Damage from the Storms of April 19th, 2013

Severe Weather April 19, 2013

The National Weather Service in State College PA has confirmed straight line wind damage caused by a Microburst near Tremont in Schuylkill County Pennsylvania on April 19 2013 at 7:05 PM EDT. The estimated Maximum wind speed was 85 MPH. The maximum path width was 200 yds. The Path length was a half mile. There were no fatalities and no injuries.

Damage started on East Line Street near Good Spring Creek...then continued east for about one half mile to near the intersection of Routes 125 and 209. The downburst created a swath of sporadic wind damage including about 20 homes with roof and siding damage and knocking down approximately 15 trees. The majority of the significant damage was confined to areas along and near East Line Street. There was also evidence of a short-lived gustnado that occurred along the edge of the downburst swath...generally along the eastern end of Route 125.

For reference...
A microburst is a convective downdraft with an affected outflow area of less than 2 1/2 miles wide and peak winds lasting less than 5 minutes. Microbursts may induce dangerous horizontal/vertical wind shears...which can adversely affect aircraft performance and cause property damage. Straight-line winds are generally any wind that is not associated with rotation...used mainly to differentiate them from tornadic winds.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
350 PM EDT SAT APR 20 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0609 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MIFFLINBURG             40.92N  77.05W
04/19/2013                   UNION              PA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN.

0625 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SELINSGROVE             40.80N  76.87W
04/19/2013                   SNYDER             PA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN.

0629 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MUNCY                   41.20N  76.79W
04/19/2013                   LYCOMING           PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN. SIDING TORN FROM BUILDINGS.

0629 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 E MUNCY               41.20N  76.77W
04/19/2013  M62 MPH          LYCOMING           PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0629 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MUNCY                   41.20N  76.79W
04/19/2013                   LYCOMING           PA   PEMA

            A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF OF A BUILDING IN MUNCY.

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PICTURE ROCKS           41.28N  76.71W
04/19/2013                   LYCOMING           PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN.

0637 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E ELIZABETHVILLE      40.55N  76.80W
04/19/2013                   DAUPHIN            PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WIND SHIFTED A HOME OFF OF ITS FOUNDATION. BARN KNOCKED
            DOWN. WIRES DOWN.

0637 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SUNBURY                 40.86N  76.79W
04/19/2013                   NORTHUMBERLAND     PA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN BETWEEN SUNBURY AND ELYSBURG.

0641 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DANVILLE                40.96N  76.61W
04/19/2013                   MONTOUR            PA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN IN DANVILLE.

0641 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RIVERSIDE               40.94N  76.65W
04/19/2013                   NORTHUMBERLAND     PA   911 CALL CENTER

            DOWNED TREES IN RIVERSIDE.

0646 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DOVER                   40.00N  76.85W
04/19/2013                   YORK               PA   911 CALL CENTER

            DOWNED WIRES.

0650 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MILLERTOWN              41.06N  76.47W
04/19/2013                   COLUMBIA           PA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES REPORTED DOWN IN MOUNT PLEASANT TWP.

0651 PM     TSTM WND GST     HARRISBURG INTERNATIONA 40.19N  76.76W
04/19/2013  M55 MPH          DAUPHIN            PA   ASOS

0655 PM     TSTM WND GST     FORT INDIANTOWN GAP     40.44N  76.57W
04/19/2013  M59 MPH          LEBANON            PA   ASOS

0655 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ORANGEVILLE             41.08N  76.41W
04/19/2013                   COLUMBIA           PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            8 LARGE PINE TREES DOWN

0658 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ASBURY                  41.13N  76.34W
04/19/2013                   COLUMBIA           PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS BRANCHES REPORTED DOWN.

0659 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E DUSHORE             41.53N  76.38W
04/19/2013                   SULLIVAN           PA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROOF BLOWN OFF AN OLD BARN EAST OF DUSHORE IN CHERRY
            TWP.

0705 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TREMONT                 40.63N  76.39W
04/19/2013                   SCHUYLKILL         PA   CITY OFFICIAL

            NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN IN TREMONT BOROUGH. 20 TO
            30 HOMES DAMAGED.

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