F1 Tornado — Bucks, Pennsylvania

1993-09-27 · near Neshaminy, Bucks, Pennsylvania

Event narrative

The tornado touched down near Neshaminy High School and moved NE through Langhorne to near Country Club in Yardley. In addition to numerous trees downed, extensive structural damage occurred as the twisted swept through the county. In one instance, the tornado ripped the roof off of an orchard warehouse on Woodbourne Road in Middletown township. The roof landed in the road over 100 feet away. One car in the parking lot was damaged. As a result of the downed utility poles and trees, 20,000 customers lost power countywide and three schools cancelled classes because of power outages. Although no injuries resulted from the tornado and associated thunderstorm, in a related incidence, a Bell of PA technician on a repair call in Eastown Township, Chester County, was killed when he came in contact with a downed power line.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 10343792. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.