EF1 tornado in Pike County, Pennsylvania

This is a continuation from a tornado that tracked southeast from Wayne county. Another two miles of damage from this tornado was observed in Pike County, crossing the north end of Tinkwig Lake. The majority of the damage seen was to trees, but large fallen trees damaged a few homes and destroyed one, cutting it in half. This was a heavily wooded residential area. Trees also took down power and telephone poles and lines. Winds with this tornado were estimated at 70 to 90 mph. While it is possible that the path is longer, it became very difficult to differentiate the damage from the tornado and the increasingly significant damage that occurred from downburst winds.

A warm front lifted north into northeast Pennsylvania during the afternoon, putting the area into the warm and moist air mass of the warm sector, with temperatures in the mid 80s and dew points in the 70s. Showers and thunderstorms developed in the vicinity of the front in this unstable air mass. Stronger storms developed across southeast Susquehanna county, with one storm in particular developing strong rotation as it moved southeast into Wayne county. This storm went on to produce four tornadoes and other significant microburst damage as it continued southeast through Wayne and into Pike county.