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NOUS41 KCTP 050042

PNSCTP

PAZ066-050445-



Public Information Statement

National Weather Service State College PA

842 PM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026



...NWS Damage Survey for 09/01/2026 Tornado Event...



.Salisbury Township Tornado...



Rating:                 EF1

Estimated Peak Wind:    90 mph

Path Length /statute/:  1.08 miles

Path Width /maximum/:   100 yards

Fatalities:             0

Injuries:               0



Start Date:             09/01/2026

Start Time:             07:44 PM EDT

Start Location:         4 NNE Gap / Lancaster County / PA

Start Lat/Lon:          40.034 / -75.9802



End Date:               09/01/2026

End Time:               07:48 PM EDT

End Location:           3 NE Gap / Lancaster County / PA

End Lat/Lon:            40.0189 / -75.9781



Survey Summary:

At 7:44 p.m. local time on September 1, 2026 an EF-1 tornado,

with maximum wind speeds of 90 mph, touched down in Salisbury

Township northwest of the Mount Vernon Road and Old Philadelphia

Pike intersection with a width of 100 yards. It traveled south as

it ripped off the roof of a barn and threw sections through the

Old Road Mennonite Church graveyard before crossing Old

Philadelphia Pike and paralleling Mount Vernon Road. It ripped a

roof off another barn and snapped many larger limbs from a tree

in the neighboring pasture. Continuing south it took some

sections of roof and loose items from three farm outbuildings and

ejected them throughout the fields. As it continued along Mount

Vernon Road, a clump of trees was hit where many trees were

uprooted and large branches snapped. Farther south, a barn

sustained some minor roof damage before a one room school house

was impacted with its whole roof torn off. At the intersection of

Buena Vista Road and Mount Vernon Road, another tree was uprooted

and a telephone pole was bent. It continued south to the east of

Mount Vernon Road where it crossed Pequea Creek, snapping many

large branches and uprooting a few more trees. Past the creek,

another clump of trees saw large branches snapped before the

tornado dissipated in a field.



We would like to thank Lancaster County Emergency Management and

Salisbury Township officials for their assistance in this damage

survey.



&&



EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the

following categories:



EF0.....65 to 85 mph

EF1.....86 to 110 mph

EF2.....111 to 135 mph

EF3.....136 to 165 mph

EF4.....166 to 200 mph

EF5.....>200 mph



NOTE:

The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to

change pending final review of the event and publication in

NWS Storm Data.





$$



Krantz

Co-Operative (CoOp) Station Observations (Daily)
Once per day (usually around 7 am) more than 100 people across Central Pennsylvania send the NWS an observation covering the past 24 hours. Most report rain and snow totals. See the daily data from the CoOperative Observers

    
                        

757

SXUS51 KCTP 061504

HYDCTP

PAC001-009-013-021-023-027-033-035-037-041-043-047-055-057-061-067-

071-075-081-083-087-093-097-099-105-107-109-111-113-117-119-123-

133-071515-



Daily Hydrometeorological Data Summary

National Weather Service State College PA

1104 AM EDT Sun Sep 6 2026





TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS.



                                        TEMPERATURE          SNOW

STATION          OBSTIME     PRECIP    MAX   MIN   OBSN   NEW TOTAL



    Adams County

Biglerville         7am          M      M     M      M      M    M

Cashtown            7am       0.00     78    57     62    0.0    0



    Blair County

Altoona             7am       0.00     78    55     56    0.0    0

Altoona Airport     7am          M     78    54     58      M    M

Tyrone              7am          M      M     M      M      M    M

Williamsburg      715am          M     84    58     58      M    M



    Cambria County

Ebensburg           8am          M      M     M      M      M    M

Ebensburg 1SW       7am          M      M     M      M      M    M

Johnstown Airport   7am          M     74    55     56      M    M

Prince Gallitzin  630am          M      M     M      M      M    M



    Cameron County

Stevenson Dam       7am       0.00     79    56     56    0.0    0



    Centre County

Philipsburg 2S      7am       0.00     76    51     53      M    M

State College       8am       0.00     77    58     61    0.0    0



    Clearfield County

Clearfield          7am          M     78    51     54      M    M

Dubois            630am          M      M     M      M      M    M

Grampian            8am       0.00     80    51     52    0.0    0



    Clinton County

Lock Haven          7am          M      M     M      M      M    M

Renovo              7am       0.00     79    57     58    0.0    0



    Cumberland County

Carlisle            7am       0.00     79    58     60    0.0    0

Shippensburg       12am          M      M     M      M      M    M



    Dauphin County

Harrisburg          7am          M     81    64     66      M    M

Harrisburg 1 NE     7am          M      M     M      M      M    M



    Elk County

Ridgway             7am       0.00     77    53     56    0.0    0



    Harford County MD

Conowingo Dam MD    7am          M      M     M      M      M    M



    Huntingdon County

Raystown Lake       7am          M     80    59     60      M    M



    Lancaster County

Holtwood            7am          M      M     M      M      M    M

Lancaster          12am          M      M     M      M      M    M

Lancaster Airport   7am          M     80    58     65      M    M

Millersville        7am          M      M     M      M      M    M

New Holland        12am          M      M     M      M      M    M

Safe Harbor         7am       0.00     88    64     64      M    M



    Lebanon County

Lebanon 2W         12am          M      M     M      M      M    M

Fort Indiantown Gap 7am          M      M     M      M      M    M



    Lycoming County

Williamsport        7am          M     80    61     59      M    M



    Mckean County

Bradford            8am       0.00     75    52     54    0.0    0

Bradford Airport    7am          M     73    47     56      M    M

Kane                7am          M      M     M      M      M    M



    Mifflin County

Lewistown           7am          M      M     M      M      M    M



    Northumberland County

Sunbury             7am       0.00     80    57     58      M    M



    Potter County

Coudersport 1SW     7am          M      M     M      M      M    M

Galeton             8am          M      M     M      M      M    M



    Schuylkill County

Mahanoy City        7am          M      M     M      M      M    M

Pine Grove          7am       0.00      M     M     70    0.0    0



    Snyder County

Selinsgrove         7am          M      M     M      M      M    M

Selinsgrove Airport 7am          M     80    58     60      M    M



    Somerset County

Confluence          7am       0.02     79    56     57      M    M

Glencoe             7am          M      M     M      M      M    M

Hidden Valley       8am          M      M     M      M      M    M

Laurel Summit       7am          M      M     M      M      M    M

Somerset            7am       0.00      M     M     56    0.0    0

Windber 7SE         7am          M      M     M      M      M    M



    Sullivan County

Laporte             7am       0.00     70    55     57      M    M



    Tioga County

Covington           7am       0.00      M     M      M    0.0    0

Cowanesque Dam      7am       0.00     75    57     58      M    M

Tioga Hammond Dam   7am       0.00     74    55     58      M    M

Wellsboro           7am       0.00     74    55     57    0.0    0



    Union County

Lewisburg           7am       0.00     78    57     57    0.0    0



    Warren County

Kinzua Dam          7am          M      M     M      M      M    M

Warren              7am       0.00     76    53     53    0.0    0



    York County

New Cumberland      7am          M     81    63     65      M    M

Thomasville         7am          M     80    58     56      M    M



$$

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Average Annual Snowfall for Pennsylvania

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Long Term Seasonal Averages

Location	Long-Term Average	30 Year Average 1991-2020
Harrisburg	33.2 since 1889	29.9
State College	45.9 since 1893	43.8
Williamsport	38.8 since 1895	35.8

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