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EF1 tornado in Snyder County, Pennsylvania

Tornado September 8, 2021 · Snyder County, Pennsylvania

EF1

Rating

0.7 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 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

An EF-1 tornado touched down along Route 104 just north of Parkwoods Road in Washington Township, Snyder County in the early evening of September 8, 2021. The tornado tracked southeastward for around three quarters of a mile, produced estimated maximum winds of around 95 mph, and had a maximum path width of around 30 yards, before lifting near Redcort Lane. Upwards of 100 trees were knocked down in a forested area near Redcort Lane.

The wider storm

An EF-1 tornado touched down Washington Township, Snyder County in the early evening of September 8, 2021. The tornado tracked southeastward for around three quarters of a mile, and had a maximum path width of around 30 yards.

Began near Middleburg (40.7586, -77.0062).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 980673. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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