Thunderstorm Wind in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

Thunderstorm Wind May 16, 2025 · Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$1K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tree was downed on to Pennsylvania Avenue.

The wider storm

A couple bands of thunderstorms formed ahead of a warm front during the afternoon of May 16th, leading to a brief tornado in Washington County and a single wind report in Jefferson County. Later on, in the warm and humid airmass behind the front, a decaying mesoscale convective system crossed Ohio and into Pennsylvania just north of the Mason-Dixon Line. Several reports of downed trees were received from these storms just after midnight on the 17th.

Began near Big Run (40.9700, -78.8700).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Washington County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1266033. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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