EF1 tornado in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

Tornado August 7, 2023 · Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

EF1

Rating

3.4 mi

Whole path

200 yd

Path width

$20K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Susquehanna County → Broome County, New York; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado touched down near the intersection of Mountain Road and

Stevens Point Road in Harmony Township northeast Susquehanna County

at 625 PM EDT Monday August 7th 2023. The tornado snapped and

uprooted many trees on Stevens Point Road as the tornado tracked

north-northeast roughly along Stevens Point Road. The tornado then

weakened as it crossed the PA - NY border with only some minor

tree damage along Laurel Lake Road in the Town of Sanford, Broome

County New York. The tornado then strengthened as it crossed over a hill and

hit Kenyon Hill Road. There was a residence on Kenyon Hill Road in

the Town of Sanford that bore the brunt of the damage with windows

blown out, shingles blown off the roof and numerous trees snapped

and uprooted. A shed was moved about 100 feet with a couple boats on

a pond lofted in the air. The tornado reached its maximum intensity

of 90 mph in this location before lifting over the next hillside.

The wider storm

Strong shear supported multiple rotating thunderstorms across Northeastern Pennsylvania during the afternoon and evening hours. A NWS survey confirmed just one tornado that started in Susquehanna County near the state border and moved into New York. Other thunderstorms were severe with strong wind gusts. Most damage reports were for trees down. Fortunately, no one was injured or killed during these storms.

Began near Stevens Pt (41.9795, -75.5018).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1119758. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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