EF2 tornado in Bradford County, Pennsylvania

Tornado June 13, 2018 · Bradford County, Pennsylvania

EF2

Rating

5.2 mi

Path length

250 yd

Path width

$500K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 250 yards (0.14 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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 in Granville Township along Granville road and heavily damaged a small machinery shop and an adjacent home. The tornado continued southeast into Leroy Township and hit another house leading to a considerable amount of roof damage along with a trailer being thrown 80 yards. The tornado continued southeast into West Franklin near the intersection of Routes 414 and 514. Several additional homes and a church were damaged due to the tornado with one of the homes being destroyed. Further southeast, the tornado moved a trailer into a house and destroyed a garage. The tornado then lifted in Franklin Township leveling many trees along the path. Maximum estimated winds were 120 mph.

The wider storm

A strong area of low pressure moved from northern Ontario to the Saint Lawrence Valley from the day of the 13th into the evening. This low pressure system pushed a cold front into northeast Pennsylvania during the evening of the 13th. This front triggered severe thunderstorms which spawned two EF2 tornadoes, one in Bradford County and the other Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The E2 tornados knocked down numerous trees, destroyed several homes and damaged up to 24 businesses. There were no deaths and 6 minor injuries.

Began near Bailey Corners (41.7182, -76.6881).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Luzerne County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 768909. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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