F1 Tornado — Delaware, Pennsylvania

1993-09-27 · near Springfield, Delaware, Pennsylvania

Event narrative

A funnel cloud was first spotted by two police officers about 700 feet above the ground in Media. The tornado then touched down 1 mile north of the intersection of the US Route 1 bypass and Route 320. It moved northeast toward Drexel Hill and northern Springfield where apparently dissipated. The storm uprooted and twisted off several trees before tearing off part of the roof of the Marple Place apartments. The Springfield Republican Leader's home was hit hard by the tornado. More than 20 large trees (some of them were over 200 years old and more than 150 feet tall) came down in his yard, two of which crashed onto the roof of his home on Township Line road. A large tree also fell through the roof of a two story home on Spring Alley Road in Springfield causing extensive damage to the second floor. An entire row of large trees were uprooted in front of the Springfield police chief's home on Kerr Lane. Several other homes and vehicles were damaged by falling trees and blowing debris and cars were moved in the twisters path. No deaths or injuries were reported. Additionally, 40,00 customers lost power countywide.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 10343734. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.