western Pennsylvania on|05/01/2017.||A focused, narrow, path of tree damage was encountered beginning|along Portersville Road near Sechan Road. In this area, dozens of|hardwood and softwood trees were snapped or uprooted. Roofing|panels on a barn in this area were removed by the wind, and|paneling was removed from a trailer door. A home in this area that|sustained a near direct hit by the tornado appears to have been|sheltered by surrounding trees and suffered only minor damage. ||The tornado then moved through a mobile home park, where extensive|tree damage was encountered. Vehicle and mobile home damage in the|Main Street and Douglas Street area appears to be been caused|predominantly by falling trees, although the wind did sweep out|foundational siding. ||The tornado then weakened (with pockets of focused damage) while|it continued to the area of Grindle Road and Election House Road,|where modest damage was sustained at a greenhouse property. Among|other damage at this site, a large container was lofted and|transported several tens of feet over a greenhouse structure. |
| 18:56Z | EF0 | KPBZ | PA | Butler | Bruin | The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado near Eldorado Road in Butler County. A focused, narrow swath of damage was discovered in the woods along Eldorado Road. Several hardwood trees were uprooted with others snapped. |
| 19:09Z | EF0 | KPBZ | PA | Clarion | Wentlings Corners | The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh PA confirmed a tornado near Wentlings Corners in Clarion County PA.||Damage in the Wentlings Corners area appears to have |resulted from a combination of tornadic and non-tornadic wind. A |coherent path was discovered from near Route 338 and Canoe Ripple |Road to an area north of Tippecanoe Road and east of Wentlings |Corners Road.||The damage observed during the survey mainly was to trees, |although residents of the area have provided photographic evidence|of shingle removal from outbuildings and displaced items that are|not part of the set of official damage indicators used during |storm damage surveys. Structural damage that was identified to the|survey team appeared to have resulted indirectly from falling and|flying debris. Photographs provided via social media to the NWS |appear to depict a partial funnel cloud and rain curtains in the |area where damage was sustained.||Additional damage and extreme wind were reported in the area of |Huckleberry Ridge Road/Providence Church Road, but the team could |identify no coherent track in this area. Wind in this area |nevertheless likely reached damaging speed, but the lack of a |coherent track and radar imagery suggest that this wind likely was|associated with a localized surge in outflow to the east of the |tornadic portion of the storm. |
| 19:25Z | EF0 | KPBZ | PA | Clarion | Scotch Hill | The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has confirmed a|tornado along Route 36 in Clarion County, PA.||A NWS survey team encountered a focused path of concentrated tree|damage that began in the woods along Gravel Lick Road and|continued across Route 36 into a forested area. Toward the end of|the path, the damage width widened and showed clear indications |of convergent rotation. Dozens of softwood trees in this area were|snapped as the brief tornado raced northeastward. |
| 19:27Z | EF0 | KPBZ | PA | Clarion | Scotch Hill | Amid widespread blowdown in the Cook Forest, the NWS survey team |evaluated a narrow damage path along Forest Road, where a focused, |concentrated swath of dozens of softwood trees was snapped or |uprooted. |
| 19:27Z | EF1 | KPBZ | PA | Clarion | Frills Corners | The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has confirmed a |tornado near Newmansville in Clarion and Forest Counties in Pennsylvania.||Two distinct, tornadic damage swaths seemingly associated with |one parent mesocyclone were discovered beginning along Pine Hollow|Road in northern Clarion County.||A survey team examined damage along Red Pine Circle and Pine |Hollow Road in northern Clarion County. The team discovered a |coherent, convergent track of tree damage that began in a field to|the west of Red Pine Circle and carved a focused swath through |trees at the northwestern corner of the Red Pine Circle loop. |Hardwood and softwood trees were snapped and uprooted in this |area, with damage sustained to several cabins from falling trees. |Nearly every tree within the 100 yd-wide swath sustained some |degree of damage.||To the south of the tornado track, additional tree damage was |discovered that is consistent with a broader swath of non-tornadic|wind. Sporadic, snapped large limbs and a few uproots were found |along the southern stretch of Red Pine Circle and the southern |portion of Pine Hollow Road.||A distinct track within the same parent mesocyclone crossed Pine |Hollow Road near Kerr Drive and continued to show sporadic damage |to trees into southern Forest County before weakening along |Guitonville Road in Green Township. Direct damage along the |entirety of the track appears to be predominantly to trees, with |extensive tree devastation encountered along Pine Hollow Road. In |this area, a section of forest was leveled/snapped, representing |the most-intense wind damage encountered in all surveys conducted |for this storm system. Clarion County officials informed the team |that the road had been closed for a prolonged period following the|storm.||Tree damage along this track's extension on Kerr Drive and across|Carll Drive continued into the wooded area to the north. Damage |with some degree of concentration also was encountered along |Guitonville Road at the geographical northward extension of this |track. While the survey team was unable to traverse the wooded |area between these two damage points to confirm their continuity, |it appears most probable that an at-least discontinuous track of |tree damage connects the two points. |
