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Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 20:57:52 -0500 (EST)
From: Jesse Ferrell <jesse{at}listserv.accuwx.com>
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Subject: F1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN PA (fwd)
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Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 13:35:22 -0500 (EST)
From: Greg D <gregd{at}earth.sunlink.net>
To: CASILIST{at}WEATHERWATCHERS.ORG
Subject: F1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN PA
SEVERE WEATHER SEASON BEGAN EARLY IN PENNSYLVANIA...
A SMALL, BUT STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH
SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PA LAST NIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS
WERE ISSUED FOR YORK, LANCASTER, LEBANON, & BERKS COUNTIES. THE FIRST
WARNING FOR YORK COUNTY CAME OUT AT 5:47 PM. SPOTTERS REPORTED NICKLE SIZE
HAIL, AND POWER LINES DOWN. THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE THEN ISSUED FOR
LANCASTER, LEBANON, AND BERKS COUNTIES. AT 7:26 PM, A TORNADO WARNING WAS
ISSUED FOR BERKS COUNTY, WITH A 68 DBZ ON THE NEXRAD.
SINCE 1950, 21 TORNADOES HAVE TOUCHED DOWN IN THE MONTH OF MARCH...
LAST NIGHT MAKES 22. JUST A SHORT WHILE AGO, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
CONFIRMED A F1 TORNADO IN BERKS COUNTY.
THE HARDEST HIT TOWNS WERE BLANDON, FOLLOWED BY KUTZTOWN. LARGE
TREES WERE UPROOTED, EVEN TAKING SOME OF THE PAVEMENT WITH THEM. STREET
SIGNS WERE TWISTED LIKE STRAWS. MANY CHILDRENS SWING SETS WERE THROWN A FEW
HOUSES AWAY. SEVERAL SHEDS WERE COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED, AND THE DEBRIS WAS
FOUND MANY YARDS AWAY. TWO HOUSES HAD THEIR ROOFS TAKEN OFF, AND ONE BARN
WAS ALSO "DE-ROOFED". 20 OTHER HOUSES HAD SIDING & ROOFING RIPPED OFF, AS
WELL AS DOORS AND WINDOWS BLOWN IN. IN NEARBY TOWNS, NICKLE SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED AND THUNDERSTORMS DOWNED MANY TREES AND POWER LINES.
AS ALL WEATHER FANATICS (like myself) KNOW, TORNADOES DO STRANGE
THINGS, THAT HAS PUZZLED US FOR YEARS (although now we have a slightly
better understanding). LAST NIGHT, WHEN ONE OF THE STORAGE SHEDS WETRE
DESTROYED, A PICNIC TABLE JUST A FEW FEET AWAY, WAS LEFT UNTOUCHED. WHEN
LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED, VERY SMALL TREES WERE LEFT STANDING, WITHOUT THE
BRANCHES EVEN BLOWN OFF.
I HOPE THE REST OF SEVERE WEATHER SEASON IS JUST AS ACTIVE. HAPPY
CHASING...
IF ANYONE KNOWS OF DAMAGE THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT, LET
ME KNOW...
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