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EF1 tornado in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Tornado May 27, 2024 · Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

EF1
Rating
1.5 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
$25K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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 NWS storm survey confirmed that an EF1 tornado impacted Mahanoy City the evening of May 27, 2024. The tornado touched down just west of Mahanoy City around 7:38pm. Several trees were uprooted as the tornado traveled northeastward into Mahanoy City and crossed East Railroad Street. Shingles and wooden debris were lofted into the air, and several impalements of wood into roofs and into the ground were observed. Several windows on the local elementary school were damaged as well. The tornado crossed train tracks just north of Mahanoy City and uprooted several additional trees before lifting after it crossed Glendon Road around 7:44 p.m. EDT.

The wider storm

A NWS storm survey confirmed that an EF1 tornado impacted Mahanoy City the evening of May 27, 2024. The estimated maximum wind speed was approximately 90mph, with a maximum path width of approximately 75 yards. The path length was just over 1.5 miles.

Began near Mahanoy City (40.8087, -76.1549).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1173878. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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