| 19:30Z | EF1 | KPBZ | PA | Forest | Gultonville | The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has confirmed a |tornado near Newmansville in Clarion and Forest Counties in Pennsylvania.||Two distinct, tornadic damage swaths seemingly associated with |one parent mesocyclone were discovered beginning along Pine Hollow|Road in northern Clarion County.||A survey team examined damage along Red Pine Circle and Pine |Hollow Road in northern Clarion County. The team discovered a |coherent, convergent track of tree damage that began in a field to|the west of Red Pine Circle and carved a focused swath through |trees at the northwestern corner of the Red Pine Circle loop. |Hardwood and softwood trees were snapped and uprooted in this |area, with damage sustained to several cabins from falling trees. |Nearly every tree within the 100 yd-wide swath sustained some |degree of damage.||To the south of the tornado track, additional tree damage was |discovered that is consistent with a broader swath of non-tornadic|wind. Sporadic, snapped large limbs and a few uproots were found |along the southern stretch of Red Pine Circle and the southern |portion of Pine Hollow Road.||A distinct track within the same parent mesocyclone crossed Pine |Hollow Road near Kerr Drive and continued to show sporadic damage |to trees into southern Forest County before weakening along |Guitonville Road in Green Township. Direct damage along the |entirety of the track appears to be predominantly to trees, with |extensive tree devastation encountered along Pine Hollow Road. In |this area, a section of forest was leveled/snapped, representing |the most-intense wind damage encountered in all surveys conducted |for this storm system. Clarion County officials informed the team |that the road had been closed for a prolonged period following the|storm.||Tree damage along this track's extension on Kerr Drive and across|Carll Drive continued into the wooded area to the north. Damage |with some degree of concentration also was encountered along |Guitonville Road at the geographical northward extension of this |track. While the survey team was unable to traverse the wooded |area between these two damage points to confirm their continuity, |it appears most probable that an at-least discontinuous track of |tree damage connects the two points. |
| 19:35Z | EF1 | KCCX | PA | Forest | Redclytte | A narrow, convergent path of damage was documented via aerial imagery after being discovered and documented by Forest Service personnel. Damage consisted of uprooted and snapped hardwood and softwood trees. |
| 19:39Z | EF1 | KCCX | PA | Forest | Marienville | A narrow, convergent path of damage was documented via aerial imagery after being discovered and documented by Forest Service personnel. Damage consisted of uprooted and snapped hardwood and softwood trees. |
| 19:40Z | EF2 | KCCX | PA | Forest | Marienville | An initially narrow tornado grew in scale rapidly with several embedded subvortices, causing considerable and widespread damage to hardwood and softwood trees over a nearly mile-long path. This path was documented via aerial imagery after being discovered and documented by Forest Service personnel. |
| 19:42Z | EF2 | KCCX | PA | Forest | Marienville | A narrow, convergent path of intense damage was documented via aerial imagery after being discovered and documented by Forest Service personnel. Damage consisted entirely of uprooted and snapped hardwood and softwood trees. This is segment one of a county-crossing track into Elk County, PA. |
| 19:43Z | EF2 | KCCX | PA | Elk | Hallton | A narrow, convergent path of intense damage was documented via aerial imagery after being discovered and documented by Forest Service personnel. Damage consisted entirely of uprooted and snapped hardwood and softwood trees. This is the continuation of a county-crossing track that began in Forest County. |
| 19:54Z | EF0 | KGSP | NC | Catawba | Duan | NWS Storm survey found a couple of areas of weak tornado damage embedded within a larger downburst damage swath between maiden and newtown. The tornado touched down twice along a 3 mile path, first off jack Whitener Rd and Sipe Rd. The tornado lifted briefly before touching down again near Smyre Farm Rd just south of highway 16. At least one home received minor damage from falling trees. |
| 20:08Z | EF1 | KCCX | PA | Elk | Dahoga | An EF1 tornado with maximum winds estimated near 110 mph touched down near Dahoga and Twin Lakes and proceeded to snap and uproot trees in a rural area. Additional tree damage from a second vortex with a shorter path length was observed approximately 100 yards east of the primary damage path. |
| 22:44Z | EF1 | KCCX | PA | Centre | Smullton | An EF1 tornado touched down near a wooden pallet factory on the outskirts of town and moved rapidly northeastward before lifting just northeast of the town. Damage occurred to several dozen homes and outbuildings across Rebersburg. Several dozen trees were either snapped or uprooted. One utility pole was also snapped. One injury occurred when a victim was trapped by the collapse of a work shed. Maximum wind speeds were estimated near 110 mph. |
Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).